Thought for Food

With Easter a couple of weeks away, store shelves are full of that sugary marshmallow goodness known as Peeps. There’s something about those brightly-coloured confections that brings out the creative in people.

Along with decorating your vehicle and “science” experiments, there are numerous Peeps-based recipes. I once made a somewhat macabre pan of Rice Krispies Treats using the yellow Peeps chicks. I cut off and reserved the heads of 24 chicks. I then used the bodies for the marshmallow requirement of the recipe (giving a yellowish tinge and an extra sugar hit to the final product.). After the squares had cooled in the pan, I heated the necks of the reserved heads and attached them evenly-spaced on the top. I then used some red food colouring to create blood running from the severed necks over the top of the squares. Just gruesome enough to make people want to eat them.

This Peeps-variation on sweet and sour sauce comes from the PeepBlog.

Ingredients:

• 3-4 Peeps Bunnies
• 1 tbsp. cornstarch
• 3 tbsp. sugar
• 3 tbsp. red wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 tbsp. chili sauce
• Dash ground red pepper
• 1/2 cup chicken broth

Directions:

1. Dice Peeps into 1/4 inch chunks
2. Mix all other ingredients in a saucepan and place over medium heat
3. As sauce gets hot, stir in Peeps
4. Cook, stirring, until sauce bubbles and thickens

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