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Get your scarves ready, everyone, because fall is here. Sure, the calendar may say August, but it's never too early to jump-start pumpkin spice season. And everyone's favorite Easter candy is one of the first to get started.
Yes, Pumpkin Spice Peeps are now a thing. They're one of Peeps' new Halloween creations, which include caramel apple and candy corn-flavored marshmallow chicks, and tiny "toppers" for baked goods that are shaped like ghosts and jack-o-lanterns.
This product was eerily predicted last year by the experts at My Fitness Pal, an app that helps people track their meals. They crunched the numbers and found that pumpkin spice foods spiked by more than 20,000% from 2009 to 2014. And that wasn't just in the fall; people chowed down on pumpkin spice all the way through March. "Before you know it," the company told Time, "we could be looking at pumpkin spice peeps and jelly beans." And here they are.
The perfect accompaniment to your Starbucks PSL will go on sale August 31, and it will only be on sale at Target and on Peeps' website.
UPDATE: August 7th, 1:00 p.m.
Today, a box of this autumn Easter dessert mashup arrived at Delish HQ, and, for better or worse, we knew we had to try them.
Unlike traditional Peeps, these have a white chocolate bottom that adds a subtle crunch to an otherwise doughy experience. After getting past our initial hesitation—Thanksgiving and Easter are separated by five months for a reason, right?— the first bite wasn't so bad. In fact, we all agreed, we'd probably keep eating them. They really do taste like a Pumpkin Spice Latte in chewy, sugar coated, marshmallow form, and aside from a not so great aftertaste, we're onboard. Looking forward to what's next, may we suggest a Mocha Coconut Frappuccino Peep?
