EscarPeeps like to stick close together to stay warm and produce a false sense of security.

It’s spring! Time to be in the garden spreading Slug Death® around the tender shoots giggling maniacally whilst wringing your hands. I look forward to it every year. The beauty of Slug Death (I just love that name — so unequivocal) is that it works on snails as well. Slugs may leave a satisfying goo, but snails leave handy food holders. The French figured this out long ago when they cooked the snails in garlic and butter and gave it a fancy-pants name. I hear Marie Antoinette would lose her head over escargot when served at the Palais. But in the here and now, we have EscarPeeps® or as they say in Arkansas, Peepscargot. It’s an excellent appetizer that comes complete with entertainment. Race your EscarPeeps with high-stakes betting to get the par-tay rolling. Finally a nonviolent Peep activity!

Ingredients:

• Peeps!
• Snail Shells

Optional slime recipe:

• Jam of your choice
• Wee bit o’ hot water

Combine jam and water until it’s a liquid, yet slimy consistency. Place yer Peeps. Drizzle a trail behind them (remember, they get lost easily).

EscarPeeps racing is uber fun! Although the Peeps do have a hard time getting to the finish line. Their sense of direction sucks.