Marshmallows

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2015

Homemade marshmallows are easy to make. Serve with our Hot Chocolate Mix or cut them into mini marshmallows to use in our 15-Minute Rocky Road Fudge.

SERVES Makes 117 marshmallows

TIME 1 hour, plus 12 hours resting

Marshmallows

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To make homemade marshmallows, we heat a mixture of water, sugar, and corn syrup and beat it with unflavored gelatin until the mixture transforms from a translucent liquid into a white, fluffy goo. We found that when the mixture is thick en...

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