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Peeps Party – Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding

March 19, 2013 This post may contain affiliate links.

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe – Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe - Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

Whether you love or hate eating marshmallow Peeps, there is no denying they are fun to add to edible and inedible crafts for Easter. I personally love the sugar coated marshmallow bunnies and chicks, and haven’t gone without them a single Easter as long as I can remember.

As a kid, I found them unwrapped, stale and sticking to the grass in my basket every year, but that didn’t keep me from eating them, it actually, made me appreciate the aged, chewy and crunchy Peeps even more than those fresh out of the box.

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe - Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

My passion for Peeps escalated back in 2003 when I created this Peeps on the Farm in Ohio basket, for a contest that Just Born, the maker of Peeps, hosted.

My creation was almost completely edible and it was clever enough to win my home state division for which I was awarded a year’s supply of the marshmallow treats.

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe - Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

Guess what? You can win Peeps too, just for entering a giveaway (details at the end of the post,) as part of a Spring Hop Along Peeps Party. Twenty three incredibly talented bloggers have joined forces to create some spectacular projects using Peeps and I was invited to join in on the fun.

My affinity for Peeps made creating an edible craft for this party super easy. I found my inspiration from a project I created last Easter.

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe - Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

I knew when I made my popular Ravenous Rabbit Cupcakes that they required a crazy amount of work. I’m positive many more people enjoyed looking at these cute cupcakes than actually made them.

Each dessert used dozens of candy carrots and a cute little bunny butt created out of modeling chocolate.

I figured using Peeps Marshmallow Bunnies and fewer carrots would help simplify this idea, so hopefully more of you will actually re-create these for dessert this Easter.

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe - Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

These simplified desserts are still totally cute, don’t you think?Each bunny is nestled in a bowl of chocolate pudding that is topped with crushed chocolate cookies and once filled with some carrots resembles a garden that has been invaded by the bunny.

This idea could also be used on a cupcake or a bowl of chocolate mousse. You could even create an entire garden filled with carrots and bunnies on a brownie or cake.

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe - Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

Peeps Recipe – Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding

You’ll Need:
white modeling chocolate (find recipe here)
orange and green food coloring
Peeps Marshmallow Bunnies
2 candy eyes per bunny
1 pink sugar pearl (round candy sprinkle) per bunny
1 white heart shaped sprinkle per bunny
corn syrup (to use as edible glue)
dessert dishes filled with your favorite chocolate pudding
crushed chocolate cookies (about one cookie per pudding)

Instructions:

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe - Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

Before you begin, if you need detailed instructions and trouble shooting tips for working with and coloring modeling chocolate read my Chocolate Making Tips page, here.

  • Pinch off and color some modeling chocolate green.
  • Color a larger amount orange.
  • Pinch off pea size pieces of orange and roll into balls.
  • Then roll into carrot shapes. Pinch off tiny pieces of green and roll into very thin logs.
  • Cut into 1/4″ or so pieces. Use a toothpick to create a hole in each carrot.
  • Dab a bit of corn syrup into each hole. Insert a green log into each carrot.
  • Flatten and cut the green to look like leaves.
  • Use a knife to make indentations across each carrot, if desired.

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe - Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

Your Peeps already have faces, and if you choose, you can skip the steps of adding decorations to the faces, but I like the more expressive faces and the buck teeth. If you do too, then use the backside of each Peep to create the new face.

Use corn syrup as glue to attach two candy eyes and one pink sugar pearl for a nose to each bunny. Break off the tip of each white candy heart to make buck teeth for your bunnies. Add them just under the pink nose.

Use a skewer or toothpick to poke a hole for the mouth in each bunny. Dip the tip of a modeling chocolate carrot into corn syrup. Press it into the mouth.

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe - Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

Fill a dessert cup with pudding, add some edible cookie crumb dirt, nestled in a decorated bunny, and add more modeling chocolate carrots. Then serve.

