Homemade Marshmallow Recipe {GAPS, Paleo, SCD}
Note from Heather: This is a guest post from Jenni at The Urban Poser- one of my favorite bloggers! Jenni is a mom and yoga instructor who is rebuilding her body with GAPS after a hard-and-fast run in with an autoimmune disorder. Right before “the event” she’d messaged me about buying my elliptical trainer (you know, the one that has been sitting in my garage for FOUR years) – and then she disappeared. It wasn’t like her to do that, but the thing that happened next was really not like me: I emailed her . . . unsolicited . . . advice.
After consulting with her doctor Jenni decided to try GAPS. Then she rewarded my bad behavior by posting uh-mazing GAPS friendly recipes like these Pumpkin, Apple, Bacon & Chive Biscuits and Coconut Flour Chai Cupcakes. Hmmm . . . maybe I should tell the family interested in buying our hot tub about how I nixed hubby’s B.O. with only three ingredients. Then again, maybe not. 
Here’s her fabulous post !
As The Sun Goes Down Earlier These Days . . .
I find my mind drifting with anticipation to the the smells of chimney smoke in the cool winter air. I can almost taste the warm chai on my tongue along with some chewy gingerbread men and and a few spicy peppermint sticks. But more than all of this, I anticipate one of our longest running family traditions. Making home made MARSHMALLOWS!
Now, we don’t make just any old marshmallows. We make vanilla bean, gingerbread, chai, lemon and even peppermint ones. Not only do we love to eat them…we love to give them away. Marshmallows make great gifts and if you pair them up with some grain free graham crackers and a few roasting sticks, you can make some amazing ‘Smore’ packages. (Look for a great ‘graham cracker’ recipe in Heathers new book ‘Nourished Baby‘.)
The marshmallow recipe below uses ‘grass fed’ beef gelatin by Great Lakes. It is also made with raw organic honey instead of corn syrup, making these marshmallows a great option for GAPS and SCD style diets.
Perhaps you’ll make these tasty marshmallow treats a part of your families holiday traditions just like we did.
Home Made Marshmallows
Ingredients:
- 1 cup filtered water (split into half cups)
- 3 Tbls Grass fed beef gelatin
- 1 cup organic honey
- 1 tsp vanilla (or other) gluten free organic extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
Grease an 8×8(or larger) pan and line with parchment paper in both directions. Leave some length to use as handles when removing your finished marshmallows.
In your mixer bowl, add the gelatin with 1/2 cup of water
While the gelatin is softening, pour the other 1/2 cup of water in a sauce pan along with the honey, vanilla and the salt. Turn the burner to a medium high heat, bringing the mixture to a boil. Place a candy thermometer in the sauce pan and continue to boil the mixture until it reaches 240 degrees (the soft ball stage). This will take approx. 7-8 min. Immediately remove from the sauce pan from the heat.
Turn your standing mixer to low/med. Slowly pour the honey mixture into the bowl combining it with the softened gelatin. Turn the mixer to high and continue beating the mixtures until it becomes thick like marshmallow creme (about 10 min).
Turn off the mixer and transfer the marshmallow creme to the prepared pan. Remember, if using a coating, add it to the bottom of the pan first before transferring the marshmallow creme. Smooth the top (add more coating if using one). Pat to smooth again.
If you are not using a coating then lightly grease your hands with oil and pat smooth. This will keep it from sticking to your fingers. Alternatively you can press it down with parchment paper, leaving it there till the marshmallows are completely set.
Coating options: Try all kinds of crushed nuts, coconut, almond flour mixed with spices, cocoa….
Also try adding spices, coca and different flavored extracts to your boiled mixture.
The possibilities are really endless!
When set, remove the marshmallows by lifting from the parchment paper flaps. Cut to desired size and enjoy!
Thank you Jenni for posting at Mommypotamus today!
But seriously, I don’t know you could grind grain.
Heather
Oh my goodness, that video is awesome! You’re adorable when you get marshmallow on your face and I love that mixer. Thank you for sharing your recipe!
Lisa Carol Hulet Taylor via FB
awesome video!
Kari M.
Can these be stored or do you have to eat them all right away? Great recipe..thanks!!
