Monday, March 5, 2012

Funfetti Marshmallows

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I confess I did not feel like baking this weekend. It was a very jam packed weekend, and I hardly had any free time. So I wanted to do something fun and easy. Rainbow sprinkles are always fun, and you know how much I love them so. It's the easiest way to give something very simple that extra little bit of brightness and craziness. And so, inspired by some of the wonderful funfetti recipes that are around at the moment (see Bakers Royale and Sweetapolita), I turned some very normal vanilla bean marshmallows into these happy rainbow funfetti marshmallows.
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I know there's nothing ground-breaking about this idea, and it has most likely been done before, but I had so much fun making them and photographing them. It was the perfect excuse to pull out these pretty sprinkles that I picked up recently. I cannot stress enough how much better homemade marshmallows are compared to the store-bought kind. If you have never tried homemade marshmallows, you need to try making them at least once. They are SOOO much better, trust me. Anything with a candy thermometer and boiling glucose/corn syrup can seem a little intimidating at first, but it's really not that bad. And it's so much fun watching it whip up in your mixing bowl, into this huge fluffy white cloud.
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I mixed these sprinkles throughout the marshmallow mixture, and also sprinkled them on the outside as well. I would definitely recommend using the softer type of sprinkles rather than the crunchier nonpariels variety. You don't really want to encounter those super hard sprinkles throughout your fluffy, soft marshmallows. But imagine how cute these would be in smores and hot chocolates!
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Of course you could make these marshmallows whatever flavour or colour you want, I'm totally wishing I had made some Bailey's flavoured ones with green sprinkles for St Patrick's Day now! I was really really tempted to try making rainbow marshmallows as well as using rainbow sprinkles, but I just didn't have the time.
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I totally confused myself on the quantities I usually use for this recipe (I fixed it up in the instructions below), so I ended up with double the amount of marshmallow than I needed, which is why the sprinkles throughout the marshmallow mixture might seem a little on the sparse side. So I made one tray of regular marshmallows, and used the leftover mixture to make a funfetti marshmallow and oreo slice. It was just a matter of crushing some oreo biscuits and baking it with butter to make a crust. I love the contrast of the dark biscuits against the white marshmallow! And if you're a fan of the combination of oreo and marshmallows you should check out these ones.
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Funfetti Marshmallows (and an Oreo Slice)
(adapted from my Oreo Marshmallow recipe, makes about 25 marshmallows)
250g (about 1 cup) sugar
2 tsp liquid glucose or light corn syrup
1 tbsp gelatine powder
1 large egg whites
1 tsp vanilla extract (or 1/2 tsp extract + 1 /2 tsp vanilla bean paste)
1/4 cup rainbow sprinkles, plus extra for decorating (softer ones are better than the crunchy ones)
Vegetable oil (or melted butter) for greasing
1/2 cup (75g) icing sugar, sifted
1/2 cup (75g) cornflour (cornstarch)

Grease and line the base and sides with baking paper in a 20cm square cake tin or a 17x27cm slice tin. Place caster sugar, glucose and 100ml water in a small saucepan. Place on low heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Place 100ml cold water in a small bowl and sprinkle gelatine powder over it and set aside to soften. Increase heat on saucepan to medium-high and insert a sugar thermometer. Boil for 3-5 minutes, until sugar thermometer reaches 120°C (250°F) (I got my candy thermometer from a $2 dollar shop for those wondering). Remove from the heat and carefully add gelatine to mixture and whisk until gelatine dissolves and no lumps remain (if you are worried about this step you can heat the bowl of gelatine over a pot of simmering water first to make it smoother before adding it).
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Place egg white in a large mixing bowl and start beating with an electric mixer with a whisk attachment on high speed. Gradually add hot sugar syrup to the egg white while mixing, if you are using a hand mixer you should beat your egg whites to a stiff peak before you start adding the syrup, but it works fine to add it as soon as you start beating the egg in a stand mixer. Beat until mixture is glossy and white, about 5 minutes on a stand mixer and closer to 10 with a hand mixer. Fold in vanilla and 1/4 cup of sprinkles (or more if you wish!). Before mixture starts to cool too much, pour mixture into prepared tin and use a spatula to quickly smooth top. Leave to set at room temperature overnight. Use a greased knife to cut into 25 squares. You can then roll or top with extra sprinkles on the outside of each marshmallow. Mix icing sugar and cornstarch together and use to dust each marshmallow. Place on a piece of baking paper to dry about an hour, then store in an airtight container. Best eaten within two days.

