http://b985.fm Central Maine's Country Wed, 22 May 2013 02:43:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://b985.fm/marshmallow-peeps-turning-60-this-year/ http://b985.fm/marshmallow-peeps-turning-60-this-year/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:21:26 +0000 Randy McCoy http://b985.fm/?p=65245 Marshmallow Peeps, the Easter treat, is turning 60 years old this year.  The Peep was invented by the Rodda Candy Company in 1953, a year later it was bought by the current owner, Just Born. Bob Born, the owner, liked the way the Peeps looked, so he bought the company in 1954. Born had a machine made that would mass produce the Peeps and trademarked the name.

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