A WPT guilty pleasure...

A new Wisconsin State Journal article explores the guilty pleasures of prominent Madison and Wisconsin personalities. Patty Loew, host of WPT's In Wisconsin, was one of those queried...

"For me, it's marshmallow Peeps, but only if they're stale. Every Easter, my parents would hide baskets for my brother and me. He and I would open up the box of Peeps and put them in a window sill to 'season.' There was an art to it. You couldn't let them get too stale, as in rock hard. There's a point when a properly seasoned Peep loses its softness and gets really chewy ... almost 'pull-your-teeth-out' taffylike.

"To me, a proper Peep requires the same attention to detail as an aged cheese, a fine wine or a single malt scotch. Stale Peeps have become a Loew family tradition. Even today when my brother and I get together for Easter, we'll bring each other Peeps. The full measure of our love is evidenced by the energy we invest in the weeks leading up to Easter and the 'ta-DA' moment when we present the gift and announce ... 'and they're stale!' "

In Wisconsin can be seen on WPT at 7 p.m. every Thursday.