Thread: Why do Pumpkin Peeps have ears?

Tweet

This has bugged me ever since they came out. Why do they have ears? Are they a re-use of an old mold? The closest I can think of are the Valentines hearts but they don't match those either. Unless they squish them after forming them. What madman has decided that pumpkins should have ears!? They're like little foxes.

I know they look like ears, but they're supposed to be the rounded top of a pumpkin.

But I agree with you, they really do look like ears.

Maybe they're patterned after these...

Maybe they use the same mold for Valentine's Heart Peeps???

Originally Posted by DaveintheGrave

Maybe they use the same mold for Valentine's Heart Peeps???

I thought it was probably just a re-dyed Heart but they're not really the same size and shape, the hearts are a bigger and pointed at the bottom. They would have to squeeze the hearts from the top and bottom to make the pumpkin. One would think it would be cheaper to make a new mold shape than to make a squeezing machine. I find it both hilarious and confusing every time I see these things.

Originally Posted by Xane

This has bugged me ever since they came out. Why do they have ears? Are they a re-use of an old mold? The closest I can think of are the Valentines hearts but they don't match those either. Unless they squish them after forming them. What madman has decided that pumpkins should have ears!? They're like little foxes.

They've got ears so you can cut them off and turn them into zombies!

Bwahahaha! :-)

Love spammers!

Did they used to have a cat head? That would explain the ears.