nutritious marshmallows
Feel good about serving these delicious AND nutritious homemade marshmallows to all the kids this fall season (but be sure to save some for yourself)!
These turn out squishy and soft just like marshmallows from the store.
There’s a couple of different ways to customize this recipe.
Drop one in a cup of hot tea!
INGREDIENTS
1 3/4 cups filtered water, divided
1/2 cup grass-fed gelatin (like this one*)
1 1/8 (350 g) cups raw honey (or real maple syrup)
Vanilla extract
Sea salt
Optional: cinnamon/sugar
Optional: arrowroot powder or cocoa powder
DIRECTIONS
Combine 1 cup of filtered water and gelatin in a large mixing bowl. Stir mixture until it resembles thick applesauce. Leave set to bloom and thicken while you do the next steps.
Combine the following in a medium saucepan: 3/4 cup water, 1 1/8 cup or 350 g. raw honey, about 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or vanilla paste) and a pinch of sea salt. Heat over medium-high heat on the stove, whisking frequently for about 10 minutes.
Slowly pour the hot honey mixture into the gelatin mixture using a stand mixer on low speed. Add some more sea salt if you’d like (about 1/2 teaspoon) or you could use flaky sea salt at the end.
Once combined, increase the stand mixer to high speed and set a timer for 10 minutes. Mix until it looks marshmallowy, keeping an eye on it.
You know the mixture is done when you lift the whisk and soft peaks form. You may need an additional few minutes to get to this point. Once just about there, mix in some more vanilla (We’ve used 2 teaspoons here).
Quickly transfer the mixture into parchment lined baking dishes. This recipe will fill a 9x13 and a 9x9 pan. (We have successfully cut this recipe in half and used a square 9x9 pan only.)
Optional: Sprinkle with flaky sea salt, or a cinnamon sugar mixture (we love the sweetness of the cinnamon and sugar!).
Let cool in the refrigerator for a couple of hours or overnight.
Once cooled, cut into squares or any shapes you desire. You can toss with arrowroot powder or cocoa powder to make them less sticky. (We have not done this step. Once cut, we just leave them in the dish in the fridge.)
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