Alternately, if you want to make this into an Oreo slice, before making the marshmallow mixture press 2 packs of oreo crumbs (centres removed) mixed with 1/3 cup (90g) butter melted into the bottom of your tin and bake at 180°C (350°F) for 10-15 mins, then pour the marshmallow mixture over the top. Top with more sprinkles and chill in the fridge until set.
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45 comments:

  1. yummo!! I'll take the oreo and marshmallow ones please!!

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  2. Can't agree with you more on homemade marshmallows kicking ass! Love the idea of oreo marshmallows.

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  3. Love these! Marshmallows are on the to do list and these are so fun!! Thx!!

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  4. Those are so cute! I still haven't tried making home-made marshmallows yet, but it's definitely on my to-do list!

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  5. hehe I love the word funfetti! These are so pretty and colourful and I reckon they would be awesome with the oreo base!

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  6. They look like happiness in a puffy white cloud!! Love!

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  7. So cute! Great job :)

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  8. The marshmallows are so adorably cute with the sprinkles and adding oreos is a great idea! I'm going to have to try these soon.

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  9. I'm loving everything about your site... why have I not found you before?! Inspired, inspired, inspired!

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  10. How colourful and fun and happy-making are these marshmallows? They are truly awesome =)

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  11. These are some seriously cute marshmallows! Agree, homemade is so the way forward and I LOVE the idea of the Oreo marshmallow pie version :-)

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  12. Normal marshmallows = mehhh.
    Homemade marshmallows WITH confetti = Awesome!

    Bookmarked this recipe but first I'll need to get a candy thermometer!

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  13. These are so fun indeed. Lovely happy marshmallows. Love them and that oreo crust is genius.

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  15. These are sooo cool, fun and cute at the same time! Thank you for sharing sucha happy post!

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  16. I have only ever made marshmallows once; this is making me want to make more.

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  17. Love it! I'm all over Funfetti at the moment too http://www.thesugarhit.com/2012/02/birthday-cake-homemade-momofuku-style.html

    Homemade marshmallows are the best.

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  18. omg yum. i'm a huge fan of funfetti and this sounds delicious!

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  19. They look so cute steph! Love how your nail polish got into the photo too ;)

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  20. so so beautiful, and that slice looks great too! and this was on a weekend you didn't feel like baking!
    i should try rainbow marshmallows, my daughter would looooove them :)

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  21. I would love these treats for kiddie parties and even for a baby shower...I love the colors! Thanks for sharing!

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  22. These are seriously pretty marshmallows ! Love the colors!

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  23. Gorgeous, genius and totally girly - they really made me giggle! I want these on my dessert bar at my wedding! :D

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  24. Love the Oreo slice! Sounds delicious - and lets face it, sprinkles make everyone happy :D

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  25. these are genius. i love the pictures. that one with you holding the marshmallow with tongs is such a great shot!
    i'm definitely inspired to make homemade marshmallows now!

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  26. How beautiful do these little beauties look?

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  27. Hi!

    I love your blog. Really nice pictures and recipes!

    Check my blog here: http://mylittlekitchen-thea.blogspot.com/

    Thea

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  28. These are gorgeous! Just found your site and love it :)

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  29. beautiful! love the look of the oreo crust :)

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  30. These might just be the cutest marshmallows I have ever seen.

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  31. I made these for my sister's engagement party. They worked, and everyone loved them! Totally melted in the mouth and beautiful flavour :) I now have requests to make these for the bridal shower :D Thanks for the recipe!

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  32. So festive and pretty! Could eat the whole tray of these!

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  33. I cannot get over how gorgeous these are!! I wish I had a whole PLATE full of them!!!!

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  34. That is what i'm talking about! Homemade funfetti marshmallows. Beautiful. However the oreo marshmallow cake also looks pretty amazing.

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  35. Hopefully making these tomorrow!

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  36. Hey! I'm the Social Media Coordinator for Hobby Lobby! I just wanted to let you know we featured this super fantastic idea on our Facebook page! Here's the link! http://ow.ly/apT7p Thanks for being awesome and have a terrific day!

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  37. I must be bad cook...I tried the oreo bottom one and it was one sticky mess :(
    I can only hope they don't taste as bad as they look (still setting overnight...)

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    1. Oh no! If you want you can email me the details of the problems you had and I can help you try and troubleshoot your problems.

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  38. I discovered your blog today, via scrolling randomly on Pinterest. I subscribed, and checked out quite a few recipes.
    The photos you managed to take are absolutely beautiful, I like the your nails in this one. :)

    And I'll be back for sure!

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  39. You caught my attention with these on Tastespotting. Super cute! I just love funfetti!

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  40. These are so damn cute! I'm seriously looking through your whole blog right now. and I really wanna make a cake inspired by your funfetti pink cake with macaroons for my birthday in March!

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