Peeps playdough is edible play dough made with Peeps candy. Kids of all ages will have so much fun transforming leftover Peeps with this easy playdough recipe into sensory play and the best part is that the smooth dough tastes delicious! This homemade marshmallow play dough is even cooler than regular edible playdough because it is made with Easter’s favorite candy, Peeps!
Edible Peeps PlayDough Recipe for Kids
Let’s look at an easy way to transform Easter candy into Peep playdough! Homemade play dough recipes are a favorite here at Kids Activities Blog and this marshmallow play dough is my kids absolute favorite and you can make it quickly with just 3 simple ingredients because the Peeps coloring acts as food coloring.
Related: More Edible Playdough Recipes We Love
About Peeps Candy
Around the Easter holiday is the best time to get Peeps candy because on average about 2 billion Peeps are sold each year. Despite high sales, Peeps candy is controversial as seen in a recent study:
“A full 49% of respondents indicated they don’t eat Peeps, which just means more Peeps for the rest of us.”
–Leavitt Group, Marshmallow Peeps Survey Results
Related: Extra Peeps? Try our Peeps Rice Krispie treats recipe
This edible playdough recipe is colorful and a fun activity for kids and if you are part of the 49% we are recycling something you don’t want to eat!
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Easy Peeps Play dough Recipe
Supplies Needed to Make Peeps Play Dough Recipe
- 3 Peeps – one color works best
- 1 Tablespoon of Coconut Oil
- 3 Tablespoons of Powdered Sugar (and some more for dusting)
Note: Each Peeps play dough recipe makes enough for one child. Repeat the recipe for additional kids and so you can use the other Peep colors.
Instructions to Make Peeps Playdough
Watch Our Short Video on How to Make Peeps Playdough
Step 1
Set the Peeps and coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl. Place the bowl in the microwave for 10 seconds, just enough to watch the peeps “grow” with the heat.
Step 2
Add the powdered sugar to the melted Peeps and stir.
Step 3
As you stir in the bowl, the dough should begin pulling away from the edges.
Step 4
Lightly dust your lump with powdered sugar, and work out any additional lumps in your dough with your hands forming a ball of dough. The play dough consistency will be a little springy, but a smooth soft dough.
How to Fix Your Peeps Play Dough
- If your edible play dough is too sticky, add more powdered sugar.
- If the edible play dough cracks, add a touch more oil.
- If your edible play dough is too lightly colored, add some food coloring of the same color as the Peeps candy to intensify the playdough color.
How Peeps Playdough Turns Out
This is essentially marshmallow fondant. It tastes even better if you use the flavored Peeps. We had a box of blue raspberry Peeps – boy it was yummy!
How to Store Peeps Playdough
Your child can play with the marshmallow play dough as normal play dough, but it does not store well even in an airtight container.
We have used ours two days later, after storing it in an airtight baggie, but it was pretty stiff and not as pliable as it was on day one. So instead of playing with it like traditional play dough, we found it was good for cutting practice with scissors giving kids even more fine motor skills activities for hand muscles!
Our Experience Making Peeps Play Dough at Home
This idea of making Peeps play dough came up when our kids got a big box of Peeps and we already had so much Easter candy in the house. The Peeps reminded me a little of our Peanut Butter Playdough recipe which used three ingredients including regular marshmallows and made edible, candy-like, playdough and so Marshmallow Peeps Play Dough was born.
If you like this idea, but think it has too much sugar, check out this version by Still Playing School. They use cornstarch as their “thickening agent”.
How to Add Texture to Peeps Playdough Recipe
Want to add some texture to your dough? We had fun adding coconut flakes, chocolate chip shavings, and candy sprinkles.
Peeps Playdough Recipe
Make homemade candy play dough with this fun Peeps Playdough recipe for kids. And it is so fun, you will want to make a batch for yourself. Super easy and quick to do because it only has 3 ingredients! Sticky, squishy fun for play.
Materials
- 3 Peeps – one color works best
- 1 Tablespoon of Coconut Oil
- 3 Tablespoons of Powdered Sugar (and some more for dusting)
Tools
- Microwave
- Bowl
- Spoon or stick for stirring
Instructions
- Place the Peeps and coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 10 second intervals until the candy Peeps "grow" with heat.
- Add powdered sugar and stir until it starts pulling away from the bowl's edge.
- Dust hands with powdered sugar and knead out any more lumps.
Notes
Add powdered sugar if the dough is too sticky. Add more oil if it starts to crack.