Jenni
Kari, I have stored marshmallow for up to a few days. The do pretty well. We package them up in bags to give away. If your home is really humid you may need to toss the marshmallows in a little extra coating just before serving. The hold up pretty well though. You can also make the marshmallows less moist and a bit more stable by taking out a little of the water in the recipe. (like a few TBLS. I like them really fluffy and moist though.
Ava
Does anyone have a marshmallow recipe that actually has marshmallow plant in it? I heard it has good health benefits and was hoping someone might have an old-fashioned recipe
Ava
Gah, was really hoping to make some with a marshmallow root, but I haven’t the slightest idea how to even begin
Anna Drozdova via FB
somehow I thought it would involve egg white, don’t know why
Alisha
Oh my goodness! Marshmallows are one of my favorites and I was JUST telling my husband that I missed them a lot. Thank you so much for posting this!! It’s the most simple recipe (not to mention best ingredients) I have seen yet!
Anna Drozdova via FB
really cool video by the way, now I have to make it!
Mommypotamus via FB
Anna Drozdova – I can totally see why you’d think egg white
Leslie Schall
thank you! where can I get the book Nourished Baby?
Heather
Hi Lesley! You can buy it here this Friday! It will also be available as a Kindle download on Amazon and iPad and Nook versions are coming soon. Check out this post for more info plus a chance to win a Kindle! http://www.mommypotamus.com/amazon-kindle-giveaway/
Stephanie Spaulding Carruth via FB
Lucy just asked last night if we could make marshmallows…perfect timing! Where does one get grass fed beef gelatin?
Jenni
Lucy, I used the Great Lakes Brand. If you are in the DFW area, the Sunflower Shoppe carries it in their supplement section. You can also order on line. http://www.greatlakesgelatin.com/ The Great Lakes web site states that all their cows are grass fed. There are a few other brands out there, but this was the easiest to find.
Jenni
Now I’m just wondering…is that elliptical still available?
Lindsey
Ummmm…yes PLEASE!
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Melissa @ Dyno-mom
Oh…My…Heck!! Those look so good! I have not made marshmallows in such a long time and what is more, is that the last time I made them with Knox gelatin because it is cheap. I am now in the mood for marshmallows! Since my son needs a birthday treat for his tap dancing class so I have an excuse. Thanks so much!
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Sara Fry via FB
I made this today and it was AWESOME!!!!! Thank you so much.
Martine Bracke
HI,
I made this recipe yesterday and it was a big mess !!!!
So I have a couple of questions !
Are you using powdered grass fed gelatine ?
Can I use other natural sweetener … I used 1/4 cup of raw honey and that was soooo sweet and tasted to much honey!
The all never been thick and after a couple of fridge hours the gelatine separeted from the rest!
Please help me
Thanks
Martine
Jenni
Martine, yes it is powdered gelatin. The brand should be in the post. Also, You can not change the honey ratio, it will ruin the final consistency and stability of the marshmallow. This is probably why it was was so messy for you. You might want to try a mellower honey next time, however if the marshmallows didn’t fluff right because your ratios were off, the marshmallows will taste much sweeter and more like honey. You can use agave but then that wouldn’t be GAPS friendly. I do not store marshmallows in the fridge, the condensation will break them down. Also, these marshmallow will not last quite as long as others ones due to the honey. Honey absorbs water, so they will break down a bit faster, this is also while the fridge doesn’t work for them. Hope this helps.
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Jenni
Jenni (I like your name) do you need one of those fancy smancy kitchen aid mixers or would a standard hand mixer do the trick?
I do like your mixer though.
Thanks for this. My kids (who have been on gaps for a year) are going to be thrilled!
Jenni
Heather
Jenni – I mad this tonight with an electric mixer (not one of the fancy stand ones) and it worked beautifully . . . waaaay easier than I expected and so yummy!
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Jessica
I just ordered the gelatin to try this, can’t wait!! Do you know, if this would work with a BlendTec on a low setting? I would rather use the blender instead of standing there with a hand mixer for ten minutes, lol. A lot can happen in ten minutes with two young boys running around, lol.
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Heather
LOL! I totally understand! Unfortunately I don’t think a BlendTec will work – it seems to need air exposure to fluff up.
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greenmama
oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! My son isn’t on a GAPS diet, but he did test sensitive to 35 different foods and additives, so his diet is pretty similar. He has been asking me if he will ever be able to have marshmallows again but all of the homemade recipes I have call for either corn syrup or egg whites (or both). I am so excited to find this gelatin and give this a try for him. I can’t wait, thank you so much!
