National Harbor Hosts World Peeps Eating Championship on Peeps Day

The World Peeps Eating Championship is the headliner event for National Harbor’s Peeps Day on April 2, celebrating the opening of the first Peeps and Company retail store in 2009 at the harbor.

The contest, which begins at 1 p.m., features professional competitive eaters, including #1 ranked Matt Stonie, who recently posted a video on Youtube in which he ate 200 Peeps in just over 14 minutes. Juliet Lee, who lives in Germantown, Md., is ranked eighth in the world and will also compete.

The winner of the five-minute contest will receive a trophy and a $1,750 prize with smaller amounts being awarded to the runners-up.

At noon, there will be an amateur eating contest with the winner of the 2-minute challenge getting the chance to contend with the competitive eaters in the championship.

The event will also include a DJ, activities for kids and a movie showing.