Editing Peeps (section)

==Alleged indestructibility==
Peeps are sometimes jokingly described as "indestructible". In 1999 scientists at [[Emory University]] jokingly<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/1999/March/ermarch.29/3_29_99peeps.html |title=Emory pair unlocks the mystery of Peeps |publisher=[[Emory University]] |work=Emory Report |date=1999-03-29 |access-date=2012-07-02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403052129/http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/1999/March/ermarch.29/3_29_99peeps.html |archive-date=2013-04-03 }}</ref> performed experiments on batches of Peeps to see how easily they could be dissolved, burned or otherwise disintegrated, using such agents as cigarette smoke, boiling water and liquid nitrogen.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Peeps-Rule-Roost-Easter-s-unofficial-2938583.php |title=Peeps Rule Roost / Easter's unofficial marshmallow treat now a chic and easy target to spoof |last=Severson |first=Kim |date=April 3, 1999 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=2013-03-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506144628/http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Peeps-Rule-Roost-Easter-s-unofficial-2938583.php |archive-date=May 6, 2013 }}</ref> In addition to discussing whether Peeps migrate or evolve, they claimed that the eyes of the confectionery "wouldn't dissolve in anything".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/991011/archive_002077.htm |title=What Do You Call a Guy Who Cuts Apart Peeps? |date=October 3, 1999 |work=U S News |access-date=2009-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413144504/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/991011/archive_002077.htm |archive-date=April 13, 2009 }}</ref> One website claims that Peeps are [[insoluble]] in [[acetone]], water, diluted [[sulfuric acid]], and [[sodium hydroxide]] (the site also claims that the Peeps experimental subjects sign release forms).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peepresearch.org/solubility.html |title=solubility |publisher=Peepresearch.org |access-date=2010-10-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126065219/http://peepresearch.org/solubility.html |archive-date=2010-11-26 }}</ref> Concentrated [[sulfuric acid]] seems to have effects similar to the expected effects of sulfuric acid on sugar.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://students.millikin.edu/~acs/HTML/peep_revenge.html |title= Peep Wars: Revenge of the Mole |publisher= Students.millikin.edu |date= 2005-10-23 |access-date= 2010-10-25 |archive-date= 2010-05-07 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100507051407/http://students.millikin.edu/~acs/HTML/peep_revenge.html |url-status= dead }}</ref>

This debate featured in an episode of the [[sitcom]] ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' ("Traffic Jam"), in which [[Francis (Malcolm in the Middle)|Francis]], insisting the "Quacks" (as they were called) would dissolve in his stomach rather than expand, takes up the dare to eat 100 of them and does so, but gets very sick in the process.

When exposed to air, marshmallow dehydrates and becomes "stale" and slightly crunchy. According to Just Born, 25%–30% of their customers prefer eating Peeps stale.<ref>
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