I don’t know if you’ve noticed from your recent trips to Target, Walmart, Kmart… who am I kidding?! If you’ve been in ANY kind of store recently, you’ll have noticed that Spring, and therefore PEEPS are in the air.
Peeps are cute, colorful, and cheap. However, and I realize I may offend some of you with this opinion but, well, they are a little lacking in tasty-goodness. I’m sorry! I’m just stating the facts, folks. With just a dash of opinion thrown in.
But I have a solution to your Peep woes. It’s become a family favorite and this year, I’m even planning on stocking up on Peeps during the post-Peeps Spring/Easter sales. One word:
S’meeps.
That’s what our family lovingly calls those cute little Peeps, whether they are chicks or bunnies or any other kind of brightly colored marshmallow critter you happen to find in the Peep family, after they have been brutally stabbed, roasted over a roaring fire and then cruelly smashed between two pieces of graham crackers and a chunk of chocolate. (Get it? S’meeps instead of S’mores?!) The result?
A glorious conglomerate of crystallized sugar, gooey melted marshmallow, warm chocolate and crunchy graham crackers. Sad for the Peep… delightful for my taste buds.
So next time you find yourself staring at the pile of Peeps left all alone in the Spring Baskets of your home, all the other popular and actually tasty candy loonnngggg gone and already forming cavities in your children’s teeth… Get a campfire roaring, sharpen those roasting tongs and get to work putting those Peeps out of their misery.
It’s what works for me.
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March 10, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Amy @ Experience Imagination
This is too funny!! I’ll have to try this. Personally, I like Peeps, but only when they are stale. I’m like that about Swedish Fish, too. My husband thinks it’s strange, but he loves me anyway.
March 11, 2009 at 9:55 am
runningamuck
Amy, I can totally relate to the stale thing. I don’t know about Peeps but I know I like my Wheat Thins stale… and I’m sure there are more things I prefer that way but I can’t think of them at the moment. I’ll have to try the stale Peeps version. =0)
March 11, 2009 at 6:37 am
Blossoming Skillet
Have you ever done peep jousting? You stick toothpicks under the wings of two different color rows of peeps and place them facing each other on a plate a few inches away…maybe like two. Then you stick them in the microwave and as they heat up, they also swell up and one row gets big enough for it’s toothpick to reach the other row and pop them. You can also do this tournament style with the kids.
Personally, I love eating peeps, however it’s fun routing for your little chicks to pop the other persons little chick.
March 11, 2009 at 9:53 am
runningamuck
Oh my goodness, PEEP JOUSTING??!!!! This we HAVE to try!! Seriously, I had no idea little peeps held so much possibility! LOL
March 11, 2009 at 6:43 am
dkmom
I love it! What a fun idea 😀
March 11, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Kelly
Ha ha! I’m just laughing at the imagery!!! Thanks, I needed a good chuckle. 😉 And peep jousting? Ha ha! You guys obviously know how to have fun with your food!
March 19, 2009 at 11:07 pm
christywong
Love it! I will have to give this a try… Peep smores, peep jousting. My kids are in for a world of fun this Easter!
April 3, 2009 at 4:33 pm
ParentingPink
Wow! S’Meeps sounds super yummy! Now I’m just going to have to try them!