More Homemade Playdough Recipes from Kids Activities Blog
Even if you don’t have Peeps candy on hand, we have a ton of ideas of how you can make homemade playdough right now…
More Edible Play Dough Recipes
- Make homemade pasta playdough
- Birthday cake playdough recipe – great for a birthday party activity or goodie bag filler
- Another 3 ingredient playdough recipe that is edible!
- Think of this recipe as the Peppermint Patty playdough – yum!
- Fun to play with and fun to eat?? Check out our edible peanut butter play dough!
More Traditional Homemade Playdough Recipes & other activities
- Twist your white playdough with red playdough into a candy cane ornament
- Make Kool Aid Playdough…it is fun and colorful
- Try this “sick day” playdough which is playdough with essential oils to help everyone feel better or the unwinding playdough which is essential oil playdough!
- Homemade pumpkin playdough smells amazing
- Make easy cornstarch playdough
- Make a melting dough that is super fun to play with…
- And one of my favorites is the soft playdough recipe. It feels amazing.
- Don’t miss our BEST playdough recipe!
- You have got to make this cloud dough from us!
- Toddler-safe cloud dough recipe is sensory fun…
- Cool marshmallow snowman edible craft for kids!
- Make the CUTEST Peeps bunny pancakes for Easter breakfast with this Peeps pancake skillet!
- Make fun fall clay pie crafts for kids!
What did your kids think about edible play dough, the first time they played Peeps Play dough?
How sticky will the end product become…. cleanup?
Another great tasty Easter treat..jello rice crispy or popcorn eggs. Heated flavored 1 1/2cup water to one package jello, brought to heat thinkend. Pour over and stir..when cooled alittle form oval egg shaped treats. Enjoy
Stephanie..I think your response is perfect to “Bds” and this is an awsome activity for children.
Yes, Bds, because a one-time marshmallow fondant activity is the reason for juvenile diabetes and obesity. Not lifestyle, but a fun little activity for a kid to do once a year. Please, keep educating us about health and nutrition. I’m pretty sure the AMA and the other powers that be have got it all wrong.
i have any promlbes .pretty neat page.
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What a great idea to contribute to the diabetic problem around the world. Yah lets through our kids into diabetic shock, brilliant.. Keep up the great work folks fun fun for the whole family lol
Really? You are just a ray of sunshine aren’t you. Most parents and grandparents aren’t going to hand the child the blob of this and allow them to eat the entire thing. It is so they can roll, and shape it (like play dough) and if they happen to sneak a bite (which most kids do, even with play dough) it won’t harm them. Even if they do eat the whole thing, it is 3 peeps, unless they are already diabetic this will not THROW (I assume through=throw in your mind) them into a diabetic anything. 5 peeps have 34g of carbs and 36g of sugar, (less than 2 apples or 2 bananas GASP!!!). This isn’t an activity to do everyday, but peeps are most popular at Easter time, so I seriously doubt this activity once or twice a year is going to hurt anyone! Lighten up, life SUCKS when you get your panties in a wad over a freaking piece of marshmallow! There is NOTHING wrong with letting your children have a little fun. Do you let them have cake or cookies once in awhile? Do you let them lick the spoon or the bowl? Stop worrying about how dangerous marshmallow is and make some damn HAPPY memories with your children (or grandchildren)! Trust me, years down the road they will remember the day you spent playing with peep play dough!
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My three year old daughter has Type 1 Diabetes. In NO way shape or form does juvenile Diabetes/Type 1 Diabetes have anything to do with sugar. Only in treatment and then it still isn’t sugar alone it is carbs. My daughters Diabetes is autoimmune. It is either autoimmune or genetic. I NEVER let my daughter over indulge in any junk food and never have. There are 13 months olds that get diagnosed. Do you think there parents were already shoving ice cream down there throats? Please educate yourself before lecturing someone on providing their children with a fun childhood. My daughter and I are going to make peep playdoh in three different kinds right now! You better bet we will be tasting all three! Again please educate yourself on the difference between type one with children (and adults in some cases) and type 2.
I have got to make this with my kids, they would love it. Thanks for linking up at Tell Me About It Tuesday. We hope you hop over and share with us again next week.
What a great idea! My kids would love it! Thank you for linking up to the Thoughtful Spot Blog Hop.
I tried peeps pkwy dough with my two grandsons ages 4 and 6. They enjoyed watching the peeps grow on the microwave. The coconut oil was too oily for my grandson with sensory issues. He refused to touch it. I put the mixture in a plastic zippy bag along with the powdered sugar for him to smash. The other boy played with mixture only for a short time. I think the “cuteness” of this activity got me all hyped up and I was somewhat disappointed with their non-excitement. Oh well, another adventure at grama’s house.