Homemade Marshmallows

It is official I am obsessed with Homemade treats. My latest treat conquered, marshmallows. I had a little help from joyofbaking.com when my first batch exploded a little because I was the pourer and trying to hold the running the hand mixer. If you do not have a Stand mixer please get someone to help you for about two minutes or you could end up with a very big mess on every surface in the kitchen. There were little spots of gooey jello, spots of hard candy drying, and a really weird mix of the two. My first batch of marshmallows still turned out tasting great. That is the trickiest part of the whole process. I promise.

Here we go

This picture is from my first try. I got the recipe from the book The Homemade Pantry Which you can find at amazon. It is a good book to have around.

 For my second try at making one third of a smore I used the Recipe from http://www.joyofbaking.com/candy/HomemadeMarshmallows.html

 Here is why

There is a very helpful video that goes step by step. Now you know my secret.

As you can see my husband was happy to help this time around.

He did his best to clean the bowl. This makes me smile. I recommend letting your loved ones help out so you can get these goofy pictures that will melt your heart.

Two Ziploc bags full of marshmallows

James is super happy about this.

These are incredible make some yummy clouds

Well I may have added mint to this batch for my coffee.

These sweethearts are graham crackers.

Then if you add a chocolate bar. . . Heaven.

I hope that you have a super sweet day filled with love and laughter. Be well my friends.