04.10.2009 7:01 pm

Peeps: ‘the bacon of the ’90s’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A diorama by reader Jacob Lanham, submitted to a Peeps dress-up contest the P-D held last year.

This post isn’t a viral video. It isn’t even a video. But it is interesting.

Alert Viral Videos reader Aaron Cohen passed along some information and a link that you may enjoy.

I saw your Peeps post and thought you’d like this. I just posted a story called “Marshmallow Peeps on the Internet - A Study.” I went around the Web, found all the Peeps sites worth visiting and put them in one place. Over 150 of them! Marshmallow Peeps are the “bacon of the ’90s,” in that, along with being delicious and bad for you, they’ve both captured the imagination of the Internet.

If you’d like to read his blog post about Peeps — and you should — find it here.

On the subject of bacon, which is more delicious: bacon or Peeps? Vote in our completely unscientific poll.