Peeps champ gobbled up 255 in 5 minutes

Contestants ate hundreds of Peeps during Saturday's competition. (AP/Matt Rourke)

WASHINGTON — For most people, eating Peep after Peep after Peep would bring on a stomach ache. For Matt Stonie, the 255 Peeps he ate in 5 minutes turned into $1,750 in cash.

The 24-year-old from San Jose, Calif., claims the title for the second year in a row, winning the World Peeps Eating Championship at National Harbor Saturday.

Stonie, who weighs 130 pounds, beat his previous record of 200 Peeps. He won cash, a trophy and bragging rights.

Thirteen people competed for the squishy honor.

Stonie has a few eating championships under his belt, according to National Harbor.

  • Peeps: 200 Peeps / National Harbor, Md / 5 minutes / April 2, 2016
  • MoonPies: 85 MoonPies / Bass Pro Shops World MoonPie Eating Championship / 8 minutes / Oct. 15, 2016
  • Bacon: 182 Strips Smithfield Bacon/Daytona, Fla. / 5 minutes/Feb. 22, 2015
  • Birthday Cake: 14.5 pounds/West Palm Beach, Fla. / 8 minutes/Feb. 14, 2015
  • Pasta: 10 pounds spaghetti and red sauce / Martorano’s Masters World Pasta Eating Championship At Paris Las Vegas / 8 minutes / Oct. 17, 2015
  • Tacos, Traditional: 103 3-inch Tacos/Chacho’s Taco Festival / 8 minutes / Aug. 15, 2015
  • Pepperoni Rolls: 34 Pepperoni Rolls/West Virginia Three Rivers Festival / 10 minutes/May 23, 2015
  • Pork Ribs: 71 Smithfield Fresh Pork Ribs/Homestead, Fla. / 5 minutes/Nov. 22, 2015
  • Pork Roll Sandwiches, 8 ounce.: 15 8-ounce Pork Roll Sandwiches / Meadowlands Racing And Entertainment / 10 minutes / June 20, 2015
  • Pumpkin Pie: 20 pounds 13 ounces/Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Pie Festival / 8 minutes/Oct. 5, 2014
  • Frozen Yogurt: 10.5 pounds Yogurtland Frozen Yogurt/Phantom Gourmet Food Festival / 6 minutes/Sept. 29, 2013

Colleen Kelleher

Colleen Kelleher is an award-winning journalist who has been with WTOP since 1996. Kelleher joined WTOP as the afternoon radio writer and night and weekend editor and made the move to WTOP.com in 2001. Now she works early mornings as the site's Senior Digital Editor.

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