Tammy Rodriguez
i use maple syrup instead of honey. it’s a lot more expensive, but i don’t like to cook “raw” honey.
Tammy Rodriguez
oh and also,,, i’ve found that sometimes it takes FOREVER for the temp to get up to 240 and have found that 225 works just fine.
Linnae
I LOVE marshmallows and cannot wait to try this! thank you! thank you! thank you!
EllaJac
I’ve made (corn syrup) homemade marshmallows before, but I would like to try this. A question first: Is there a Paleo additive that would remotely equal corn starch? I ask because I tend to use marshmallows in holiday treats (as you would with rice krispie treats), and without a starch, the homemade ones will NOT set up without the starch. Would arrowroot powder be legit? (i’m new to this kind of diet).
Heather
Sorry EllaJac, I can’t really say. If you experiment and find a solution I’d love to know about it, though!
paleogrannyp
Arrowroot and tapioca(mannioc) are both root starches (carbs, but not much in the way of redeeming nutritional value) and would be paleo “legal” in small amounts for occasional use. Guar gum is from a seed, so IMO is also okay in small amounts occasionally. Not that I’m a paleo expert but have been reading, researching & cooking “paleo” for a year.
AnnMarie Deis
I was looking through homemade marshmallow recipes to see if there was a solution to making rice krispie treats that don’t taste like ABC food — “already been chewed.” Is the starch the trick??? My heart is pounding because I’m excited that I might have found the way to make yummy “crisp” rice krispie treats.
THANKS!!!!! ~AnnMarie
Alisha
I just read EllaJac’s comment and I know arrowroot powder is a great gluten free starch alternative and works great! I use it often, but I don’t know how it rates on the Paleo diet. Maybe check it out!
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Elisha
Hi, fell in love with your recipe and tried making it today. I used an organic raw wildflower honey and the marshmallows seemed to be really overpowered by the honey. I did put them in the fridge and noticed they weren’t has fluffy has I had expected. I then went to read your comments and saw that I made a huge mistake. Could this mistake have resulted in the extreme honey flavor? Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Thanks
Heather
Possibly. Sometimes overwhipping can also cause them to be dense instead of fluffy. If you’re using a handmixer instead of a standmixer try blending at medium speed. Hope that helps!
Rachel
I just made these today for smore packets. Still working on the graham crackers because I burn the first batch. The marshmallows are great but I am a little disappointed that they don’t last longer. Somehow, I thought they would.
Heather
Hi Rachel! Do you mean you ate them all . . . that’s why they didn’t last?
Kyle
Have you ever cooked these, like on holiday yams?
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Heather
I have. They melt a lot more than commercial marshmallows but taste really good!
Kathy
Love your website and this recipe!! The only thing is: I cant’ watch the videos on Mozilla Firefox…wishing you might be able to make them work on Firefox! And a print button would be so awesome!!!! THANKS
Heather
Hi Kathy! I use Firefox also and am able to view the videos – not sure what is going on there, sorry! And a print button is a great idea! I’ll put that on my wish list
Kathy
It wasn’t your fault after all — I needed to reboot. Sorry to bother you! And thanks for considering the print button! I downloaded — hmmm… I think it was called PrintFriendly for free on mine…
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Daniel
Kathy, here’s a list of possible reasons why you aren’t able to see the videos:
Check out those possibilities. Hope you find it!
Kathy
Thank you — I needed to reboot and update!
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Could you use Knox gelatin instead?
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Yep
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Hi Rebecca! I am working on a tutorial about that right now
Emilie
Hi, I’m looking forward to try this recipe! Great video!
Has someone tried it subbing the gelatin for agar-agar?
Thanks!
Desiree
Have you tried roasting these? We will be on GAPS during camping season and would really like to be able to roast by the campfire.
Heather
I haven’t, Desiree, though I did melt them over sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving. They pretty much turned to goo so I don’t think they’d roast very well. You could let them cure for a few days though so their more dried out and try, though!
Veronica
I would be interested to know if agar-agar could be substituted as well.
Heather
Sorry, Veronica, I haven’t tried it with agar-agar so I can’t really say.
