On Friday I had my reward party for my students who had good behavior in December. The theme was Christmas and as always I made a ton of fun Christmas themed desserts for the kids. I made some chocolate popcorn, red and green cookies, and peanut butter cookies. However, the favorite dessert of all was the red and green layered cake decorated with the PEEPS® Holiday collection.
In order to make a festive cake I simply divided a white cake mix in half and dyed half red and the other half green. I stacked them on top of each other and then frosting them with white "snow" frosting. I put the PEEPS® Trees, Snowmen, and Gingerbread Men around the outside edge of the cake. Then I decided to build a winter scene using the PEEPS® Minions on top.
I placed on of the marshmallow snowmen on top of the cake and put two Minions in front of it so it looked like they were building the snowman. I used frosting to glue mini marshmallows to their arms for snowballs. On the other side of the cake I placed a Minion and a gingerbread man laying down making snow angels. My last Minion was riding his PEEPS®Milk Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookie Flavored Chick sled down the side of the cake
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I then needed a few finishing touches. I placed some icing on the cake with mini marshmallow snowballs all over the top. I used some red icing to put Santa hats on a few of the Minions. Then I used red and green icing to create a simple but festive border around the entire cake.
The results were so cute! I took the cake to school and the kids loved it! They were arguing over who would have which of the PEEPS® on their cake. The cake was actually the only dessert that was totally eaten by the students and they even had fun doing that! I caught several of them playing with their PEEPS® while they were eating their desserts.
Fun PEEPS® Christmas Cake
A fun Christmas cake made with red and green layers frosted with white "snow" frosting, and decorated with holiday PEEPS.
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix + ingredients to make cake
- Red food coloring
- Green food coloring
- 1 can White Frosting
- 1 package PEEPS® Gingerbread-Flavored Marshmallow Gingerbread Men
- 1 package PEEPS® Marshmallow Trees
- 1 package PEEPS® Marshmallow Snowmen
- 1 package PEEPS® Milk Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookie Flavored Chicks
- 1 package PEEPS® Marshmallow Minions
- ½ c. mini marshmallows
- red icing
- green icing
Instructions
- Mix the white cake mix according to the package directions. Divide the batter in half. Put a few drops of green food coloring in one half of the batter and a few red drops in the other half. Mix until the color is spread evenly through the batter.
- Pour each batter into an 8 inch cake pan. Bake according to the package directions. Once the cakes are baked remove from pans and cool on a wire rack.
- Once the cakes are cooled place the green cake on a cake round. Spread with ½ cup of frosting. Top with the red cake.
- Use all but ¼ cup of the remaining frosting to frost the tops and sides of the cake.
- Alternate the gingerbread men, trees, and snowmen around the outside edge of the cake.
- On top of the cake place a PEEPS® snowman at the edge of the cake facing inward. Place two PEEPS® Minions facing the snowman as if they are building him.
- On the opposite side of the cake place one PEEPS® Minion laying flat and face up on the cake with a gingerbread man next to him.
- Finally, place 1 Milk Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookie Flavored Chick on the edge of the cake. Using a bit of the remaining frosting stick a PEEPS® Minion on the back of it so it looks like he is riding the Chick.
- Use the remaining frosting to stick mini marshmallows to the Minions sides and all over the cake as snowballs.
- Pipe the red icing on a few of the Minions heads to make Santa hats, using a mini marshmallow as the puff ball on the hat.
- Finish the cake by piping the red and green icing around the edge of the cake in a decorative way.
Notes
A Hezzi-D original recipe
Brenna @ Life After Laundry
We put the Minion peeps in my sons stocking. They are already gone and he loved them!
HezziD
I thought they were so cute! The kids at school loved them.
lissa crane
They all look awesome, but the ones I would most like to try are the Marshmallow Minions! We are huge Despicable Me fans, so they are sure to big a big hit in my home!
Julie
I would love to try the hot cocoa first yummy:) cute cake!!
laurie
i would love to try the gingerbread man peeps so i could put them on a ginger bread house
shirley
Like to try the Hot Cocoa & Cream Flavored Marshmallow Dipped Chicks in White Fudge.
Donna Teller
I want to try the sugar cookie peeps. If I had money I would be out getting some right now.
Katie Bellamy
The Gingerbread Peeps!!
Annmarie W.
I can't wait to try the Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Mint Flavored Trees!
Peggy Johnson
PEEPS®Chocolate Dipped Candy Cane Flavored Chicks
Donna Cheatle
I so want to try the Minion peeps! I absolutely love all things minion!
Diana Hatch
I'd like to try the gingerbread men
meredith
The gingerbread peeps look awesome!
Nancy
I'd like to try the Red Velvet flavored PEEPS Chicks.
Patricia
I'd like to try the gingerbread men.
