Homemade Marshmallows
From fizzle3nat 15 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 100
1 of 10 of the candies I make every Christmas. You would not believe how simple it is to make your own marshmallows. These are SO much better than store-bought, rich, fluffy, and delicious. You can flavor them with whatever extract you like.
Ingredients
- 3 pkgs. (1/4 oz. each) unflavored gelatin shopping list
- 1 c. cool water, divided shopping list
- 1 1/2 c. granulated sugar shopping list
- 1 c. light corn syrup shopping list
- 1/8 tsp. salt shopping list
- CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: shopping list
- 1 TBSP. vanilla extract OR shopping list
- few drops peppermint oil OR shopping list
- 1/2 tsp. espresso powder OR shopping list
- crushed peppermint candies, about 1/4 cup (to taste) shopping list
How to make it
- Grease 9 x 13 glass baking dish.
- Combine the gelatin and 1/2 c. cool water in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment.
- Combine the sugar, corn syrup, salt, and 1/2 c. cool water in a small, deep saucepan. Cook the mixture over medium heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Raise the heat to high and cook, without stirring, until the syrup reaches 240 degrees F. on a candy thermometer. Remove from the heat.
- With mixer on low speed, slowly pour the sugar syrup into the softened gelatin. Increase the speed to high, and whip until the mixture is very thick and has cooled to room temperature, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Add vanilla towards the end of the mixing time. This is also the time to add a few drops of peppermint oil, if desired, instead of vanilla extract. Or try 1/2 tsp. of espresso powder for coffee-flavored marshmallow. If you would like to use the crushed peppermint candies, stir the candies into the marshmallow mixture; it will tint the mixture pink and add flavor. When stirring in the candies, it is pretty to leave some swirls of plain white.
- Spread the marshmallow mixture into your prepared pan. Use your wet hands to smooth and flatten the marshmallows. Sprinkle confectioners' sugar over the top, and let sit for several hours (or overnight) before cutting. Use a greased knife or cookie cutters to make squares or other shapes.
- Dust cut marshmallows with additional powdered sugar to store; the powdered sugar will keep the marshmallows from sticking together.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
well well now you can post your own smores
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frodo
in meadville loved it
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I have never thought to make my own marshmallows. These sound delicious & I can have any flavor I want. I certainly must try them. Thanks for sending me this 5 forks recipe
brianna
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I have a recipe for homemade marshmallows pretty much same as yours, that uses toasted coconut on the outside. once you've had homemade marshmallows you don't go back! 5
housewifey84
in Adirondacks loved it
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