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe - Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

These festive Easter desserts can even be made ahead, and kept in the refrigerator. I don’t normally refrigerate modeling chocolate as it can develop condensation, but these carrots are so small, you don’t really notice it.

I’ve had my Peeps Pudding in the refrigerator for three days and they still look great.As I finished writing this post, I couldn’t help myself, but I had to raid the carrot patch myself.

I just finished gobbling up one of these dessert cups and to my surprise found the Peeps to be really soft. They taste just like they do right out of the package.

I guess the next time, I’ll have to let the Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding Cup sit out for a while so my Peeps get a bit more chewy and crunchy, just they way I like ’em.

Peeps are a traditional candy the Easter Bunny brings on Easter! Make this Peeps Recipe - Raiding the Carrot Patch Peeps Pudding to add a little something extra to your Easter Baskets! Your kids will go as wild as these bunnies for this delicious treat.

How do you prefer your Peeps?

Ready for more fabulous PEEPS recipes and ideas???  Visit the following websites, each is sharing an amazing PEEPS post for you today, so hop on over and check them all out!

PEEPS bunnies in Chocolate Easter Eggs from The Decorated Cookie

PEEPS Cupcakes from Hoosier Homemade

Spring PEEPS Truffles from Java Cupcake

Pavlova Peeps Nests from Crazy for Crust

PEEPS S’mores from The Southern Institute

Giant PEEPS Cereal Treat from Dollhouse Bake Shoppe

PEEPS Candy Bars from The Domestic Rebel

Rice Krispies PEEPS from Creative Food

Easter Cake with White Chocolate PEEPS from Bird on a Cake

Hula Bunny PEEPS from Sugar Swings! Serve Some

Peeping Peeps from Miss Candiquik

Bird House S’mores on a Stick From Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons

Layered S’mores Brownies with PEEPS from Shugary Sweets

PEEPS Brownie Pops from Munchkin Munchies

Easter PEEPS in their Finest from Pint Sized Baker

Peeps Get Married from Haniela’s

Peek A Boo PEEPS Cookies from In Katrina’s Kitchen

Spring Hop Along PEEPS Party from Love From the Oven

PEEPS Eclair Cake Cups from Inside BruCrew Life

Very Vanilla PEEPS Cake from Pink Little Cake

Peeps Centerpiece Cookies from The Baked Equation

PEEPS Magician Hat from Not Your Momma’s Cookie

 

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Comments

  1. Lachelle

    March 27, 2013 at 1:03 am

    My favorite way to enjoy peeps was to give them away to others!

    Reply
  2. Kristen Gay

    March 26, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    My favorite way to enjoy peeps is through decoration! They look so cute with spring flowers.

    Reply
  3. Anonymous

    March 27, 2013 at 1:03 am

    My favorite way is to enjoy giving them to others.

    Reply
  4. Kat

    March 24, 2013 at 12:08 am

    So adorable!!

    Reply
  5. Anonymous

    March 24, 2013 at 1:07 am

    Peeps are the best!

    Reply
  6. MrsD

    March 22, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    HA! I thought I was the only one who preferred stale peeps! Y'all have made me feel … well … closer to normal! LOL

    Reply
  7. Happier Than a Pig in Mud

    March 22, 2013 at 10:27 am

    Hilarious:@)

    Reply
  8. Terri

    March 22, 2013 at 10:17 am

    These are adorable!

    Reply
  9. VickiT

    March 22, 2013 at 3:07 am

    I love to open the package of Peeps and then let them sit for about 2-3 days until they are dried a bit. They are chewy that way and so much better.

    I LOVE all the ideas above. Super cute stuff.

    Reply
  10. Calien Laure

    March 21, 2013 at 8:49 pm

    These look awesome! I love the stale peeps, too. 🙂 My Gramps was a big gardener and for his 65th birthday we made a garden sheet cake. Instead of using modeling chocolate for the veggies, we used marzipan. Just offering that as a suggestion!

