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Sugar Showcase: Peeps Dioramas and Artwork

Check out some creative dioramas that star Easter's favorite candy: Peeps!
By Katie Robbins
Please keep your ears in the car at all times…
Flickr/Brian&Pam
When it's Easter season, it's Peeps season. Around the country, newspapers, city cultural councils, and even university art departments invite crafty citizens to create dioramas or sculptures using the squishy, sweet chicks and bunnies as their medium. For its part, Just Born, Inc., the company that makes the treats, is donating prizes to the anticipated thirty or so officially recognized Peeps Diorama and Art Contests that will be held this spring around the country. To celebrate the opening of the company's new online store, first prize in the crafty confection competitions will be a $100 gift certificate along with a gift box of Peeps and other assorted Just Born candies. The new site also includes a gallery where masters of the marshmallow oeuvre can upload pictures and videos of their work. For a little artistic inspiration, here's a look at some Peeps masterpieces from years past.
1

Peep Park

Please keep your ears in the car at all times…
Flickr/Brian&Pam
Please keep your ears in the car at all times...
2

Mary Peepins

Who needs a spoonful of sugar when your nanny's a marshmallow?
Flickr/nevermindtheend
Who needs a spoonful of sugar when your nanny's a marshmallow?
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3

Peep Haw

Peep Haw
Flickr/allison_dc
There's no better entertainment than a couple of banjo bunnies.
4

Miracle On the Hudson

Lucky for them marshmallows float!
Flickr/nevermindtheend
Lucky for them, marshmallows float!
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5

Peeps Week Daytona 2008

So that's how the Peeps spend their vacation time…
Flickr/Brian&Pam
So that's how the Peeps spend their vacation time…
6

Peeps Are a Girl's Best Friend

Perhaps there's room in a girl's life for two best friends: sparkling diamonds and sweet Peeps!
Flickr/allison_dc
Perhaps there's room in a girl's life for two best friends: sparkling diamonds and sweet Peeps!
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7

Peep-E

The eyes say it all — those Peeps belong together.
Flickr/elle_morgan
The eyes say it all — those Peeps belong together.
8

The Village Peeps

Those Peeps know how to rock a stage.
Flickr/chris-williams
Those Peeps know how to rock a stage.
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9

The Peepmobile

Forget a new paint job. The most stylish vehicles get the Peeps treatment.
Flickr/photine
Forget a new paint job. The most stylish vehicles get the Peeps treatment.
10

Solo Swimmer

How long do you let a Peep bag seep?
Flickr/2-Dog-Farm
How long do you let a Peep bag steep?
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