--- title: Peeps Eating Champion Breaks World Record, Eats 255 Peeps description: A professional competitive eater shattered his own Peeps eating world record by downing 255 of the marshmallow treats in five minutes. canonical: https://time.com/4734638/peeps-eating-champion-world-record/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-11T16:49:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:42.806Z og:title: Champion Downs 255 Peeps in 5 Minutes for Some Reason og:description: Of all the candies og:url: https://time.com/4734638/peeps-eating-champion-world-record/ 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: Champion Downs 255 Peeps in 5 Minutes for Some Reason twitter:description: Of all the candies twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Competitive Eater Downs 255 Peeps in 5 Minutes for Some Reason  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 11, 2017 4:49 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 11, 2017 4:49 PM UTC Whether you love or hate the [divisive Easter marshmallow treats](http://time.com/4723557/peeps-pizza/) known as [Peeps](http://www.extracrispy.com/video/2342/how-to-make-peeps-that-actually-taste-good), it’s hard to imagine there are many people who could stomach eating over 200 of the sugar-coated chicks — let alone in under 5 minutes. However, professional [competitive eater](http://time.com/2954614/competitive-eating-health-risks/) Matt Stonie apparently had no trouble doing just that. At the second-annual World Peeps Eating Championship in National Harbor, Maryland, on Saturday, the San Jose native — who is the world’s No. 2 ranked competitive eater — downed 255 peeps in the short time limit, reports the [San Jose Mercury News](http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/08/san-joses-matt-stonie-eats-255-peeps-to-set-new-record/). He shattered his own world record of 200 that was set at the 2016 contest. Stonie was awarded $1,750 in prize money along with a Peeps-filled trophy. > [](https://twitter.com/MattStonie/status/850847120257142784) Watch a clip of the competition below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4734638/peeps-eating-champion-world-record/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4734638/peeps-eating-champion-world-record/"},"headline":"Competitive Eater Downs 255 Peeps in 5 Minutes for Some Reason","datePublished":"2017-04-11T16:49:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:42.806Z","description":"Of all the candies","url":"https://time.com/4734638/peeps-eating-champion-world-record/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Bizarre","Candy"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"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/4734638/peeps-eating-champion-world-record/","name":"Competitive Eater Downs 255 Peeps in 5 Minutes for Some Reason"}}]}] ```