It's everyone's favorite holy candy holiday: Easter weekend is here! And if you're not too busy getting Smorgasburg'd down in Williamsburg this afternoon, you might want to take this opportunity to experiment with some bizarre sugary concoctions. And there's no better place to start than with Gothamist's own classic Disgustingly Delicious Diabetes-Inducing Desserts.
Helpful Tips For Ridiculous Easter Candy Cooking
Nudie Foodies: Food Bloggers Peel for Japan
In one of the more, uh, cheeky fundraisers we've heard of to raise money for Japan post-earthquake, a coalition of food bloggers have banded together to take it all off for charity. The project is called Nudie Foodies, and they seem to have a good thing going, or, if nothing else, a very attention-grabbing thing.
Cooking With Candy: Peeps Two Ways
Move over Cadbury Eggs Benedict, we spent yesterday in the kitchen coming up with our own ways to put a spin on everyone's favorite Easter treats. The results are below, so if you aren't scared of mutilating a cute Peeps with a hand blender (or any of these ingredients), dig in...
Because Who Doesn't Love A Peeps Show?
When we were little our favorite part of Easter was the egg hunt (which we did elaborately with pun-filled clues and everything) but that all changed five years ago when the the Washington Post started its awesome annual Peeps diorama contest, Peeps Show. Today they put up the best 35 submissions for 2011 and they generally do not disappoint.
Matthew Beals, Peeps Documentarian
Filmmaker Matthew Beals has been working on a movie about Peeps for the last four years. He quickly found out that many people across the country, and probably the world at large, have a real fascination with the squishy little chicks. Beals tried to fit as many of their stories into his now finished film.The Power of the Peep (trailer) will premiere at the Third Annual NYC Food Film Festival. Those lucky enough to attend the world premiere of this movie, which closes the weeklong festival, will find themselves in a room filled with 8,650 Peeps (more information on the full lineup can be found here). We asked Beals about his enduring love of all things Peep, including the dark side of the sunshine-yellow marshmallow.

