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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » Easter Recipes

    Giant Homemade Marshmallow Peep

    Modified: Jul 19, '24 · Published: Mar 31, '14 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    Peeps are a beloved Easter treat, but what if you could make one that's the star of the show? This giant, homemade marshmallow Peep is sure to amaze your guests and is surprisingly achievable!

    Everyone loves peeps, so why not take your peeps to the next level? For your Easter party make this amazing Giant Homemade Marshmallow Peep, your guests will be absolutely amazed!

    Skip the Store, Make Your Own:

    Forget store-bought candies, this recipe uses homemade marshmallows for a fresh and delicious twist. The key? A special 3-D Peeps pan (available online or at craft stores).

    Simple Steps, Big Impact:

    The process is easier than you might think. I'll guide you through greasing and prepping the pan, making two batches of fluffy homemade marshmallows, and assembling your giant Peep masterpiece.

    Tips and Tricks:

    The post includes helpful hints like using yellow sugar for a vibrant color and creating eyes with chocolate chips. Plus, we answer the age-old question: Does a giant Peep go stale? (Spoiler alert: It depends on your preference for a soft or crunchy texture!)

    Ready to impress your friends and family? Make this Giant Homemade Marshmallow Peep the centerpiece of your Easter celebration!

    Everyone loves peeps, so why not take your peeps to the next level? For your Easter party make this amazing Giant Homemade Marshmallow Peep, your guests will be absolutely amazed!

    Giant Homemade Marshmallow Peep

    You'll Need:

    3-D Peeps Cake pan
    butter (to grease pan)
    ⅓ cup yellow sugar (stir yellow food coloring into white granulated sugar)
    2 batches of my homemade marshmallow recipe (see recipe on my Starfish S'mores post too)*
    yellow food coloring
    wooden dowel
    2 large dark chocolate chips

       *Each batch of homemade marshmallows will require these ingredients:

                1 cup water

                3 packages unflavored gelatin

                1 ½ cups granulated sugar

                1 cup light corn syrup

                a pinch of salt

                1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

    You will have extra marshmallow by making 2 whole batches. If you have a professional kitchen-aid with a 6 quart bowl, you can make 1 ½ recipes instead and should have enough to fill both sides of the pan. Otherwise, I suggest just making the two batches.

    Instructions:

    Everyone loves peeps, so why not take your peeps to the next level? For your Easter party make this amazing Giant Homemade Marshmallow Peep, your guests will be absolutely amazed!

    Grease the inside of each half of the 3-D Peeps pan really well with butter. Sprinkle yellow sugar all over the inside of the pan, making sure to get in all the grooves.

    Everyone loves peeps, so why not take your peeps to the next level? For your Easter party make this amazing Giant Homemade Marshmallow Peep, your guests will be absolutely amazed!

    Make one batch of the homemade marshmallows, adding yellow coloring as the marshmallows are being whipped. Pour the yellow marshmallow into one half of the 3-D Peeps pan. Butter one hand really well and press down on the marshmallow making sure it's really well compacted in the pan.

    You will have more than you need. Use any extra yellow sugar to coat the excess marshmallow.

    Make another batch of yellow marshmallows and fill the other side of the 3-D Peeps Pan.

    If the first pan of marshmallows is still sticky, just press the two sides of the pan together. If not, wet your fingers with water and rub the water all over the first marshmallow that you made. This will make the marshmallow sticky again. Then press the two sides together.

    I set my pan inside a large bowl and snuggled a towel under the top of the pan to keep it level.

    Allow the marshmallow to dry for at least 4 hours.

    Everyone loves peeps, so why not take your peeps to the next level? For your Easter party make this amazing Giant Homemade Marshmallow Peep, your guests will be absolutely amazed!

    Set the Peeps pan upright and carefully peel the two sides off the marshmallow.

    Trim off the excess marshmallow along the seam and sprinkle some yellow sugar over the seam and any bare spots.

    Everyone loves peeps, so why not take your peeps to the next level? For your Easter party make this amazing Giant Homemade Marshmallow Peep, your guests will be absolutely amazed!

    Stick a wood dowel into the peep where the eyes should be, to create a small well. Stick the pointed end of a large chocolate chip into the well. It will just stick.

