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DIY Chocolate Mousse Marshmallow Bear Peeps

My children are crazy about marshmallows.  Nine times out of ten when they ask if they can have a snack, they ask for marshmallows and (eight times out of ten I offer them nuts and fruit).  I guess they come by it honestly though.  My favorite treat is a s’more.  And Hubby’s all-time favorite candy? Yep.  Peeps.
 
Peeps aren’t necessarily expensive candies, but at about $.20 a marshmallow I knew I could do better.  Recently the boys have decided that the Chocolate Mousse Bear Peeps are their favs.  Sure, I can make those!


 
I have made homemade marshmallows in the past, and I find this recipe at Food Network by far the easiest.  Although, I have to admit it is not the tastiest.  For the tastiest, I like this recipe here but it’s more complicated, and today I wanted easy.

 

 

I followed the marshmallow recipe and simply added some cocoa to my powdered sugar/corn starch mixture to cover the marshmallows and create the “chocolate mousse” effect.

Using a bear cookie cutter, I cut out the shapes and dropped them into a baggie filled with cane sugar and cocoa for more chocolate mousse effect.  I sprayed my cookie cutter with some Vegetable oil for easy release.  I also washed it off and re-sprayed it about half-way through.

To make the bear faces, I dipped the tip of a toothpick in some black gel food coloring and simply poked on each face.

They are nice and thick which makes for more marshmallowy goodness.
Cute huh?

Yes…him too :).


I saved all of the leftover scraps to put in my morning cocoa.  Oooo, these would be crazy decadent to stick in your French Hot Chocolate !  A bit over the top?  Perhaps.  But over the top has never stopped me before :).

These would make a cute Valentine’s gift for a classroom or loved one.  If you make these, let me know and link to your creation. I’d love to see them!

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  2. Melanie S says

    Suuuuuuper cute. Man, your kids are so lucky. I love to bake but I gain too much weight when I do, so I rarely do it. Plus the whole gluten-thing kind of throws a wrench into my favorite recipes. But Christian is ecstatic when I make cookies or cupcakes. He would go to heaven if I made chocolate marshmallow bears. Okay, I'm talking myself into it now.

  4. mommabear says

    Beth,
    These are super cute! I think I will be making some for my kidlets now!!! They are marshmallow freaks too 🙂

    Mags

  6. Angie @ The Country Chic Cottage says

    Those are cute!!! I have seen homemade marshmallows before but never like this!

  8. Richella says

    These are adorable! Almost as adorable as your little boy. . . but not quite. He's such a cutie!

  9. Ashley @ AshleysBusy says

    This is so ridiculously cute!!! You are so creative with all your cute food projects. 🙂

  10. Stephanie Lynn says

    Seriously…would it be wrong to say I want to bite the cute little heads off each and every one of these! Way cool – You're super mommy in my book! These are adorable!

  11. jenjen says

    Those are soooo cute! Wow – I am impressed! Yummy!

    I finally got my mantle done. I will link it up on Friday. Hope you are having a good week Beth!

    XOXO
    Jen

  12. Shannon says

    Very cute! They turned out so great. Thanks for sharing this, I might take this on with my little ones.

  13. Southern Fried Gal says

    So cool! I saw a marshmallow pop the other day and thought how popular I would be with my son if I could make those. Thank you for doing the legwork for me! Too cute!

  20. Amanda @ Serenity Now says

    So cute!! 🙂 Armed with this knowledge and your French Hot Chocolate recipe, I could very well put myself into some sort of sugar induced coma. It would be wonderful. 😉

  21. Annesphamily says

    Beth, hi! I love peeps and s'mores! Every holiday my girlfriend Sharon sends me, in the mail, a package of store bought peeps in whatever holiday color is appropriate! I love all your posts! You are the very best! Have a super week and I am going to try these chocolate yummy bear peeps!

  22. Heather@PixieDust says

    my husband loves peeps, too! He opens the package and lets them get stale before he eats them.

  23. arkie says

    I've never heard of Peeps like that! Guess they aren't in our area. How creative of you to make those! I really need to try making some of those marshmallows for my husband!

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