Peeps candy and other snack food addictions

The Peeps are here! The Peeps are here! Love 'em or hate 'em, those neon, sugar-coated marshmallow candy chicks that are synonymous with springtime landed in Easter baskets and showed up at holiday celebrations this weekend. And many peep-lovers blew both their financial and caloric budgets all in the name of a good "Peep fix."

Wanting to get to the bottom of this cult-like food craze, WalletPop decided to find out just why people will go out of their way to buy a box or two of marshmallow Peeps and discover exactly how much we're willing to spend on those cavity-inducing chickies.