Bring In The Fryday Fail Whale
Well technically it's not a whale, it's a Peep. A pink Peep. And it's dead.
After successfully deep frying a Cadbury Creme Egg last week, I decided to celebrate TGI Fryday with another holiday favorite, the marshmallow Peep.
The key to deep frying candy, I have found, is to freeze it before battering and frying. After freezing the peeps, I dunked them in a wet batter (1 cup milk, 1 cup flour, 1 tspn baking powder, 1 tbspn oil, a splash of vinegar and a 1/2 teaspoon of salt) and quickly fried at 375 degrees until golden brown.
So far so good. The Peep expanded slighty but kept its shape with no sign of leakage. I removed and let it cool slightly on paper towels.
Then I cut in. Enter the fail whale. The Peep was nowhere to be found, only a pink coloring on the inside of the crust and a slight amount of foam/Peep guts on the bottom. Whatever these things are made of obviously can't handle the heat.
Back to the drawing board! - Smoke In Da Eye, Home of Bigger, Badder, Bolder BBQ
After successfully deep frying a Cadbury Creme Egg last week, I decided to celebrate TGI Fryday with another holiday favorite, the marshmallow Peep.
The key to deep frying candy, I have found, is to freeze it before battering and frying. After freezing the peeps, I dunked them in a wet batter (1 cup milk, 1 cup flour, 1 tspn baking powder, 1 tbspn oil, a splash of vinegar and a 1/2 teaspoon of salt) and quickly fried at 375 degrees until golden brown.
So far so good. The Peep expanded slighty but kept its shape with no sign of leakage. I removed and let it cool slightly on paper towels.
Then I cut in. Enter the fail whale. The Peep was nowhere to be found, only a pink coloring on the inside of the crust and a slight amount of foam/Peep guts on the bottom. Whatever these things are made of obviously can't handle the heat.
Back to the drawing board! - Smoke In Da Eye, Home of Bigger, Badder, Bolder BBQ
Posted by Smoke In Da Eye at 4/10/2009 8:06 AM 
Categories: TGI Frydays,recipes
Tags: deep fried peeps
Categories: TGI Frydays,recipes
Tags: deep fried peeps
Clint, How about freezing the peeps with liquid nitrogen first?
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It may work, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort. There's something unnatural about the peeps.
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You have way too much time on your hands and I must too since I read it.
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Does that mean you like it or not, Jimbo?
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I hate peeps, but they were great on the grill with Bacon Salt. It was my first use of a gas grill, and somehow I didn't get marshmallow on anything except the ground!
I gotta find info on gas grilling...it's built into the house on the back porch and gas comes from some magical place instead of a tank...but I have a regular charcoal grill too because I just don't understand the gas grill...isn't it the same as cooking inside? It's got some funny rocks in it too..makes no sense.
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