    Everyone loves peeps, so why not take your peeps to the next level? For your Easter party make this amazing Giant Homemade Marshmallow Peep, your guests will be absolutely amazed!

    This marshmallow should stay fresh for a week sitting on Easter Grass in a basket. If you put it in an airtight container it will stay fresh for several weeks. Of course, I like stale Peeps, so letting it sit and get crusty isn't a bad thing. You can probably keep this for at least a month if you don't mind a more crunchy exterior.

    More Sweet Easter Treats
    from Hungry Happenings


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    Marshmallow Easter Bunny Paws

    Easter candy ideas

    Nutter Butter Lamb Lollipops

    Easter chick candy recipe

    Sugar Spoon Chicks - tiny sugar eggs on spoons

    My Marshmallow Recipe can be found on this post:

    S'mores recipe

    Starfish S'mores

    If this Easter Recipe interests you, then you should go and check out all these other delicious ideas.

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Anonymous says

      March 31, 2014 at 5:57 pm

      I am sugar free and gluten free but still do a lot of baking for family and friends. We were just talking about putting peeps in the microwave for 12 seconds and watching them expand them letting them cool to eat! They make a great decoration around the tree stump cake i make with a bunny butt on the side looking like a bunny diving in to the tree stump. Love em! Ginny Fedrowitz

      Reply
    2. Rebecca Mockbee says

      March 31, 2014 at 5:57 pm

      I LOVE peeps! I always have to get some when I see them arrive in the store! I have even passed my love of them on to my 3-year-old! (much to my husband's chagrin!) 🙂

      Reply
    3. Anne Burns (see e-mail) says

      March 31, 2014 at 5:29 pm

      I loved reading your article on the giant peep (I found it on pintrest).
      Each year we get peeps to celebrate easter. My husband and I have a continuing argument about leaving the peeps fresh or letting them get stale. My favorite way is fresh and soft! My 4 year old now adds to our debate and tries them each way to see what she thinks are best. What a great fun easter tradition.

      Anne Burns

      Reply
    4. Robin Ruedi says

      March 31, 2014 at 5:29 pm

      I LOVE to make peep smores!!

      Reply
    5. Leslie W says

      March 31, 2014 at 5:23 pm

      I love PEEPS! Every Easter I make a cake and use PEEPS to decorate the cake. Now my daughter helps me make the cakes but I think she enjoys eating the PEEPS more than decorating with them 🙂

      mosquints(AT)yahoo(DOT)com

      Reply
    6. Anonymous says

      March 31, 2014 at 4:40 pm

      I love PEEPS, I try to find all of the new ones out each season and use them as edible decorations.

      Reply
    7. eyes2theocean says

      March 31, 2014 at 4:37 pm

      We're a Peep loving family, my kids especially like to make smores out of them. However this weekend I spied Godiva chocolate covered Peep.Oh the GLORY they were good. LOL

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 4:50 pm

        Oh, sounds wonderful. I do love my Peeps with chocolate too!

        Reply
    8. dani elkins says

      March 31, 2014 at 4:31 pm

      peeps are my husbands favorite easter basket treat.he loves them stale so a few days before making his basket I poke holes in the package so he can eat them right away.You think he got the winning lottery ticket because he can eat his peeps without waiting.lol

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 4:49 pm

        That is such a smart idea! I hate having to wait too, so I understand his enthusiasm.

        Reply
    9. Jenn @ Once Upon a Tier says

      March 31, 2014 at 4:28 pm

      I am not a huge fan of Peeps, but I love all those cute products by Wilton! I would love to make a giant Peep cake!

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 4:54 pm

        I love that even people who aren't fans of the marshmallow, might love the cuteness factor of a Peep and now you can make cookies, cupcakes and more using the Wilton products.

        Reply
    10. Lisa Y. says

      March 31, 2014 at 4:13 pm

      I have always been a Peeps fan! When I was younger, my Mom would always buy Peeps for me at Easter, and continues to do so! My husband just shakes his head at me as I eat them! I already got the Peeps cookie cutters. I thought it would be fun to give my family Peeps, since they always give them to me! I would love to win the rest of this package! How fun!

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 4:53 pm

        My husband isn't a fan either, and just doesn't get my obsession with them either!

