Peeps-Flavored Oreos Are Here, and They're Turning People's Poo Pink

A different kind of easter egg

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Oreos loves itself some limited editions. From red velvet to candy corn to thin mint, half the fun is in buying a pack just to find out what they taste like.

But in the case of its Peeps-flavored variety, which came out a few weeks ago, users have discovered yet another surprise: It turns your poo pink.

OK, that’s not the whole story. It turns your saliva pink first:

But back to poo. Not everyone is seeing the bizarre side effect, which stems from the food coloring, FD&C Red Number 3, used in the painfully sweet cookies.

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