What to do with chocolate bunnies and peeps?

With Summer right around the corner, I decided it was probably time to get rid of the rest of our Easter candy.  After the kids get their baskets, I tend to hide a whole bunch of their candy for later and then we forget about it.  In our pantry, we had numerous boxes of peeps and chocolate bunnies they either had forgotten about or I had gotten rediculously cheap after Easter.  Andy's Granny makes an awesome crockpot fudge that I thought I could recreate with peeps and bunnies.  When you're making this candy, make sure you stir FREQUENTLY.  I only say this in caps because the first time I tried this recipe, I did not.  On Saturday I put all the ingredients into my crockpot and Celia and I went grocery shopping.  2 hours later, we came home to some very burnt candy.  We had to rush out to an engagement party, so I didn't get it thrown away until later.  Andy cleaned up the crockpot, but when we washed it in the dishwasher, there must've still been some burnt chocolate on it.  It proceeded to clog up our dishwasher.  I learned so many lessons in a short amout of time.  Needless to say, the 2nd time making this, I was much more cautious and they turned out delicious!

CrockPot Candy
Ingredients:
2 Cups Peanuts
1 Cup Chopped Pecans
1/2 Cup Peanut Butter
4 Trays of Peeps
2 Chocolate Bunnies (1 of mine was a white chocolate one, so any kind will work)
1 Bag Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1. Spray a slowcooker with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Pour peanuts, pecans, and chocolate chips into slowcooker.
3. Cut up peeps and chocolate bunnies.  Add these and peanut butter to slowcooker.

4. Cook on low for 45 to 60 minutes on low, STIRRING FREQUENTLY!
5. When chocolate and peeps are all melted together, turn off slowcooker.  Form chocolate into small balls or chunks and lay out on waxed paper.  Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.  Makes 35 to 45 pieces of candy.

What to do with Peeps?

I love Peeps.  I like to eat them stale.  I know that sounds funny, but I leave the package open for a couple of days and then eat them with chocolate.  Yum!  I think it's great that they now make Peeps for more holidays than just Easter.  My favorite thing to do with Peeps is make Peep Treats.  These are Rice Krispy Treats made out of Peeps.  They are so fun, because they end up being the color of the peeps.  We just had pink Peep Treats for Celia's birthday.  Peep Treats are a fun treat to make with your kids because they are easy to make and the peeps look funny when you warm them up in the microwave.

Peep Treats
Ingredients:
1/2 Package of Large Marshmallows (I used pink strawberry ones)
1 Package of Peeps (Use the Pack with 3 trays)
3 TBSP Butter or Margarine
6 Cups Rice Krispy Cereal

1. Spray a large, rectangular baking pan
2. Put Marshmallows, Peeps and Butter in a large, microwaveable bowl.  Microwave for 1 to 2 minutes in 30 second increments.  Peeps will expand, you want to make sure they don't explode.
3. Mix Rice Krispies into melted
Marshmallows.  Pour into your baking pan.  Let sit for a few hours.