Veronica
Thanks, Heather. I’ll just have to buy some and try for myself
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Using water cooked with cinnamon and ginger to add to the honey and cooked it
for 10 minutes. Didint have a candy thermometer, so hoped the boiling worked.
After slowly pouring into the gelatin water, and beating for 12 m minutes , realized
that it wasnt staying foamy. And the beater thing is 45 yrs old and getting very hot.
So will eat it that way.(taste good!)
How long does it usually take to get to boil to softball stage?
Thanks
Heather
Hmmmm, cinnamon and ginger sounds delish! Regarding how long it take to get to softball stage: It all depends on your heating element and how conductive your pots are. Wish I could give a more definitive answer, but that’s it!
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The marshmallows came out AMAZING, after I thought I totally ruined it by not paying attention and letting the honey boil over. I just put it back on and actually watched it while I boiled it until it formed a ball in cold water. This was my first time using gelatin and it was so cool, I can’t wait to make more stuff with it. Thanks for the recipe!
Heather
Yay, so glad you liked them. Jenni is a genius!
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C
Can I use unflavored gelatin in the packets from the store? Like, the powder stuff from the baking aisle?
This recipe came out as a honey jello with foamy sticky marshmallow stuff on top???
Heather
Hi C! Yes, you can use the gelatin from the store. I’m not exactly sure what went wrong with your batch . . . maybe it didn’t quite get to “soft ball” stage?
amber
Again…I could just KISS you Jenni! I made your amazing recipe this afternoon. We are taking the kids camping and I really needed to have some marshmallows on sticks ready for the roasting (so my kinds won’t spend years in therapy wondering why they were the only kids in town that never had roasted marshmallows on camping trips).
Jenni, you really are a treasure. Thank you for all your fabulous, healing recipes. I’m over the moon.
I shared on my FB page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Tasty-Alternative/288512964505836
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I would love to make these but my son is allergic to beef
What is a good alternative for the gelatin?
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Great Lakes also makes a porcine (pig) based gelatin, I believe. You might want to check with them and see if it is manufactured in the same place as the beef gelatin, though
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Hi Heather, I don’t eat pork or beef; any alternatives for me re: the gelatin? thanks!
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I don’t have any experience working with alternatives to gelatin so I wouldn’t even know where to start – sorry Allison!
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could agar-agar powder be used instead of gelatin?
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I’m not sure Allison, sorry!
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Back again, in search of an alternative to beef or pork gelatin; online I found kosher gelatin made from fish but I haven’t tried it yet; I tried agar-agar flakes today & it didn’t turn out, but it might work better using agar-agar powder instead of flakes; I ground up the agar-agar flakes but the flakes never took on the same form as powder; as they still had more of a grainy texture even after lots of grinding; also, my honey mixture seemed get to the 240 temp very fast – not sure if I did something wrong? when I mixed it (using an older Kitchenaid electric mixer) the mixture never became fluffy; the flavor is good but it looks more like pancake batter instead of fluffy marshmallow creme. So, after spending $10 on a very small packet of agar-agar flakes, I will try this again using kosher gelatin next time and report back! According to the web, agar-agar should work. If you try agar-agar, I strongly recommend using the powder & not the flakes. If you try it please post your results. Thanks!
Heather
Hope it works out with the fish gelatin, Allison!
Vashti
This did NOT I repeat N O T work for me. Sorry but i’m pretty mad I wasted a cup of honey and 3tbs grass fed gelatin. The water/gelatin mixture turned hard as a rock while I was making the honey mixture on the stove.
Heather
I’m so sorry to hear that, Vashti! Perhaps the temperature exceeded the softball stage?
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Phoebe
Anyone made these with marshmallow root included? That would be the original starch wouldn’t it? I would love a little info! Double the nourishing with marshmallow root in it. Not sure if that’s GAPS friendly though because it’s mucilaginous.
Luci
I tried these over the weekend and it was so good! But mine did not slice at all. It is just one big sticky glob that sort of rips when I try to cut it. Is there some secret how to get it from pan shape into reasonably sized pieces? The texture of them seems perfect, so I don’t think it’s that I made them wrong.
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Vashti, it’s normal for the gelatin to get stiff. If you break it up with a fork, the hot mixture should melt it while it’s being beaten together and make smooth marshmallows. Also, it can be so disappointing when a recipe doesn’t turn out as planned, but since the ingredients are so expensive, it’s rare that I throw everything away. The honey mixture could be refrigerated and used to sweeten something else, for instance. Even if the marshmallows don’t set up, the goop can be used in some other dessert.
