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Fruity Marshmallows
1/2 cup water
1 pkg (85g) strawberry jello powder
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 tbsp light corn syrup
1 cup icing sugar
Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan, add the jello powder and stir over low heat until dissolved (about 2 - 4 minutes). Add the granulated sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved, but do not boil (about 3 to 4 minutes). Stir in the corn syrup and transfer to a large bowl. Cool in the fridge for 3o minutes or until lukewarm.
Line an 8 inch pan with waxed paper that you've sprayed with cooking spray. Take the jelly mixture out of the fridge and beat with a mixer on high speed for 10 minutes or until stiff. Spread into the prepared pan and chill in the fridge for 6 hours or until firm.
Unmould the marshmallows on to your work surface that has been dusted with 1/2 cup of icing sugar. Sprinkle more icing sugar on top and then cut into 48 pieces making sure to roll the cut edges in icing sugar as well.
Recipe Notes: Well this was a hit. Home made marshamllows are nothing like the store bought ones. These were light and fluffy and cherry flavoured. I know the recipe calls for strawberry, but I won't tell if you want to make a different flavour. I don't think I would recommend making this without a stand mixer. I wouldn't want to stand there mixer in hand for 10 minutes. And it actually does get very thick. I'm not sure I hand mixer could handle the task, but feel free to prove me wrong. You should also note that these don't keep long. They start to get funky look by day two. Of course that could be my error. I think I should mixed them longer. I only mixed them about 6 minutes because the recipe doesn't say if you are using a stand mixer or a handheld model. Big difference between the two, so I thought it looked thick enough after 6 minutes, but they were pretty fragile, so I say go the full ten.
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6 comments:
I have an insane obsession with homemade marshmallows! I've never made flavored ones though, I'll definitely be trying this though!
Those look like fun to make and eat!
I have thought about making homemade marshmallows but have just not gotten around to it! These look great!
Oh yea! You get the Mom Award! I have never seen a marshmallow recipe. My goodness.
I've made these before but I find them a struggle - everything in the kitchen ends up sticky. They sure are delicious, though.
I bought some homemade marshmallows at the school's craft fair this year that were vanilla flavour (i.e. made with unflavoured geletin) and rolled in toasted coconut. YUMMY.
I made these "Marshmallows" last night using Black Cherry Jello. I am an experienced cook & baker of 40+ years. I have made homemade marshmallows several times using unflavored gelatin powder and they ALWAYS come out fantastic. But, these marshmallows with the flavored jello mix were AWFUL! I followed this recipe to the "T," and they were tasteless!!
I tasted the mixture during the 10 minutes I was beating it and the longer it mixed, the more tasteless it got! Since I used a Cherry Jello mix, the color was pink so I added 1/4 tsp Cherry flavoring. This only made the mixture worse!! It tasted like "cough syrup!"
My husband's comment was "priceless:" "Delsyn cough syrup tastes better!"
The texture of these were more like jello mixed with cool whip. They were airy/springy but not any resemblance to a Marshmallow!
I was VERY DISAPPOINTED!
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