Darlene Owen
I would love to try the PEEPS®Chocolate Mousse Flavored Marshmallow Reindeer
JohnZ
Haven't seen the sugar cookie ones before.
Austin Baroudi
I want to try the sugar cookie Peeps!
sherri crawford
the choc covered mint trees
Maureen
The Marshmallow Snowmen are adorable. I never knew that Peeps had Christmas treats. It is a staple for Easter in our home though.
Meghan
I would like to try the Peeps reindeer. So cute!
Holly Mitkowski
I want to try the Minions!
Rachel C
I think the peep snowmen are cute.
golden storm
I would like to try the snowman peeps
natalie yeoman
i would really like to try the PEEPS®Milk Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookie Flavored Chicks
Dawn Monroe
Id like to try the large snowmen or reindeer.
Samantha L.
Candy Cane Flavored Marshmallow Chicks sound yummy! I cant believe all the different kinds of PEEPS!
Julie
i love the cute gingerbread peeps
Rebecca Swenor
I have to get the holiday collection Peeps . I love Peeps and have not tried these yet. This cake sounds amazing and I will have to make it. Thanks for sharing.
shaley nagle
Definitely the candy-cane chicks!
claire
I would love to try the reindeer ones
Alina Hahn
I would like to try the PEEPS®Milk Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Mint Flavored Trees (individually wrapped)
Sheila K.
I would most like to have the marshmallow trees!
Donna L
I like the Minions Peeps. They are so adorable!
Lee McKeon
i would love to try the snowmen
Lilith Katz
I think the minions would be the most popular in our house.
Jennifer Cervantes
I'd like to try the candy cane flavored!
Jessie shiflett
I would like to try their Hot Cocoa & Cream Flavored Marshmallow Dipped Chicks in White Fudge (:
David
I have eaten a lot of peeps in my life, but I have never had a mint variety, so I want to try the Milk Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Mint Flavored Trees
Carol Mclemore
I would like to try the sugar cookie peeps!
Madeline
I'd love to try the Hot Cocoa & Cream Flavored Marshmallow Dipped Chicks in White Fudge!
Hilary Barnett
The minion peeps!! We've been looking all over for them, but haven't been able to find them. Adorable cake!!
Shelia S
I'd like to try the chocolate mousse Peeps.
Danielle Priser
OMG, Chocolate Covered Candy Cane Flavored Peeps!!! <3 <3 <3
donna
the adorable christmas trees
Dorrie Turner
Hot Cocoa & Cream Flavored Marshmallow Dipped Chicks in White Fudge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marija
I'd like to try the Minions!
Ricky
I think the PEEPS®Chocolate Mousse Flavored Marshmallow Reindeer sound good. Thank you for the giveaway.
Joan
Sign me up for the NEW PEEPS®Hot Cocoa & Cream Flavored Marshmallow Dipped Chicks in White Fudge. That sounds delicious!
Birdiebee
I would most like to try the while snowman.
deanna
I think the NEW PEEPS®Marshmallow Minions look adorable. We would love to try those at my house.
saralynns2
The gingerbread men look like fun peeps!
Katelyn Fagan
Adorable cake! I'm sure your kids loved it! And I would love to have those Christmas trees!
Laura Ari
I would like to try the chocolate covered mint chocolate trees!
Connie Lee
I would like to try PEEPS®Milk Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookie Flavored Chicks.
josephine
All Peeps as long as they are stale are my favorite!! But seriously, I'm a traditionalist. I love the Christmas Tree Peeps!
Katrina
The hot cocoa flavored would be the first I'd try, but they all sound fun! I can't believe the variety of flavors Peeps makes
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Dana
I like the Chocolate Mousse Reindeer ones!
Natasha
I would love to try the sugar cookies ones
Wehaf
I'd like to try the snowmen.
Pamela B
the minion peeps are ADORABLE!!!
Audra watts
I would love to try the reindeer ones
manda
I would like to try the gingerbread.
Vunda V
the chocolate moussmooses look so cute!
Amanda Stanford
I never knew they made Christrmas ones.. these are sooo neat! Id love any!
Mandi
The limited edition MINIONS! I'm pretty sure we will have some in our Christmas stockings!
HezziD
Aren't they cute? I loved them!
Esther
I love all of the colors in this cake. I am sure your students were super excited when they saw that cake. I will have to try and make this for our family get together.
HezziD
They absolutely loved it! The were so excited to see the red and green inside.
Touristmeetstraveler
What a yummy and festive cake for Christmas, I absolutely adore Peeps; they are so cute on top!
Holly @ Woman Tribune
What an adorable cake! I have made many layer cakes using different colors and love how excited people get when you cut into it and they see more than one color, especially when those colors are vibrant anf fun.
HezziD
Thank you! I had such fun making it!
Lisa Brown
i would like to try the PEEPS Gingerbread-Flavored Marshmallow Gingerbread Men