As essential for an Easter basket as chocolate bunnies and jelly beans, marshmallow Peeps candy are a springtime staple. But they're not just for Easter. Over the years, the Peeps line has expanded from the solitary yellow chick variety to a range of colors and shapes for virtually every holiday. For example, for Christmas, there's a large, white marshmallow snowman, for Valentine's Day, a milk chocolate-covered raspberry heart, and for Halloween, there's an orange marshmallow pumpkin Peep. To craft and package all these festive, sugar-covered treats, brand owner Just Born operates a half-million square-foot manufacturing plant in Bethlehem, PA. The facility opened in 1932 and since then has undergone significant expansion to accommodate the growing Peeps line as well as the company's Mike and Ike and Hot Tamales jelly bean-type products.
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机译：棉花糖Peeps糖果是复活节篮子里必不可少的东西，如巧克力兔子和软糖，是春天的必备食品。但是他们不只是为了复活节。多年来，Peeps产品线已从单一的黄色小鸡品种扩展到几乎每个假期的各种颜色和形状。例如，圣诞节期间，有一个大的白色棉花糖雪人；情人节那天，有一个牛奶巧克力覆盖的覆盆子心；在万圣节那天，有一个橙色的棉花糖南瓜窥视器。为了制作和包装所有这些用糖覆盖的节日佳肴，品牌所有者Just Born在宾夕法尼亚州伯利恒经营着一家占地50万平方英尺的制造工厂。该工厂于1932年开业，此后进行了大幅扩建，以适应不断增长的Peeps产品线以及该公司的Mike and Ike和Hot Tamales果冻豆型产品。
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