Comments on: springy, fluffy marshmallows

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:30:14 +0000

Someone may have mentioned this before but Good Eats has an episode on Marshmallows and one thing Elton stressed was to *not* scrape the bowl, no matter how much you want to- also to spray the scraper with Pam or similar to “lube it up” (his words, not mine.) The recipes look very similar, he just called for 1/2 packet less gelatin as far as I can recall (which isn’t much since I was studying for midterms at the time.)

He also suggested putting it via a piping bag and wide thingamabobber (the metal bit on the end whose name escapes me) in pam-ed chocolate/candy molds. He went on to make peep-like bunnys look like they’d go wonderfully in an Easter bunny basket or anything spring-y.

(On a side, I wonder how well this would adapt to the marshmallow filling sometimes used in whoopie pies?)

By: Natacha

Natacha — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:02:41 +0000

I made these the other night, and they were ASTOUNDING!! I gave many away to my friends because there was too much for my family alone. However, I find that they taste better exposed to air–chewyer on the outside!

By: Lydia (8 years)

Lydia (8 years) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:43:42 +0000

These marshmallows are awesome! I’ve had really a lot of fun making them with my Mom. I hope you have a donut recipe. These are so good! :D

By: bethany

bethany — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:49:03 +0000

I halved the recipe and it still turned out good but not as tall as I would have hoped. I put them in an 8×8 pan. Next time I would just go for it and make the whole batch and give a bunch away so I don’t eat them all. The egg whites are key to this recipe. Thanks so much!

By: Rosi

Rosi — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:05:02 +0000

I started making these at 10:30… at night…on a school day :) This is my first attempt at making anything requiring a thermometer or candy related, so i was kinda nervous. But i licked the beaters afterwards (heeding your advice in not trying to scraping out every last drop :p) and they were TOTALLY AMAZING!! super fluffy *poof*

By: jodimichelle

jodimichelle — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:15:23 +0000

I made them!!! http://www.jodimichelle.com/2010/02/23/life-list-make-1000-lovely-things/

By: terri

terri — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:52:04 +0000

These look amazing…can’t wait to try them.

By: aras

aras — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:53:24 +0000

I just made these for Vday. I made a red batch with cinnamon oil and a pink vanilla batch. I used a heart cookie cutter to cut them then rolled the red ones in edible red glitter instead of powdered sugar and the pink ones I rolled just the sides in chopped chocolate or ground red hearts while the fronts and backs were dipped in PS.

Just as an FYI these have traveled quite well. I have shipped them cross country all week and everyone says they arrived fresh and delicious.For shipping I used airtight containers and kept them in the fridge until I left to send them off.

If you use cookie cutters I think it works better in a jelly roll pan as you don’t have such a thickness to cut through. Don’t be afraid to cut the shapes really close as the marshmallows have a lot of give. I left them in the pan to cut and had no trouble getting them out. You do have to pull quite a bit but they spring back into place once you free them. I think metal cutters work better than plastic.

I think I will do these again for St Patty’s Day with mint and dip them chocolate. Yum!

By: staypuff

staypuff — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:55:12 +0000

Hi Deb! After receiving a lovely kitchenaid as a wedding gift, my first order of business was to make these marshmallows. They came out pretty tasty, however I had a couple of problems – not sure if you have any thoughts on where I went wrong.

After being whipped, we found some large crystallized chunks of sugar in the bowl and ours fluff did not seem to pour as well as yours based on the pictures.We came out with less due to the issues so our marshmallows were considerably flatter (and therefore less fun!) Any ideas? Would love to try these again, they were great despite minor issues!

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:13:30 +0000

These are amazing! Fun, sticky, delicious! I have a daughter who is allergic to anything artificial, so these are a great find. We had fun making them, and your advice to not try to get every little last bit out of the bowl was the best (and most needed!) part. We loved scraping it later. Thanks for the great treat – I look forward to having some homemade hot chocolate with my little girl later tonight!