Here’s a little history lesson for you to get this story going. About 4 years ago a friend of ours, Anthony Hennessey, decided it would be a good idea to hold a little eating contest with some friends. Not just any eating contest, a Peep eating contest. If you don’t know what a Peep is it’s basically a yellow sugar covered mass of marshmallow shaped like an Easter Bunny that for some reason people actually like to eat. A single one of these will throw most people into a sugar induced state of hyperactivity; and to see how many you can eat in a set time seems insane. But from this was born The Peep Off; now on it’s 4th year and going strong from the looks of last nights events.

Now the rules are this - You have 20 minutes to see how many Peeps you can consume. And after this 20 minutes is up you have to hold down this marshmallow mess for the next 15 minutes to complete the contest. So you might be able to eat the most, but if you can’t keep it in your stomach then you’re out.

Now that you’re up to speed we can get down to business. At 9pm the contestants assembled themselves and things got ready to get underway. Eight people were brave enough to put up the $20 entry; and with a winner take all format it looked like someone was going to be walking away with some serious cash to go along with their also serious stomach ache.

You can see Anthony, the man behind all this madness, in the OG LDB gear here along with the rest of the contestants.

With everyone’s Peeps in place things were getting ready to start.

As MC Carl gave the good word the race was on.

Newcomer Professor Peeps was trying a never before seen method of blender magic to turn his Peeps into a disgusting yellow beverage.

Yum.

So as everyone was trying to stuff down as many Peeps as they could The Professor just relaxed in between blender sessions.

Funny hats can always double as a shield in case your fellow contestant starts projectile vomiting.

The blender method seems to be working as The Professor takes an early lead.

And everyone else just keeps on eating.

Last years champ, Sgt. Peeper, went down early but managed to grab The Professors measuring cup in hopes of taking him out at the same time. Don’t be fooled into thinking this is just some run of the mill gluttony showdown, some serious mental strategy goes into this.

With Anthony, aka The Peeples Champ , out the original 8 worked it’s way down to 2.

The Professor looked confident as he waited for the 15 minute hold it down time limit to go by.

And when it did the 76 Peeps he put down gave him the 1st place cash.

But all good things must come to an end, and even The Professor can’t hold down 76 Peeps for long.

This says it all.

And now you know how this picture actually sums up an amazing night and brings the 4th Annual Peep Off to a close. See you next year for number 5.

Big ups to Anthony and the crew from Dawson Street Pub for putting this together.