Marshmallow Treats (aka PEEPS)
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
-
24 bunnies
ingredients
- fine crystal colored crystal sugar or turbinado sugar
- luster dust (or sparkle dust) (optional)
- marshmallow whip, for piping see recipe posted
- royal icing or cake decorating gel
directions
- 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.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Paulcm
United States