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April 11, 2011 · Last Modified: February 22, 2021

Easy Homemade Gourmet Marshmallow Recipe

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Homemade marshmallows are super easy to make at home. Simple ingredients such as corn syrup, gelatin, sugar and water with the flavor of your choice and you have homemade gourmet marshmallows to give or enjoy.

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Homemade Marshmallow Ingredients:

  • 4 envelopes or 1 box Gelatin ( NOT Jell-o)
  • Light Corn Syrup
  • Sugar
  • Water
  • Vanilla
  • Salt
  • Rice flour
  • Powdered sugar
Easy Homemade Gourmet Marshmallow Recipe

Equipment needed to make marshmallows:

  • Candy Thermometer
  • Mixer with whip atachment
Easy Homemade Gourmet Marshmallow Recipe

We are going to be cooking the sugar to soft ball stage.  240*.

Easy Homemade Gourmet Marshmallow Recipe

How to make homemade marshmallows:

  1. Bloom the gelatin in 3/4 cup water in your mixing bowl. Blooming gelatin is just sprinkling it over a liquid and allowing it to absorb a portion of that liquid.  If you watch you can see the gelatin puff up or ‘bloom’ as it takes on water.
  2. In a heavy bottom pan, bring the sugar, salt, light corn syrup, water to a boil.Easy Homemade Gourmet Marshmallow Recipe
  3. Continue to boil till the temperature reaches 240* F. Pour Sugar Slowly
  4. While the whip is whipping at high speed slowly and carefully add the boiling sugar to the gelatin.Start to whip
  5. Now you are going to want to whip it for 10 minutes.  That is right…10 minutes. God love ya if you have a hand mixer.Add color if you want.
  6. About 5 minutes into the whipping process you can add color if you want colored marshmallows.10 minutes of whipping at high speed
  7. After 10 minutes the marshmallow cream is sticky and fluffy and yummy!!!
  8. Next you are going to line a pan (8×8, 9×9, small rectangle… the smaller the pan the thicker they will become) with either parchment paper or wax paper.
  9. Then you are going to liberally spray the paper with pan spray. Now spray a rubber spatula with pan spray. Spray your hands with pan spray.  (I am not kidding)
  10. Scrape the marshmallow into your lined pan and spread it out with your spatula.
  11. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest 8-12 hours.
Slab of Marshmallow

How to cut homemade marshmallows so they don’t stick:

  1. Spray a pizza wheel with non stick spray.Spray pizza wheel
  2. Slice off a 1 1/2 inch strip of marshmallow.Cut a Strip
  3. Cut the marshmallow strip into squaresCut if you want
  4. Combine equal parts of rice flour and powdered sugar in a bowl. The rice flour keeps them from sticking to each other and the powdered sugar gives the rice flour a bit of sweetness.Dust
  5. Cover all exposed surfaces with the mixture and tap off the excess. It is a messy and some what tedious process but so worth it and so necessary.
Makes a mess


Dip them in chocolate, write your name on them, or toast them over an open fire.  They are delicious and so worth the effort.  You may never buy a bag of marshmallows again!

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Gourmet marshmallows are super easy to make at home. Simple ingredients such as corn syrup, gelatin, sugar and water with the flavor of your choice and you have homemade gourmet marshmallows to give or enjoy
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Easy Homemade Marshmallow Recipe

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Simple ingredients such as corn syrup, gelatin, sugar and water with the flavor of your choice and you have homemade gourmet marshmallows to give or enjoy.
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
cooling time 12 hrs
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Ingredients
  

  • 4 envelopes or 1 box Gelatin NOT Jell-o
  • 1 1/4 cups Light Corn Syrup
  • 3 cups Sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups Water
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • Rice flour
  • Powdered sugar not pictured

Instructions
 

  • Bloom the gelatin in 3/4 cup water in your mixing bowl. Blooming gelatin is just sprinkling it over a liquid and allowing it to absorb a portion of that liquid.  If you watch you can see the gelatin puff up or ‘bloom’ as it takes on water.
  • In a heavy bottom pan, bring the sugar, salt, light corn syrup, water to a boil.
  • Continue to boil till the temperature reaches 240* F. 
  • While the whip is whipping at high speed slowly and carefully add the boiling sugar to the gelatin.
  • Now you are going to want to whip it for 10 minutes.  That is right…10 minutes. God love ya if you have a hand mixer.
  • About 5 minutes into the whipping process you can add color if you want colored marshmallows.
  • After 10 minutes the marshmallow cream is sticky and fluffy and yummy!!!
  • Next you are going to line a pan (8×8, 9×9, small rectangle… the smaller the pan the thicker they will become) with either parchment paper or wax paper
  • Then you are going to liberally spray the paper with pan spray. Now spray a rubber spatula with pan spray. Spray your hands with pan spray.  (I am not kidding)
  • Scrape the marshmallow into your lined pan and spread it out with your spatula.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest 8-12 hours.

How to cut homemade marshmallows so they don’t stick:

  • Spray a pizza wheel with non stick spray.
  • Slice off a 1 1/2 inch strip of marshmallow.
  • Cut the marshmallow strip into squares
  • Combine equal parts of rice flour and powdered sugar in a bowl. The rice flour keeps them from sticking to each other and the powdered sugar gives the rice flour a bit of sweetness.
  • Cover all exposed surfaces with the mixture and tap off the excess. It is a messy and some what tedious process but so worth it and so necessary.
  • Dip them in chocolate, write your name on them, or toast them over an open fire.  They are delicious and so worth the effort.  You may never buy a bag of marshmallows again!
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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Sarah Mock is a classically trained Chef and graduate of Johnson & Wales University. A culinary blogger for 12 years Sarah helps the home cook prepare her recipes with professional results.

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    1. Applebees Restaurant Menu says

      April 26, 2011 at 11:11 am

      Yes, you are right.I tried at home. Its so delicious and i will never buy form outside. Thanks for your instructions to make this wonderful recipe.

    2. Andrea says

      January 18, 2013 at 10:33 am

      I have always wanted to try homemade marshmallows.  Sounds like a recipe winner!

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