It’s also true that many people who are not used to sweetening everything with honey, and even some who are, may find these overwhelmingly sweet and cloyingly honey-flavored, since honey is almost twice as sweet as cane sugar. Eating a very small serving, or using the mallows to sweeten something else is one solution if you find them inedible as is. If you are not on SCD and just want to make a better marshmallow than store-bought, you can substitute organic cane sugar (with more water – see other recipes on the web) or less-sweet syrups like sorghum or rice for some or all of the honey.
It doesn’t make sense to pay for raw organic honey and then boil the raw out of it. Why specify an ingredient that costs so much more when its virtues will not be preserved during cooking? Marshmallows are touchy, and can fail even when you know what you’re doing. Ten bucks better spent elsewhere, for the majority of natural cooks who are working within a budget.
Bel
I made these as a present for Christmas and they absolutely loved them! ( I did of course sample some for quality assurance…of course!) Great recipe and will definitely be making these again very soon.
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So my marshmallows tasted great! However, they were not that white at all. Do you think it’s b/c I used a different brand of gelatin? I used the Now brand. I also was low on honey and so about a 1/4c of the sweetener was brown rice syrup (which is the same color as honey, so I didn’t think it would affect it…).
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I made peppermint marshmallows using the “traditional” corn syrup and sugar plus crushed candy canes. They looked beautiful but were super sticky, like I thought marshmallows should be. However, when I made these marshmallows, I used toasted coconut and coconut flavoring and the honey as the sweetener. These were not sticky at all! I had a hard time trying to get the toasted coconut to stick to the marshmallows!! I was worried that they would stick together in the goodie bags, but they didn’t! Great recipe. I think I will try pumpkin spice ones next, or gingerbread.
bar
would it work with a regular gelatin from fish?
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These are on the counter firming up right now. I could not get it to reach 240, the highest I got was about 229. I let it boil for a while and I was worried it would boil too long so I took it off. I was worried they would be brown because of the initial color but by the time they whipped up they were nice and fluffy white. Cannot wait to try them!
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Chris
Can these be made with liquid stevia or powdered stevia instead of honey? If so, how?
Thanks!!!
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Chris
So I cannot just add water to the liquid stevia or powdered stevia?
Thanks!
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Vanilla Bean Coconut Macaroons: recipe from The Urban Poser…I’m obsessed!!! | 7babyelephants
[...] carrot cake balls, donuts, oatmeal crème pie cookies, fluffy pancakes, lemon tarts, marshmallows, cup cakes and more. All free of grain, dairy, refined sugars and added starches. I even got to [...]
Grandma Shelley
Well, my dear, love your website and all the great ideas, recipes, and info. Wonder if there’s anything i can sub for the gelatin as I’m vegan (probably not but) just thought I’d ask!! May God continue to bless you and yours, Mommy.:)
Heather
Sorry, Grandma Shelley, I haven’t tested any gelatin substitutes with this recipe!
Victoria
I was wondering if anyone else had a horrible smell when making these. they turned out great but the smell is overpowering and they taste a little bit like a cow hide
I’m wondering if I am just not used to real gelatin 
Heather
They shouldn’t taste at all like cow hide. If I had to guess I’d say your candy thermometer might be a bit off and the mixture got too hot
5 Ways To Treat A Fever Naturally | Making Healthy Babies
[...] traveling on our anniversary (sources say YES!). And thermometers . . . oh how I love them to makemarshmallows! And sometimes I use them on my kids, [...]
Antonieta
Thank you so much for this recipe, it looks so yummy and I want to make it. I have a doubt as I’ve read so many times that honey shouldn’t be heated because it becomes toxic so if we are trying to eat healthier, I’m not sure it’s a good idea to heat the honey to such a high level of heat but then I really don’t know, we read so many things on the web so I wonder if there is anybody who has good information regarding using honey at this level of heat. thank you
Gail
Antonieta, heating honey does not make it toxic. It DOES destroy the beneficial enzymes present in raw honey so you lose some of the nutritional content but you will not get sick. People the world over put honey in hot tea with no ill effects.
