Comments on: Hi-rez scans of Easter candy wrappers through the ages http://boingboing.net/2012/04/09/hi-rez-scans-of-easter-candy-w.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 17:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rob Butler http://boingboing.net/2012/04/09/hi-rez-scans-of-easter-candy-w.html#comment-1391493 Rob Butler Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153640#comment-1391493 Check any grocery store or pharmacy in the US, they'll have pallet-loads of them selling two three-packs for a buck.  The marshmallow Peeps actually sell better than the chocolate rabbits which also are being sold right off the pallet in the clearance areas and isle end-caps. The problem with the chocolate bunnies is that there's no good way to eat it without breaking it. Check any grocery store or pharmacy in the US, they’ll have pallet-loads of them selling two three-packs for a buck.  The marshmallow Peeps actually sell better than the chocolate rabbits which also are being sold right off the pallet in the clearance areas and isle end-caps. The problem with the chocolate bunnies is that there’s no good way to eat it without breaking it.

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2012/04/09/hi-rez-scans-of-easter-candy-w.html#comment-1391324 Daemonworks Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153640#comment-1391324 I keep hearing about these "peeps" on the internets, but have never seen them in real life. Will stick to chocolate. I keep hearing about these “peeps” on the internets, but have never seen them in real life. Will stick to chocolate.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2012/04/09/hi-rez-scans-of-easter-candy-w.html#comment-1390799 Christopher Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153640#comment-1390799 How exactly are they profitable? This is just my own personal taste but I find those things so utterly vile that I can only imagine a mad scientist concocting these things with the following written on a blackboard: Step 1: Make horrendous cute looking candy that people will only buy once a year. Step 2: Step 3: PROFIT! How exactly are they profitable? This is just my own personal taste but I find those things so utterly vile that I can only imagine a mad scientist concocting these things with the following written on a blackboard:

Step 1: Make horrendous cute looking candy that people will only buy once a year.
Step 2:
Step 3: PROFIT!

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/04/09/hi-rez-scans-of-easter-candy-w.html#comment-1390759 niktemadur Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153640#comment-1390759 I'm getting a simultaneous sugar rush and crash just by looking at the damned headline picture. For the record, I remember the 12/1 Bunnies box, from so many Sundays ago... I’m getting a simultaneous sugar rush and crash just by looking at the damned headline picture.

For the record, I remember the 12/1 Bunnies box, from so many Sundays ago…

]]> By: Rob Butler http://boingboing.net/2012/04/09/hi-rez-scans-of-easter-candy-w.html#comment-1390752 Rob Butler Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153640#comment-1390752 That Easter Bunny in the top left corner looks demonic. That Easter Bunny in the top left corner looks demonic.

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