Marshmallow Treats Aka Peeps Food

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• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a Peeps recipe in 30 minutes or less!

MARSHMALLOW TREATS (AKA PEEPS)

Steps:

• Fill rimmed baking sheet or small bowls with about 1 1/2 cups sugar.
• If desired, color white sugar by stirring in luster dust or sparkle dust a little at a time.
• Pipe shapes onto sugar.
• Bunnies and chicks must be completed one at a time.
• To Make Bunnies: Pipe a small marshmallow mound onto sugar, about 1 1/2 inches long and 1/2 inch tall.
• Pipe two smaller mounds on either end for the head and tail.
• Pipe the ears, starting from the top of the head onto the body, pulling forward and off to finish.
• With a damp finger, pat down any marshmallow spikes formed from piping.
• Immediately sprinkle sugar over the entire surface of the bunny.
• Allow a few minutes for the shape to set.
• Pipe on a royal-icing face with a#1 Ateco icing tip; lift bunny out of sugar with a spoon or small offset spatula.
• Place in a parchment-lined airtight container until ready to serve, or for up to 2 weeks.
• To Make Chicks: Pipe an oval shape onto sugar, about 1 inch wide, tapering the end and pulling upward to finish with the tail.
• For the head, pipe a mound on the end opposite the tail, about the width of the body, pushing toward the tail and up.
• Pull away from the head to form the beak.
• Immediately sprinkle sugar over the entire surface of the chick.
• Allow a few minutes for the shape to set.
• Pipe on royal-icing eyes with a#1 Ateco icing tip; lift chick out of sugar with a spoon or small offset spatula.
• Place in a parchment-lined airtight container until ready to serve, or for up to 2 weeks.

PEEPS CEREAL TREATS

Steps:

• Line an 8-inch square pan with foil so there is a 2-inch overhang on all sides. Lightly grease the foil with butter. Combine the blue, pink and purple sanding sugars together in a small bowl and set aside.
• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the marshmallow chicks and cook, stirring, until completely melted, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and salt. Add both cereals and stir with a rubber spatula until combined. Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan. Coat the spatula in nonstick cooking spray and use it to press the mixture down into an even layer. Sprinkle the top with the sanding sugar mixture. Let sit at room temperature until firm, about 30 minutes. Cut into 12 bars. Store at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

MARSHMALLOW TREATS

Steps:

• Melt butter in large sauce pan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until melted and well-blended. Cook 2 minutes longer, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
• Add cereal. Stir until well coated.
• Using buttered spatula or waxed paper, press mixture evenly and firmly in buttered 13 x 9 inch pan. Cut into 2 x 2 inch squares when cool.