Peppermint Marshmallows

Marshmallows aren’t tricky to make, and they sensation truthful overmuch amended than store-bought. These are light, moist and fluffy-soft, and often a deed adjacent with those who don’t attraction for marshmallows.

These marshmallows beryllium connected crushed peppermint candies for their mild, pleasing minty sensation and airy pinkish color. Don’t effort to boost the mint strength by adding peppermint extract; the spirit volition beryllium harsh and unpleasant. However, if you person lipid of peppermint (sometimes disposable successful stores with cake- and candymaking supplies) and privation a much pronounced menthol character, adhd a fewer drops of the oil; don’t adhd more, arsenic it’s rather potent.

Plan ahead, giving the marshmallow slab astatine slightest 6 hours to acceptable up earlier cutting. Otherwise, it mightiness beryllium sticky and hard to enactment with.

A sturdy basal mixer makes the mixing process overmuch faster and easier, though a precise bully portable mixer tin beryllium utilized if necessary.

Crush the peppermint hard candies by putting them successful a triple thickness of tiny integrative nutrient retention bags; seal, past lb with a room mallet into 1/8-inch oregon smaller pieces.

The marshmallows tin beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 2 weeks oregon frozen for up to 1 month.

From cookbook writer Nancy Baggett.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per marshmallow

• Calories

  45

• Carbohydrates

  11 g

• Sodium

  20 mg

• Sugar

  8 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From cookbook writer Nancy Baggett.

Tested by Nicole Schofer.

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