Pop Tart Easter Peeps House

Kids will love making edible Easter Peeps Houses using colorful Easter candy! 

Hippity hoppity, Easter is on its way! If you're looking for a fun Easter activity to do with the kids, this Easter Peeps House is it! Made using Peeps, Pop-Tarts, and your favorite Easter candies, this tasty craft can be used as a centerpiece or as a festive snack for the kids. This would also be a creative way to use up leftover candy once the holiday is over!

Making Easter Peeps Houses is such a simple project that kids of all ages can make! You just need a few colorful ingredients, starting with Peeps Marshmallow Bunnies, Frosted Confetti Cupcake Pop-Tarts, strawberry frosting, edible Easter grass, M&Ms, and festive Easter sprinkles. You will also need a knife and a piping bag.

Each Peeps house will need a total of five Pop-Tarts. Use a sharp knife to cut two of them into equal halves. On another two Pop-Tarts, cut the corners off of the top edge at 45º angles. To make the pieces equal, stack the cut Pop-Tart on top of the one to be cut, and use it as a guide.

Save the last Pop-Tart for later.

Fill a sandwich bag or piping bag with strawberry frosting*. Cut the tip of the bag so that you can easily pipe the frosting out. You will only need about a ⅓ cup of icing for each Peeps House.

Add a line of frosting on the right (short) edge of one of the halved Pop-Tarts. Line that edge up with the back of one of the Pop-Tarts to make one half of the house. Repeat this process for the other matching Pop-Tart pieces, and then put the two halves of the house together using frosting as the glue.

*Make your own frosting: Mix together 1 ¼ cup powdered sugar and 2 Tbsp milk until combined. You will want it to be a thick consistency, so add more powdered sugar, if necessary. Then add in a drop of strawberry extract and some red or pink food coloring.

Grab the last Pop-Tart to give the house more stability. On its own, the Pop-Tart is slightly too tall, so cut off about ⅕. Add frosting along both long edges of the Pop-Tart, and slide it into the center of the house. The top of the center Pop-Tart should line up with the points on the outer Pop-Tarts.

Next, add some frosting around 3 edges of the last two halved Pop-Tarts, and place them onto the roof of the house.

Apply more frosting to all of the seams of the house, and smooth them out with a knife or your finger if necessary. This just helps to fill in any gaps and will help hold the house together.

Pour festive Easter Sprinkles to the seams on the roof. For best results, do this right after the frosting has been put on so that the sprinkles will stick in place. If the frosting is set up, the sprinkles will likely fall right off.

Add some frosting to the back of a Peeps Bunny and stick it to the front of the house. Next, sprinkle a generous amount of bubblegum Easter grass around the bottom edge of the house.

Don't want to use bubblegum grass? Dyed coconut is a great alternative! Add about a cup of shredded coconut to a plastic bag. Mix up a teaspoon of water with two drops of green food coloring, and add the coloring mixture to the bag. Shake the bag well to give the shredded coconut a nice green color to use as “grass” for your Peeps house!

Last, but not least, pipe a thin line of frosting where the house meets the grass on each side of the house. Arrange some M&Ms eggs on top of the grass.

Once completed, the Peeps House is ready to be eaten up or put on display for the Easter holiday!

Easter Peeps House

Servings: 1 house
Time: 10-15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 5 Frosted Confetti Cupcake Pop-Tarts
• Strawberry Frosting
• Bubblegum Easter Grass
• Peeps Marshmallow Bunnies
• M&Ms Peanut Butter Eggs
• Easter Sprinkles

Directions:

1. Cut two Pop-Tarts in half, equally. 
2. Cut the top corners off two more Pop-Tarts at a 45º angle. To make them exactly the same, cut the first one, and then stack in on top of the other to cut at the same place.
3. Fill a sandwich bag or piping bag with strawberry frosting. Cut the tip of the bag to be able to pipe the frosting out.
4. Pipe frosting onto the shorter edge of one of the halved Pop-Tarts. Immediately attach it to the back of one of the Pop-Tarts with the corners removed. Repeat this process with the other set of Pop-Tarts to assemble the four walls of the house.
5. Cut approximately ⅕ off of the top of the last Pop-Tart. Add frosting down both long edges, and place it inside house to create a support.
6. Pipe frosting around 3 edges of the remaining 2 Pop-Tart halves, and carefully place them on the top of the house at an angle for the roof.
7. Add extra frosting around all of the seams. Smooth the frosting with a knife, if necessary.
8. Immediately add sprinkles to all of the frosted seams.
9. Apply some frosting the the back of a Peeps Bunny and attach to the front of the house.
10. Arrange some of the Easter Grass Bubblegum around the bottom of the house.
11. Pipe a thin line of frosting on the grass, and place the M&Ms eggs around the bottom of the house.
12. Eat your Peeps House or put it on display!

Tips: 

• Storage: Peeps Houses are best enjoyed when fresh. Store houses in an airtight container at room temperature. If put on display for decoration, the house may become stale and may not taste great after a while.
• Variations: There are a lot of substitutions you can make to customize your Peeps House!
  - Pop-Tarts: graham crackers
  - Easter Grass bubblegum: dyed shredded coconut, 
  - Peeps Bunnies - Peeps Chicks, chocolate bunnies
  - M&Ms - jelly beans, Cadbury Mini Eggs, or other small Easter candies

Not only is this Easter Peeps House the cutest thing EVER, it's a simple and sweet kids snack to make for a fun Easter activity. If you decide to give this recipe a try, I'd love to hear all about it! Please share your creations on Instagram, Facebook, or leave a comment/photo on the project pin on Pinterest!

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