Peppermint Marshmallows

Submitted by JanetB-KY

"Very good in a cup of Hot chocolate which with the weird weather i'm thinking about even in May. Not a quick and easy recipe but sooo much better than store bought marshmallows and not difficult at all."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 54 pieces

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄3 cup cornstarch
• 2 (1/4 ounce) envelopes unflavored gelatin
• 1 1⁄3 cups sugar
• 2⁄3 cup light corn syrup
• 1⁄2 cup crushed peppermint candy
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Into a small bowl, sift together the confectioners sugar and the cornstarch; line a 13X9 inch baking pan with non stick foil and spray foil with non stick cooking spray; sift 2 tablespoons of the sugar/cornstarch mixture into the pan, tilting to coat the pan; set the rest of the mixture aside for later.
2. Place 2/3 cup water in a large bowl; sprinkle with gelatin; let soften for five minutes.
3. In a medium heavy bottomed saucepan, heat sugar, corn syrup, candy pieces and salt over medium heat until sugar and candy pieces are dissolved, stirring occasionally; slowly mix into bowl with gelatin.
4. Beat gelatin/sugar mixture on high speed with electric beater until light and fluffy, about 15 minutes; spread into prepared pan and smooth top; dust with 2 tablespoons of the reserved sugar/cornstarch mixture and let set at room temperature for 2 hours.
5. Lift marshmallow block from pan using foil; with a wet knife, cut into six squares.
6. Spread remaining sugar/cornstarch mixture onto a baking sheet; invert marshmallow blocks onto baking sheet and cut each square into 9 smaller squares.
7. Toss marshmallows in sugar/cornstarch mixture ans set on a pan to set for an additional hour; store loosely covered at room temperature.

Reviews

[deedeegast]

I have been making this recipe for years. I use peppermint candy canes. It takes 8 regular size candy canes. I bag them up and give them away as gifts. People just love them and request them too!! I have also made them using other flavor of candy canes. Just make sure you don't use candy canes with more than one color (red and green would make a brown marshmallow) they mute the colors. I make 3 batches at a time since I have 3 9x13 pans. It only takes 2 boxes of candy canes to make 3 batches!!! They are an easy and cheap gift to make. Thanks for a great recipe!!!

 

[sweet tooth 23]

*love* this recipe - makes a bit of a mess, but is COMPLETELY worth it. thanks for sharing :)

 

[SCRUCE1000]

So much fun for the holiday season! I cut out the marshmallows with holiday cookie cutters to make them more festive. Nothing like a cup of hot chocolate with a pink, fluffy, star shaped, peppermint marshmallow floating on top. EXCELLENT!!

 

[Feej3940]

The thought of making my own marshmallows blew me away. I really liked how this turned out. Thought it would be great for a girls night, or slumber party, or bridal/baby shower. Mostly girly things - but it's pink & fluffy! I suppose you could make them blue for a boy baby shower. After all, that would still be FOR girls, but about a boy. Couple drops of food color & you're good to go. This is one of the first zaar recipes I tried - back in December. Sorry I haven't rated it until now. Back then I would take, take, take recipes & never give reviews. I have changed my ways! :) Thank you for sharing this lovely recipe.

 

[Jezebella Rains]

Light and fluffy, while being creamy. Soft peppermint flavor. This was the 1st time I've made marshmallows, I'm glad I didn because they are tons better than store bought.