When I saw this at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5337456 I recalled the thread on Peeps, and all the interest. The recipe requires a lot of dairy, but perhaps someone can modify it. enjoy...

Chocolate and Peeps Pie
1 1/2 cups graham crackers, crushed

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

2 full packages of Peeps, 30 Peeps total (your choice of color), plus additional for garnish

1/3 cup hot milk

1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

1/4 teaspoon brandy

2 ounces semisweet chocolate, cut into small chunks and chilled in freezer (or two toffee bars chopped into bite-size pieces)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pulse graham crackers in a food processor until fine.

Mix butter, sugar and crushed graham crackers in a bowl. Press mixture evenly into the sides and bottom of a 9-inch pie plate.

Bake crust for 7 minutes until golden. Allow to cool to room temperature. (Crust can be made a day or two in advance and kept fresh in the refrigerator.)

Using a double boiler, stir in hot milk and Peeps until fully melted and uniform in color. Allow to cool to room temperature, 7-10 minutes. Do not allow mixture to stiffen.

Whip cream to stiff peaks using a hand blender or kitchen mixer. Add brandy during mixing.

Using large rubber spatula, fold whipped cream and chocolate pieces into the Peeps mixture. Make sure all of the ingredients are thoroughly incorporated.

Pour into graham cracker pie shell and refrigerate several hours or overnight.

Garnish with green coconut (see below), whole Peeps and/or more chocolate pieces.

what the hell are peeps? other then that, sounds easy to make

--matt

You don't have peeps in Canada?!?!?!?!??!


http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/


Marshmallows coated in sugar shaped into bunnies and chicks. Excellent.

There are peeps in Canada. I guess they aren't that popular here, at least where I live anyway. I havn't seen any peeps yet this Easter holiday. I'm sure they would be at Walmart! I just havn't been shopping there in awhile.

I remember the thread about Peeps too and I was just wondering....Am I the only one who thinks Peeps are GROSS.
To me they taste like pure sugar....I LOVE marshmallows but Peeps totally gross me out.

Peeps are SO gross. Every year my kids want peeps. Every year I buy peeps. Every year NOBODY eats the peeps...cuz they're GROSS!

Yea, they are one of those foods that you try form time to time cause everyone loves them they realy cant be bad.... but they are!

graham crackers?
what are good gluten free graham crackers?

peeps are so bad that they're good
-rg

hmm i'll have to look for them next time. i rarely go down the junkfood aisle

--matt

The only graham crackers that are gluten-free that I have tried are Josef's Gluten Free Graham Crackers. They have them the gluten-free mall, http://www.glutenfreemall.com/catalog/prod...products_id=323 however I get them locally.

I need to make the recipe DF. I can replace the butter with Earth Balance, and the hot milk with hot soymilk, however does anyone have any suggestion on the replacing the "heavy whipping cream"

A Peeps pie....can't imagine.....Peeps are kind of fascinating, haven't had one in years, kind of a marshmallow with so much sugar that the sugar crunches, as I recall?

The Easter Bunny brought me FOUR packages of Peeps. That's 60 marshmallows covered in crunchy sugar.

They should last me at least 3 months.

Or they'll feed the cockroaches during a nuclear holocaust. Along with twinkies.

Excellent, and enough for TWO Peeps pies!!

I get my gluten-free graham crackers from The Grainless Baker... one of the owner's sister is in our local support group and we order them as a group...

http://www.thegrainlessbaker.com/

i usually just leave the whipped cream out of recipes, but kinda sounds like you need it for this recipe. personally i've beat up some egg whites with sugar & cream of tartar and make a merangue <sp> and try that. i'll look for peeps when i go shopping and try this recipe if i can find any, keep ya posted.

--matt

I should've been more specific!! I need a replacement for Heavy Whipping Cream that is free of gluten, dairy, eggs, peanuts, and tree nuts of any kind!

If you're in the mood for a little Peep humor (warning: slightly sadistic!), check out

http://www.peepresearch.org

and

http://www.keypad.org/bunnies/





Jeanne

coconut milk chilled very cold then whipped
gl
rosie ny