|
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Peeps Chocolate Mousse (Bears & Bunnies)
The first version will premiere next Valentine’s Day in the shape of Peeps Chocolate Mousse Marshmallow Bears. I’m not sure why there hasn’t been a bear shaped Peeps all along, they’re an ideal Valentine’s emblem (and really, why can’t we have Bear Peeps all year round?). However, this package is all about love, with its red wrapper & little hearts. The packages I got were for evaluation purposes only, so I don’t have the complete nutritional info & ingredients list. I decided to open the Peeps Chocolate Mousse Marshmallow Bunnies for the purposes of the review.
Look familiar? They’re nice looking, medium brown. They’re sparkly with the light sanding of sugar. (I’ve often wondered what corn starch dusted Peeps would be like.) They’re extremely soft, softer than regular Peeps are, if you ask me. They smell like chocolate breakfast cereal, like Cocoa Puffs.
But the big question, at least in my mind, was are these different from the Cocoa Peeps? I just so happened to have a package of Peeps Cocoa Marshmallow Bunnies (left) for a direct comparison. Though they looked similar in my memory, putting them side by side, it’s easy to see that the new Mousse Peeps are darker. The cross section shows that the Mousse Peeps is cocoa through and through, where the only slightly creamy colored on the inside.
They’re great with coffee but like the Cocoa version, it’s very hard to get them stale. I’ve had this package open for two weeks and they’re still pretty squishy. However, these are awesome broiled. The center becomes frothy and runny and the sugar dust becomes a crunchy shell. I put them in the toaster over for 3 minutes. Be sure to have them on foil or parchment or else they run all over the place. You also might need a spoon to eat them. Microwaving also gets the same soupy center, but the outside doesn’t get crispy (so it’s the confectionery equivalent of trying to make pizza in a microwave ... it’s edible but it’s not the same). In the end, I’m more inclinded towards the Chocolate Mousse Peeps than any other Peeps to date, but that’s not neccesarily a rave review. For the record, the available shapes for Peeps are:
These should be in stores starting in January, but you can also buy many Peeps items all year round now directly from Just Born. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 11:09 am 
|
||||||||||||||||||
ABOUT
FEEDSSEARCH
CONTACTEMAIL DIGESTCANDY RATINGSTYPE
BRAND
COUNTRY
ARCHIVES
|
Meticulously photographed and documented reviews of candy from around the world. And the occasional other sweet adventures. Open your mouth, expand your mind.
  FEATURED NEWS ITEMS
COPYRIGHT NOTICEAll content (text and photos unless otherwise credited) is copyright 2005-2008 by Cybele MayPlease do not use my photos on your own site without permission directly from me, they represent what I ate in preparation for these reviews and are not to be used for other purposes. Design by Hop StudiosPowered by ExpressionEngine
|
|||||||||||||||||
VOTE IN THE POLLWhich do you prefer?
Total Votes: 419
Milk Chocolate 
41% (172)Dark Chocolate
26% (111)Really Dark Chocolate (70%+)
18% (76)White Chocolate
14% (57)Carob!
1% (3)
 
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
SUPERB 
YUMMY 
TASTY 
WORTH IT 
TEMPTING 
PLEASANT 
BENIGN 
UNAPPEALING 
APPALLING 
INEDIBLE 
SUPERB
YUMMY 
TASTY 
TEMPTING 
PLEASANT 
BENIGN 
UNAPPEALING 
APPALLING 
INEDIBLE 
I am new to this blog and I have to say that I have never been a huge fan of candy but every single review makes me hungry for it (especially Circus Peanuts).
Peeps were my childhood favorite but now that I’m older I don’t like them so much (my kids love them so maybe it is a age thing).
Great blog--keep up the yummy reviews!
Interesting - I’d rather eat mousse than more marshmallow!
Peeps always seemed to me like a war-ration food—like you knew they would survive nuclear fallout, along with Keith Richards and cockroaches.
Next entry: Candy Blog Photography
Previous entry: The Oh Henry!s
Trackback URL: http://www.typetive.com/trackback/1912