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      March 22, 2013 at 2:04 am

      That's a great idea. I don't know why I never think to use marzipan. I need to try it:)

      Reply
  11. Courtenay@Creek Line House

    March 21, 2013 at 3:04 pm

    These would be such a big hit around here! Saw you on Looksi today and I got sucked right into reading all about modelling chocolate. Can't wait to try it out!

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      March 21, 2013 at 3:53 pm

      Thanks, Courtenay. I'm happy you stopped by from Looksi. I'm new to their site and am happy people are finding me because of them. I love working with modeling chocolate. It tastes so much better than fondant. I've done a lot of projects on Hungry Happenings, using it. Hope you have fun trying it out.

      Reply
  12. Lau-raw

    March 21, 2013 at 12:18 pm

    With chocolate are so good!

    Reply
  13. Sarah Mae

    March 21, 2013 at 2:37 am

    I have never been a fan of peeps on their own since marshmallow isn't my favorite. That's why I LOVE all these ideas–mixing the marshmallow with other amazing treats sounds delicious.

    Reply
  14. MissCandiquik

    March 20, 2013 at 5:45 pm

    did I already comment!? These are adorable…as usual from you!

    Reply
  15. Kookie17

    March 20, 2013 at 3:54 pm

    Super cute ideas! I just like to float them on hot chocolate!

    Reply
  16. Jocelyn

    March 20, 2013 at 3:21 pm

    I absolutely love that you added more expression to their faces…those eyes are totally making me laugh!!!

    Reply
  17. Maaike FunAndFood

    March 20, 2013 at 10:51 am

    Wow, these ideas are great!

    Reply
  18. Rebekah

    March 20, 2013 at 6:48 am

    Very cute. Love the peeps. 😀 Mmmm…

    Reply
  19. 3d33377a-dc1a-11e0-b001-000f20980440

    March 20, 2013 at 5:17 am

    These are so cute! I love to eat Peeps fresh out of the package, dipped in chocolate. So good!

    Reply
  20. julie ball

    March 20, 2013 at 4:26 am

    I love Peeps… but agree with what some others have said that they only seem right at Easter, so that' usually the only time I buy them. I'll eat them any ol' way but recently I saw them as a topping option at my local Frozen Yogurt joint. Peeps in FroYo… why didn't I ever think of that?! Yum! 🙂

    Reply
  21. Sue

    March 20, 2013 at 2:15 am

    You took the Peeps to the next level of cuteness! So cute!

    Reply
  22. Lindsay Ann @ Dollhouse Bake Shoppe

    March 20, 2013 at 12:40 am

    OMG hehehe I am dying over the cuteness!!! I love all of your work so much Beth (your basket creations is absolutely incredible!!!) Such a fantastic addition to the Peeps party! So glad we got to collaborate 😀
    -Lindsay Ann @ Dollhouse Bake Shoppe

    Reply
  23. Melissa

    March 19, 2013 at 11:01 pm

    I just love them! You are so creative!

    Reply
  24. Haniela

    March 19, 2013 at 10:42 pm

    These are just too cute for words, I love how you did the eyes!

    Reply
  25. Blogiposa

    March 19, 2013 at 9:46 pm

    Peeps any way are tasty but only Easter rabbit Peeps seem true.

    Reply
  26. Katrina Bahl

    March 19, 2013 at 9:02 pm

    I love that you bugged out their eyes!

    Reply
  27. Michelle | Creative Food

    March 19, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    These are too cute! Love how the PEEPS are munching on the mini candy carrots! 🙂

    Reply
  28. MissCandiquik

    March 19, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    so cute! Lol, apparently there are a lot of stale peep lovers!

    Reply
  29. Jenny Yarbrough

    March 19, 2013 at 7:07 pm

    This is hilarious! I love your idea… so creative!

    Reply
  30. Pams Party

    March 19, 2013 at 6:16 pm

    I think I remember seeing your entry before on the Peeps site.. 🙂 I agree that stale peeps taste better than fresh.

