Dehydrated Peeps
Did you enjoy eating Lucky Charms as a kid? Do you enjoy eating Peeps? How about marshmallows toasted over a fire? If you answered yes and have a dehydrator or oven, you have to try these! I have dehydrated small marshmallows before but never Peeps. I keep seeing posts about how delicious these are. I know I like to munch on small dehydrated marshmallows to help with a sweet craving, after all, marshmallows are fat free so that must make it OK right?
The little ones taste just like when I was a kid and I would pick out the marshmallows from the cereal. They are crunchy, sweet and delicious. Peeps on the other hand are crunchy, sweet and delicious too. But to me they taste like they were toasted over a campfire with that crunchy golden brown flavor, just the way I like them!
What amazes me is how long it takes to dehydrate Peeps, about 12 hours, and they don’t shrink in size once they are dehydrated. To test if they are dry enough, remove one and let it cool completely, then do a taste test. They should be completely crunchy. To store them, let them cool completely and keep them in an airtight container. I kept my small dehydrated marshmallows for almost 2 months and they were still crunchy and delicious. I’m sure they would have lasted longer had I not eaten them. If you don’t have a dehydrator, put them on a pan covered with parchment paper, turn the oven to it’s lowest temperature and put them in and wait.
Dehydrated Peeps
http://www.InDianesKitchen.com
Ingredients
- 1 pack bunny peeps (or more)
Directions
- Preheat dehydrator to 165 degrees if you have a thermostat setting. Otherwise, just preheat to what ever the manufacturer has it set for. If using an oven, preheat on the lowest temperature possible.
- Place Peeps on trays with a 1″ gap between them. Dehydrate for as long as it takes to get them dry. Mine took 12 hours. If you don’t want to wait that long, cut each Peep into 3 pieces and then place them on the trays.
- Once dry, remove Peeps and allow to cool completely. The only way to tell if they are completely dry is to let them cool before testing for dryness as they will seem gummy while they are still warm.
- Store in an airtight container.
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I’ve never seen a recipe for peeps. I’ve really never thought about how they were made… particularly interesting!
I didn’t make them, I just dehydrated them. That way I can munch on them for months. They turned crunchy and really tasty!
Crunchy 🤔 interesting lol! You’re giving me ideas..
Have you ever eaten Lucky Charms cereal or any cereal with little dried marshmallows? This is the adult version. 🤣😂🤣😂
Yes and it’s the reason I like soggy cereal lol!!!
Diane!!! You cooked the poor Peep!!!! Omgosh, I’m so going to do this!!! I love it!!!
They taste so good but I couldn’t eat just one! I ended up with a sore in my mouth from eating them every day….🤣😂🤣😂
This is incredible! 💗
Thank you Lisa! I love to grab one when I have a sweet craving.
Diane, this is a process I never would have thought I would be reading about. I have not even a peep of a Peep in my house, but I think it would be a fun thing to do during this pandemic. Sit around and watch a dehydrator. If a watched pot never boils, then a watched hydrator… OK, way too much pandemic time on my hands. An interesting post, as always. What do your grandchildren think about doing that to leftover Peeps?😱
They could care less since they don’t like peeps!!!!! Nobody in my family does but me. When my kids were home it was always a standing joke because I put peeps in everyone’s Easter basket. Since they didn’t like them they had to give them all to me! 🤣😂😂🤣😂
Perfect!!!!
Great idea Diane!
Thanks I was shocked how long it took…lol
You’re officially my hero for not only liking peeps but finding a way to keep them by me!
Yeah I am not the only one!!! Lol
Reblogged this on I Can't Believe I Did This! and commented:
I feel a great responsibility to share this post from one of my favorite blogs. It’s a rare thing, indeed, when you find a recipe that uses industrial-grade dyed marshmallow critters. Peeps are one of my top favorite creations in the food world, an opinion I’ve been told many times is not universally shared. More for me, I say…and for my friend here. I am now going out on an expedition to see if I can find any leftover from Easter. Considering they were probably not high on anyone’s pandemic survival list, I’m sure it’ll be a successful hunt. Thanks for making my day!!
Thank you so much for reblogging this peep recipe. The great thing about Peeps is they make them for EVERY holiday so if you can’t find them now, you will soon….lol What’s even better is once they dehydrate they last for months!