Explosive Peeps
A reader writes, "Can peeps be popped like popcorn? Thus making peepcorn?"
Given their amazing expansion after a few seconds in the microwave, one might conclude that Peeps will explode if microwaved long enough. However, this experimenter has done some trials and found that Peeps do not explode so readily. When left in the microwave, Peeps expand quickly, then begin to deflate a bit, and then the bottoms caramelize and eventually burn.
It should be possible to make Peepcorn. Stock Peeps do not detonate because there is no pressure buildup. Any moisture inside the Peeps is allowed to safely escape when heated. To make Peepcorn, you would need a hard outer shell like popcorn has in order to trap the expanding gases and force an explosion. If anyone has ideas or gets this to work, let me know!
Given their amazing expansion after a few seconds in the microwave, one might conclude that Peeps will explode if microwaved long enough. However, this experimenter has done some trials and found that Peeps do not explode so readily. When left in the microwave, Peeps expand quickly, then begin to deflate a bit, and then the bottoms caramelize and eventually burn.
It should be possible to make Peepcorn. Stock Peeps do not detonate because there is no pressure buildup. Any moisture inside the Peeps is allowed to safely escape when heated. To make Peepcorn, you would need a hard outer shell like popcorn has in order to trap the expanding gases and force an explosion. If anyone has ideas or gets this to work, let me know!
5 Comments:
Peepcorn....the trick is to put the popcorn and the peeps together in the microwave, and let magic happen.
Hmmm.. that might work. On the other hand, I've cooked Peeps in butter before and the taste is, shall we say, not pretty. So if you do try this, don't use buttered popcorn.
What if you fried them to carmelize the outside, let them cool, THEN microwaved them? It might provide enough of a barrier to escaping gas to turn them into peepcorn. Of course, it'd be a lot of trouble, but at least you'd only have sticky marshmallow insides all over your microwave, instead of plastic peeps wrap.
i tried the peeps with stir fry it was really good something driff
have you tried battering and deep frying?
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