As to eating them crusty, some people I know just told me of a co-worker of theirs who was mad for peeps, but only when they'd been left in the open air enough to develop a shell-like crunchy epidermis. Then he'd chow down with delight, leaving little colored peeps dust all over his work area.

All the Easter candy is out on the "price reduced" rows at Fred Meyers. There are some chocolate peeps which look kinda okay, but- NO NO I CAN'T.