--- title: Peeps on Pizza Divides Internet With a Debate description: Peeps, the sugary marshmallow candy popular at Easter, has emerged as the new controversial pizza topping that has the Internet up in arms. canonical: https://time.com/4723557/peeps-pizza/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-03T20:21:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:29.562Z og:title: Peeps Pizza Is Now a Thing and the Internet Can't Stand It og:description: Peeps-za, anyone? og:url: https://time.com/4723557/peeps-pizza/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Peeps Pizza Is Now a Thing and the Internet Can't Stand It twitter:description: Peeps-za, anyone? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Peeps Pizza Is Now a Thing and the Internet Can't Deal With It  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 3, 2017 8:21 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 3, 2017 8:21 PM UTC Move over pineapple, there’s a new [controversial pizza topping](http://time.com/4691875/pineapple-pizza-poll/) dividing the Internet — and this time, it’s seasonally appropriate. Just in time for Easter, a troublemaker by the name of Austin Braun debuted a photo on his Twitter account of a cheesy pizza adorned with gooey, melting [Peeps — you know, those sugary, technicolored marshmallow candy in the shape of baby chicks](http://time.com/3769504/peeps-popularity-peak-easter-candy/) that somehow finds their way into Easter baskets and [dioramas](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/peeps/?utm%5Fterm=.080b1224cfb4) every year. Alongside the photo, which possibly coincided with April Fools, Braun included the caption, “This > pineapple pizza.” > [](https://twitter.com/AustinOnSocial/status/848612571796164608) As might be expected, Twitter had plenty of feelings and opinions on the matter and took to the Internet to share them all. There were many who found the idea of a Peeps-za downright disgusting. > [](https://twitter.com/lnteIIigence/status/848612744630808576) > [](https://twitter.com/jim%5Fdeane/status/848911755917086721) > [](https://twitter.com/rebeccacaroline/status/848614703181910016) But surprisingly enough, there were others who were here for Peeps on pizza. > [](https://twitter.com/ramigh/status/848745737936551937) And others who were just glad that it wasn’t more pineapple on pizza pies. > [](https://twitter.com/firescotch/status/848979750202871808) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4723557/peeps-pizza/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4723557/peeps-pizza/"},"headline":"Peeps Pizza Is Now a Thing and the Internet Can't Deal With It","datePublished":"2017-04-03T20:21:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:29.562Z","description":"Peeps-za, anyone?","url":"https://time.com/4723557/peeps-pizza/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Bizarre","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4723557/peeps-pizza/","name":"Peeps Pizza Is Now a Thing and the Internet Can't Deal With It"}}]}] ```