Description
Making marshmallows is a lot simpler than you might think and allows you to make personalized flavors and shapes for fun gifts and party favors.
Ingredients
Units
- 3 1/4-oz packs unflavored gelatin
- 1 cup (240 ml) cool water, divided
- 1 1/2 cups (300 g) sugar
- 1 cup (240 ml) light corn syrup
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract or other flavoring
- Powdered sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- Combine the gelatin and 1/2 cup cool water in a mixing bowl fitted with the whisk attachment.
- In a large saucepan, combine the remaining 1/2 cup cool water, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1/8 tsp salt and 1 cup corn syrup.
- Cook the mixture over medium heat until the sugar dissolves, stirring constantly.
- Increase the heat to high and cook, without stirring, until the syrup reaches 240 degrees on a candy thermometer. If, like me, you don’t have a candy thermometer, cook the syrup for 8 minutes.
- Remove the syrup from the heat.
- With mixer on low, pour the syrup into the softened gelatin and whisk to combine.
- Increase the speed to high and beat the mixture for 8-10 minutes until it is thick, fluffy and cool enough to handle with your fingers.
- Whip in the vanilla extract toward the end of the mixing time.
- Dump the marshmallow mix into a greased 9×13 pan.
- Sprinkle the top of the marshmallows with powdered sugar. *If covering your Peeps in sprinkles, don’t sprinkle powdered sugar over the top or the colored sprinkles won’t stick.
- Cover the pan with a greased sheet of plastic wrap and let the marshmallow rest for several hours or overnight.
- Cut the marshmallows with a greased knife or greased cookie cutters, and roll in sprinkles or other toppings as desired.
- Servings depend on size of the marshmallows.
- Store marshmallows in an air-tight container at room temperature.
- Prep Time: 3 hours
- Cook Time: 12 mins
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 marshmallows
- Calories: 90