I have now made four batches of marshmallows using this base recipe, with somewhat mixed results. The first batch was exactly like the recipe, plain vanilla tossed in toasted coconut. SO good and far easier than I expected. The other three batches I made this morning, adding fruit purées for both flavor and pretty, natural color. I over-whipped the strawberry and mango batches and they are a lumpy (albeit tasty!) mess in the pan. My last attempt, blueberry, was MUCH better and will look as good as it tastes when set.
Thanks so much for sharing the recipe! I’m always on the hunt for SCD friendly recipes and this one’s a keeper!
Karly Blair
Love this recipe for marshmallows. Great job on the video which really makes them look less intimidating to make. Can’t wait to try them. Thanks!
Karly Blair´s last [type] ..Whole Rice Crispy Treats
Marshmallow Peeps? | Living Gluten and Grain Free
[...] I told the D-Man that we would make a healthier version of Peeps at home, and he pleaded for me to dip them in chocolate. All went well until we got to the stage of dipping our marshmallow bunnies into the chocolate…it was a disaster! Something about the combination of dipping real marshmallow into hot chocolate just didn’t work and my bunnies lost their tails and ears (very sad). What was left of my chocolate covered Peeps was less than attractive, so I cut the remaining marshmallow into cubes and dusted them with cocoa. Today we’ll just add a little beet juice to our marshmallow, and pull out our cookie cutters to make a healthier version of Peeps sans the chocolate coating. Since I prefer to not use refined sugar I decided to try the recipe created by Jenni from Urban Poser. She provided this recipe as a guest blog for Heather at The Mommypotamus, it was spectacular! The D-Man enjoyed the marshmallows dusted with cocoa and my husband who is not a marshmallow fan also enjoyed a cube or two. To see the original recipe and post follow the link: http://www.mommypotamus.com/homemade-marshmallow-recipe-gaps-paleo-scd/. [...]
Skip The Peeps – Make Healthy Marshmallows At Home! « The Mommypotamus
[...] Get Jenny’s marshmallow recipe here. [...]
Amy Joy Harrison
This is going to be my next fun baking project!
jen
YUMMY! Some of the fluff didn’t make it to the pan….
Do you mind adding that it takes 4 hours to set, to the printed instructions? Thanks!!
It’s gooder for you… | adventures in paradise
[...] mentioning last weekend during our campfire that we could make our own marshmallows so I googled Paleo Marshmallows and got this new blog on my bookmark [...]
aurelie
It looks really good!!! But what about a recipe that uses real marshmallow root?? Like the real marshmallows?
Heather
I’m hoping to figure out a recipe someday. For now, Jenni’s recipe is amazing!
Everyday Paleo Family Cookbook By Sarah Fragoso
[...] means that sugar foods that contain transfat as well as modified or even fortified foods are from the list of recommended food. The writer suggests these simply because based on his investigation by [...]
Claudia
Thanks! I really love marshmallows and making them myself would be even better so I know what goes in there!
Homemade Marshmallows {Paleo & GAPS Friendly} | Real Food Outlaws
[...] through the recipe, I noticed that it originally came from The Urban Poser. Gotta love such a great [...]
Nicole Warren
You could use marshmallow tea instead of water!
Sarah
How long do these keep?
Healthy Homemade Marshmallows! |
[...] they would be really difficult to make. The reality is, they are very easy to make! I found this recipe from Mommypotamus. It has only 3 ingredients! It kind of blew my mind and I didn’t think [...]
How to have a Real Food Star Wars Party | The Well Fed Homestead
[...] could make some Homemade Marshmallows from Mommypotamus and call them [...]
mai
Made these but they stick to the parchment paper. Is there any way to prevent this?
Heather
You can lightly oil the parchment paper if you’d like.
mai
Also, are they freezeable?
Heather
I’ve never tried, sorry!
Homemade Vanilla Extract & 8 Ways to Use It
[...] Homemade Vanilla Marshmallows [...]
Wendy Good
Still the best marshmallow recipe ever! Just made these again this afternoon. I was sharing the recipe with a friend and got inspired to make them again. Who can resist that marshmallow-y goodness when you know it doesn’t need to be a guilty pleasure any more? I make mine with only 1/2 cup of honey because the full amount what just too honey-ish for my taste buds (adding back in 1/4 cup of extra water to make up for the loss of the liquid by reducing the honey). They come out soft and perfect for me. Thanks again, Heather!