    Reply
  31. Activity Directors Sharing Ideas

    March 19, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    This may be kinda strange but a freind introduced me to drying them out a little abd oh my goodness they are wonderful that way …..=)

    Reply
  32. Activity Directors Sharing Ideas

    March 19, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    Love this idea ….thank you!

    Reply
  33. cherrybaby016

    March 19, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    I love Peeps! My big sister and I love to sit and catch up over a small box of chicks, we have always shared them during the Easter season ever since I was a child.

    Reply
  34. Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff

    March 19, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    Sooo cute … even Peeps eat their vegetables!

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      March 19, 2013 at 4:26 pm

      Chocolate carrots are my kind of vegetables too!

      Reply
  35. Beth Jackson Klosterboer

    March 19, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    Thanks for sharing a link!

    Reply
  36. Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel

    March 19, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    OMG, how cute are these?!

    Reply
  37. Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel

    March 19, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    OMG, how cute are these?!

    Reply
  38. Pint Sized Baker

    March 19, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    These little guys are so cute. Who would bother them in the garden? Love 'em!

    Reply
  39. dragonswing

    March 19, 2013 at 2:48 pm

    Oh this is so cute! And thank you for the instructions for the modeling chocolate. Even as a child, I was the only one in the family to like the marshmallow treats. SO I got to eat them all!! I prefer fresh but if they
    are a bit stale, I will still eat them.

    Reply
  40. Pink Little Cake

    March 19, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    I adore these mini carrots, and I would definitly go with the bowl of chocolate mousse

    Reply
  41. Jennifer @ Not Your Momma's Cookie

    March 19, 2013 at 2:26 pm

    So completely clever and cute! I adore these, Beth!!

    Reply
  42. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust

    March 19, 2013 at 2:00 pm

    These are adorable!

    Reply
  43. Betsy Eves - JavaCupcake.com

    March 19, 2013 at 1:59 pm

    Oooooooooh I love how you gave them faces!! GENIUS idea!!!

    Reply
  44. Kalamity Kelli

    March 19, 2013 at 1:40 pm

    I love your Ohio Farm Peeps! I'm doing a Peeps on Earth diorama this year – I was actually supposed to do it last night. Ah well, maybe tonight. The pudding is fabulous with the carrot-eating Peep!

    Reply
  45. Lisa@hooplapalooza

    March 19, 2013 at 1:33 pm

    these crack me up! and your peeps basket is like out of the park crazy creative! 🙂

    Reply
  46. Robin In Ruskin

    March 19, 2013 at 1:17 pm

    Your ideas are soooo cute! love those little peeps!

    Reply
  47. craftmomdawn

    March 19, 2013 at 1:13 pm

    I like them fresh out of the package, soft and gooey.
    You are very creative with Peeps

    Reply
  48. craftmomdawn

    March 19, 2013 at 1:12 pm

    Fresh out of the package.
    You are very creative with Peeps

    Reply
  49. Madonna

    March 19, 2013 at 1:06 pm

    omgoodness how cute. I love peeps anyway you can imagine. I am old enough to remember when you could only get peeps at Easter. I am so glad they offer them all the time now. We made a Peep cake for Easter last year. It was so cute.

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      March 19, 2013 at 1:17 pm

      Oh, me too. I always anxiously awaited the arrival of Peeps in the grocery store each spring.

      Reply
    • dragonswing

      March 19, 2013 at 2:50 pm

      I will have to look harder cause the only time I see them is at the holiday

      Reply
  50. sugarswings

    March 19, 2013 at 12:35 pm

    So adorable!! Love the big eyes on them and I love them stale! Thanks for playing along!!!!

    Reply
  51. The Partiologist

    March 19, 2013 at 12:26 pm

    Love love love your peeps pudding – too cute!

    Reply
  52. Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com

    March 19, 2013 at 11:53 am

    This is so cute Beth! Love how you did the face!!

    Reply

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