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Cooking With Candy: Peeps Two Ways
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Jen Carlson
Published Apr 18, 2011
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Move over Cadbury Eggs Benedict, we spent yesterday in the kitchen coming up with our own ways to put a spin on everyone's favorite Easter treats. The results are below, so if you aren't scared of mutilating a cute Peeps with a hand blender (or any of these ingredients), dig in...
Peeps with Fried Plantains and a Mint Ribbons (Jen Carlson/Gothamist)
PEEPS WITH FRIED PLANTAINS AND MINT RIBBONS
Ingredients:
•1 Plantain (yellow and black, not green)
•One Peeps
•Mint
•Vegetable Oil
Directions: Fill a sauce pan up with about 2 inches of vegetable oil and heat it up while you slice the plantains (into 1/4 or 1/2 inch sections). Once the oil is hot put the plantains in (be careful) and fry until they have browned (about 5 to 7 minutes). Take off the heat and place plantains on a paper towel to soak up the oil.
Roll up a mint leaf or two and cut slices of ribbons for the garnish.
Now assemble your plate, with the Peeps as the centerpiece! (Fun fact: fried plantains only have about 130 calories per serving.)
Deviled Cadbury Creme Eggs with Whipped Peeps and a Graham Crumble (Jen Carlson/Gothamist)
DEVILED CADBURY CREME EGGS WITH WHIPPED PEEPS AND A GRAHAM CRUMBLE
Ingredients:
•1 Cadbury Creme Egg
•2 Peeps
•1 Graham Cracker
•1 Basil leaf
•Red sprinkles
Directions: Cut the Cadbury Creme Egg horizontally down the center and scoop out the insides. Place the "yolk" in a bowl with two Peeps and blend together with a hand blender until whipped. Place this inside of the hollow chocolate shells (warning: it's like working with Crazy Glue! Very sticky.) Garnish with red sprinkles ("paprika"), and assemble your plate, crushing graham crackers over it.
And if you don't like either of these options, there's always the Easter Super-Fun Candy Ball the publisher of this site created in 2005 (though we must warn he's still suffering the side effects of ingesting his creation).
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Jen Carlson
Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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