        Reply
    11. Caradith Sprouse says

      March 31, 2014 at 4:06 pm

      Can you believe it, I HAVE NEVER HAD A PEEP!. My mom never got them for us because she didn't like them. I love Marshmallows. Why wouldn't I like them. My son just told me he liked them, so the bunny is getting them so I can try one. I love all of the colors and how cute they are!

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 4:52 pm

        I met someone else recently who had never tried a Peep. It was pretty amazing to me, being I've been eating them since childhood. I hope you enjoy your first Peep!

        Reply
    12. Mary H says

      March 31, 2014 at 4:04 pm

      I love peeps - thanks for the instrucs! I remember them always being in my easter basket as a kid... my mom would use them to create a treasure hunt of sorts for me to find my basket!!

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 4:51 pm

        We always had to hunt for our baskets too. I loved that tradition.

        Reply
    13. Sheena Howard says

      March 31, 2014 at 4:02 pm

      I love peeps! I've never been big on plain marshmallows, but Peeps are amazing! We buy them every year for my babies and they always go to them before all other Easter candy! 🙂

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 4:50 pm

        It is amazing how different a Peeps tastes than a plain marshmallow out of a bag.

        Reply
    14. Lynne says

      March 31, 2014 at 3:36 pm

      I love Peeps for Easter!! So pretty & springlike!

      Reply
    15. suburban prep says

      March 31, 2014 at 3:31 pm

      I am not a Peeps fan but the rest of my family loves them.
      I have made with my niece and nephews this large cupcake that looked like a basket and put Peeps on top. They loved it because we dyed the coconut green to look like grass and then put jelly beans.

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 3:34 pm

        Sounds like fun!

        Reply
    16. Ana says

      March 31, 2014 at 3:25 pm

      I Love Peeps! The first year that Peeps plushies came out, I was in my last year of high school. One morning, that year, I came out to find my car COVERED in decorations -- including two Peeps plushies. It was a pleasant surprise, but it became clear it was not intended for me. Our neighbor across the street had made the cheerleading team at an opposing high school and their team decorated my car by mistake -- decking it out in their school colors. Unfortunately, it had rained that morning and the plushies were a soaked mess. I ran them and the rest of the decorations inside my house before I left for school (thank goodness I wasn't running late!). On my way back from school, I bought actual marshmallow peeps in my neighbor's school colors and walked them over to congratulate her and explain the mix up! She came over to see the still soggy decorations from my car and we had a laugh (and some peeps) together.

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 3:33 pm

        What a fun story. Thanks for sharing!

        Reply
    17. lesleyana says

      March 31, 2014 at 3:24 pm

      i am not a huge fan, i must admit (don't boo me!) but love all the projects i am seeing using them for other than eating!

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 3:34 pm

        Most of my family members aren't fans either. As a child, that just meant more for me!

        Reply
    18. Sugar Butter Baby says

      March 31, 2014 at 3:05 pm

      errmigawd - I love peeps! My friends & boyfriend always buy me peeps, send me peeps links and have even gotten me peeps plushies!! I would love to win this and bake some goodies to share with them all!

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 3:10 pm

        Half of my Easter decorations are plush Peeps! I love 'em too. Good luck.

        Reply
    19. BethMcD says

      March 31, 2014 at 3:00 pm

      I LOVE PEEPS - preferably stale. I open up a package as soon as I get them and let them sit a few days before i enjoy them. The chicks are my favorite (i know they all taste the same) They also always remind me of my Pepere. We used to give him peeps every year for Easter since they were his favorite and he always, with out fail, would open them right up and share with us. He may no longer be with us here, but I know he's there when I'm enjoying a peep...or two 🙂

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 3:10 pm

        I love them stale too, and do the same thing. Thanks for sharing your sweet memory. I'm sure you think of your Pepere around Easter time whenever you see Peeps.

        Reply
    20. Heather B says

      March 31, 2014 at 2:58 pm

      I LOVE Peeps, especially around Easter and definitely in the Spring. I use them in my trifles and homemade ice cream. I also melt them and use them as frosting and in rice krispie treats.

      Reply
      • beth says

        March 31, 2014 at 3:09 pm

        Oooh, I've never melted them and used them as frosting or in Rice Krispies treats, both great ideas that I'll have to try.

        Reply
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