Marshmallow Peeps Recipes

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Make decorating a Sweet Experience with Marshmallow Peeps!

Caution: Some of these recipes involve the use of craft supplies such as glue. Please do not allow any children to consume Marshmallow Peeps that have come in contact with these elements.

Easter Basket Cake
Turn an oval or round cake into a charming Easter basket by icing the sides in a basket-weave pattern, and topping it off with your favorite Marshmallow Peeps® and Bunnies. Then scatter Peeps Jelly Beans for a festive touch.

Charming Peeps Cottage
Make a cookie cottage using a pint sized milk carton, graham crackers and white canned icing. Simply cover the carton with icing and place graham crackers to form walls and a roof. Decorate with colorful Peeps Jelly Beans and surround with Marshmallow Peeps® and Bunnies for a festive touch.

Peeps Mobile
Attach Marshmallow Peeps® and Bunnies to clear fishing line and hang at different lengths from a coat hanger that’s covered with ribbon. Or, for a whimsical touch above your holiday table, just hang Peeps on clear wire directly from your chandelier.

Placesetting Marker
Put Marshmallow Peeps® or Bunnies on a popsicle stick (available at craft stores) and "plant" the stick in a small terra cotta flowerpot. Fill the base of the pot with Peeps Jelly Beans and write each guest’s name on the pots with gold paint.

Holiday Wreath
Trim a foam or natural wreath with ribbon and garnish with your favorite Marshmallow Peeps® and Bunnies for a charming note.

Festive Garlands
String Marshmallow Peeps® and Bunnies on ribbon or clear fishing line and swag over windows and doorways for a one-of-a-kind holiday dressup.

Fun Easter Bonnets
Trim a straw bonnet with clusters of Peeps and Peeps Jelly Beans for a dashing holiday chapeau.

Colorful Centerpiece
Fill a large glass bowl with tons of Marshmallow Peeps® and Bunnies and Peeps Jelly Beans to create an instant centerpiece.

Tic-Tac-Toe Dessert
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Decorate a standard-size 8" square sheet cake with blue and white icing to form a tic-tac-toe grid. Then place blue Bunnies to make the X's and yellow Peeps to make the O's.

Center Peeps
Create a wonderful, colorful centerpiece for your holiday table. Start with a wicker basket with a Styrofoam flower arranger in the base. Arrange a variety of silk flowers in the basket. Take some bamboo skewers and cover them with green floral tape. Position them among the flowers and place a Marshmallow Peeps® Chick (yellow, pink, white, blue or lavender) on each of the skewers. They nestle right in among the colorful spring flowers, creating a unique visual on your holiday table.

Candle Holder
Here’s a different idea for a candle holder that’s bright and festive. Take a 3" Styrofoam flower arranger and cover it with paper twist (any color, found in craft stores). Hot glue Peeps Jelly Beans or Just Born® Jelly Beans around the base and place Spanish Moss on top of the flower arranger. Push a candle taper into the Styrofoam and hot glue a few Marshmallow Peeps® on top of the Spanish Moss. Make several and use tapers of different lengths for an "enlightening" centerpiece.

Jelly Bean Egg
Using a Styrofoam egg form, hot glue multicolored Peeps Jelly Beans, Just Born® Jelly Beans, or Teenee Beanee® Gourmet Jelly Beans around 2/3 of the egg. Nestle the egg in some Spanish Moss, which you have placed in a small, "open" wicker basket. This makes a colorful addition to a coffee table or end table during the holidays.

Edible Necklace
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Children of all ages can have a great time stringing their own edible necklaces. All you need are strawberry or black shoestring licorice, Marshmallow Bunnies, cereal with holes, cocktail pretzels, or any other stringable food. Using a skewer or other sharp instrument (an adult should help here), poke holes throughout the sides of the ears of the Bunnies. From here, children can string together many different designs with the stringable food. The necklaces can be tied behind the neck, for a truly sweet fashion statement (if they last long enough).

Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Peeps®
Ingredients: Bittersweet chocolate, toothpicks, Marshmallow Peeps®.
Melt Bittersweet chocolate in a double boiler over hot, not simmering, water. Using a toothpick, dip a frozen Marshmallow Peeps® Chick in the chocolate, swirling until covered. Let excess drip off. Place toothpick in Styrofoam so the Marshmallow Peeps® Chick can dry. Once dry, place Marshmallow Peeps® on tray and put in the refrigerator to harden.

Marshmallow Peeps® Caramel
Arrange your Marshmallow Peeps® (2 to 5 clusters) in a circle facing outward shoulder to shoulder. Drizzle with warm caramel and add a scoop of your favorite ice cream in the center. Serve as a glorious dessert.

Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Peeps®
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Using piping hot whole milk, add chocolate/cocoa and stir. Sprinkle cinnamon, them a Marshmallow Peeps® Chick and let stand for 1-2 minutes.

Marshmallow Peeps® In A Cloud
Ingredients: Any rolled sugar cookie dough, hot fudge sauce, Marshmallow Peeps®, ice cream, whipped cream. Take rolled sugar cookie dough and make 1/4 inch slices. Place the slices into muffin pans and bake in a 375 degree oven until light brown. Remove from the oven and spoon hot fudge sauce over the cookies. Remove the head of a Marshmallow Peeps® Chick and set aside. Place the body on the hot fudge sauce and return the pan to the oven. When Marshmallow Peeps® have melted, remove from the oven and immediately cover with ice cream to the top of the muffin pan. Place in freezer until hardened. When ready to serve, top with whipped cream and Marshmallow Peeps® head.