Homemade Marshmallows (Soft & Fluffy)
These homemade marshmallows are soft, fluffy, and perfect for hot chocolate, snacking, or making s’mores. Easy to make at home, even if you don’t have a candy thermometer.
Prep time: 30 mins
Setting time: 3 hours (overnight if possible)
Serves 24
Ingredients
150ml cold water (for the gelatine)
20g gelatine powder
200g sugar
100g honey
120ml cold water (for the sugar syrup)
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
Pinch of salt
2 tablespoons icing sugar mixed with 1 tablespoon cornflour
Method
Line a tin / baking tray with parchment, add a ligght spray of neutral oil, and dust with the mixture of 1 tbsp cornflour and 2 tbsps icing sugar.
Combine your gelatine and water and leave to “bloom” - the gelatine should be dissolved and swelled up.
In a saucepan, mix together your sugar, honey and water and heat until it reaches a steady boil. stop stirring and heave it until it reached 118 degrees celsius (see below for a tip if you don’t have a thermometer!). this took about 20 mins for me!
Add the hot liquid to the gelatine, stirring constantly on a low speed - it’s HOT! Be careful.
Crank up to full speed and whisk until fluffy - about 10 mins.
Add your flavouring / colour - for me it was vanilla and salt, and keep whisking until the mixture forms stiff peaks.
Transfer the mixture into your prepared tin, dust with icing sugar and leave to cool in room temperature for 3-6 hours or overnight (if you can resist!).
Slice into your preferred shape and size, and dust with more icing sugar - enjoy!
TIPS
If you don’t have a thermometer 🌡️ your sugar syrup will be ready when you are able to drop half a teaspoon of it into a cold class of water and it forms a soft mass rather than dissolving into the water.
For s’mores, cut slightly larger squares
Add cocoa powder, vanilla, or food colouring for variations
