Welcome to Peeps Land

well {homemade} peeps land!

Last night my SIL and I made homemade marshmallow treats, also known as peeps! We used good 'ol Martha's recipe and piping instructions.

They were ultra simple to make. Just water, sugar and unflavored gelatin.  The piping and sugaring took a bit of practice but we got the hang of it. We had more than a few mutants, but overall I think Ali and I were happy with the result. We made chicks, bunnies, hearts and I even did some swirly cupcake toppers. {i also made vanilla cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese frosting..but more on that later}

We quickly became attached and started naming a few of them. {see if you can find Snuffolufagous} Ali brillantly suggested we pipe chocolate eyes. Yay, something edible. Other recipes suggest using cocoa or royal icing.

On thing we figured out that the instructions didn't tell us is that you need to figure out a way to get the little creatures off of the parchment paper. They stick like made crazy! So the solution for us was to sprinkle some sugar before we piped them. This made the piping a little crazy but it worked.

PS. We used some ultra awesome and nice colored sanding sugar from Dean and DeLuca. Ahhhh! The colors were so bright and fun!

I'm hoping to take some nicer photos of these, but didn't want to post any later than today. {so enjoy this chaotic photo} You should try your hand at these. They were a lot of fun! If you've made these or anything similiar I'd love to see! Please share!

Easter and marshmallow-related posts you may like:
Easter Sugar Cookies with fondant and royal icing
Giant Easter Sugar Cookie using Wilton's Giant Cookie Pan
Homemade Marshmallows (in homemade hot chocolate!)
Easter Fun at Williams-Sonoma


ps...check out this kilt that ali made. she is a mad woman on the sewing machine!