'Father of Peeps' marshmallow candies Bob Born dies at 98
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Bob Born earned his nickname for mechanizing the process to make Peeps marshmallow chicks, speeding up the process from 27 hours to less than six minutes.
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Bob Born earned his nickname for mechanizing the process to make Peeps marshmallow chicks, speeding up the process from 27 hours to less than six minutes.
Ira “Bob” Born, a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” for pioneering the way the chick-shaped candies are made, has died, Just Born Quality Confections announced on Monday.
(CNN) -- Ira "Bob" Born, known as the "Father of Peeps," died on Sunday. He was 98. Just Born Quality Confections, the Pennsylvania-based company that makes various candies, including the chick-shaped marshmallows, confirmed Born's death in a statement.
Ira "Bob" Born, 98, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, who led Just Born Quality Confections for much of his adult life and mechanized the "Peeps" manufacturing process, died Sunday.
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