DIY Marshmallow Peep-Infused Vodka

Just in time for Easter, Nicole from Baking Bites has a recipe for marshmallow Peep-infused vodka. Because apparently eating a whole box of sugar-covered marshmallow birds wasn’t enough. Now you can drink them, too. The Easter Bunny must be so proud.

Nicole first shared the idea in March 2013, and the whole process is almost offensively simple: dump roughly 30 Peeps into a large jar, pour in a 750 mL bottle of vodka, and let those sugary suckers hang out in the fridge for a few days. For more seasonal sugar overload, check out our Easter cupcakes.

How to Make Peep-Infused Vodka

The original Baking Bites recipe calls for about 30 Peeps and one 750 mL bottle of vodka. Pick a middle-of-the-road vodka rather than wasting your fanciest bottle on a marshmallow science experiment. Put the Peeps into a large jar, cover them with the vodka, and refrigerate for three to four days.

As the mixture sits, the colorful sugar coating dissolves and the marshmallows partly break down. You can leave the remaining candy bits in there or strain the vodka through a coffee filter. Your call. Nothing says sophisticated cocktail hour like fishing a half-melted chick out of your drink.

What Does Peeps Vodka Taste Like?

According to Nicole, the result is more subtle than the neon marshmallow massacre suggests: a little sweetness up front, followed by the taste of the vodka itself. It is not some magical liquid Peeps flavor bomb. The color is the bigger trick. She used classic yellow chicks, which turned the vodka pale yellow, and warned that mixing different colors could make the finished batch look pretty unfortunate.

You can use it in a cocktail, including the Peep Vodka Lemon Drops Nicole later suggested, or display the jar at an Easter get-together as a mildly disturbing conversation piece. Either way, label it clearly and keep it away from kids. Candy-colored alcohol is still alcohol, despite the tiny marshmallow faces staring back at you.

And there you have it: Easter candy turned into happy-hour material. Just don’t drink so much that you start thinking the Easter Bunny is Santa in a rabbit suit. The Tooth Fairy, meanwhile, is obviously a tiny witch with a necklace made of baby teeth. Wake up, people.