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Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows Recipe

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This Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows recipe is a amazing in a cup of hot chocolate, given as a homemade food gift, or even just for snacking. I’m sharing my recipe, plus even more holiday party treats that you’ll want to make this Christmas.

Peppermint Marshmallows Recipe

Peppermint is my favorite Christmas flavor and marshmallows are one of my favorite candies to make. Needless to say, it was only a matter of time before peppermint marshmallows would be making an appearance. A couple weeks ago, I did exactly that — I made batch…and the result was even better than what I expected.

Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows Recipe 1

Homemade peppermint marshmallows are so perfect for adding to hot chocolate, or even just for snacking on. I love to give homemade food gifts, and marshmallows make a great gift to give. My gift recipients are always amazed that I can make homemade marshmallows.

Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows Recipe 2

If you’ve never made marshmallows, I encourage you to give them a try. I find if so satisfying to make a batch and the flavor is superior that buying a bag at the store. That’s not to say I never buy a bag of marshmallows — I do — but for special occasions, homemade marshmallows are a must and you won’t be disappointed.Peppermint Marshmallows Recipe

Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows Recipe

Here’s the full recipe, ready for you to print. If you aren’t ready for it yet, be sure to save to your Christmas board on Pinterest for safekeeping!

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Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows Recipe

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4.9 from 7 reviews

This Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows recipe is a amazing in a cup of hot chocolate, given as a homemade food gift, or even just for snacking. I’m sharing my recipe, plus even more holiday party treats that you’ll want to make this Christmas.

  • Author: Brandie Valenzuela
  • Category: Candy
  • Cuisine: American
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Ingredients

  • ½ cup water
  • 3 ounce envelopes unflavored gelatin (1/4 each)
  • 1½ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup water
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
  • 2 egg whites
  • Powdered Sugar

Instructions

  1. Grease an 8×8″ baking dish.
  2. Pour ½ cup water into the bowl of your stand mixer. Sprinkle top with each envelope of gelatin. Give a gentle swirl to the bowl, if necessary, to make sure all of the gelatin comes into contact with the water
  3. In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, 1/2 cup water, and the salt. Over medium heat, stir mixture slowly (avoid splashing mixture on insides of saucepan) until dissolved. When mixture is just beginning to boil, stop stirring. Clip candy thermometer inside the pan and heat until the mixture is 240 degrees F and no higher.
  4. Remove from heat immediately, turn stand mixture on the slowest speed and begin drizzling the hot syrup mixture into the bowl of softened gelatin. When all the syrup has been added and is combined with the gelatin, turn the stand mixture on high and set your timer for 13 minutes. Mixture should be very thick when finished.
  5. While mixture is beating, in a separate bowl, beat 2 eggs whites until stiff peaks form. With stand mixture on the slowest speed, gently mix egg whites into the marshmallow mixture until all incorporated. Don’t over mix!
  6. Pour marshmallow mixture into prepared pan, using a rubber spatula to help scrape it out of the bowl and smooth the top of the marshmallows. Get as much as you can, but don’t worry about getting every last bit. Let your marshmallows set for about 6 hours or overnight. When they are ready, they should not be tacky on the top and should pull away from the side if you gently pull it away with your finger.
  7. Dust a clean surface with powdered sugar. Turn your marshmallow out onto the dusted surface. Dust top with more of the powdered sugar and cut into pieces, keeping knife clean and coated with the coating as necessary to prevent sticking.
  8. Place cut marshmallows into the powdered sugar and lift them out with a mesh strainer. Tap off all excess coating and place on a plate or in a storage container.

Keywords: food gift, kitchen aid, christmas recipe, holiday party treats, powered sugar, peppermint extract, 6 ingredients,

Homemade Peppemint Marshmallow Recipe

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Want more Holiday Party Treats?

My Peppermint Marshmallows are my contribution to the December #12Bloggers Event, where 12 bloggers (myself included) each share a recipe, with 12 ingredients or less, based on a common theme. The theme for this month is Holiday Party Treats, so now that you have my Peppermint Marshmallow recipe,  be sure to check out the rest of the #12Bloggers recipes…you won’t want to miss them!

  • Vanilla Mixed Nuts with Cranberries from BetsyLife
  • Peppermint Marshmallows from Home Cooking Memories
  • Rum Spiced Walnuts from I Love My Disorganized Life
  • White Chocolate Chip Cherry Shortbread Cookies from The Rebel Chick
  • Easy Peppermint Bark from Million Moments
  • Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge from A Night Owl
  • Old Fashion Molasses Cookies from Bless This Mess
  • Peppermint S’mores from Mom Endeavors
  • Brown Sugar Caramels from Stephie Cooks
  • Gingerbread Cupcakes from See Vanessa Craft
  • Cranberry Orange Fudge from Around My Family Table
  • Cinnamon Sugar Cheesecake Bombs from White Lights on Wednesday

12Bloggers - December 2014 - Holiday Party Treats -600

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Comments

  1. Theresa says

    December 15, 2016 at 6:42 pm

    Happy Holidays! Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight party! Pinned & shared.

    Reply
  2. Heidi says

    December 13, 2016 at 5:47 pm

    These would be great with hot chocolate! Printing off the recipe and featuring your post on Funtastic Friday this week!

    Reply
  3. Kimm says

    December 13, 2016 at 12:40 pm

    Those look delicious. Love peppermint anything this time of year. Thanks for sharing on Funtastic Friday!

    Reply
  4. Miz Helen says

    December 13, 2016 at 8:25 am

    Your Peppermint Marshmallows look amazing! Thanks for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great week and come back soon!
    Miz Helen

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  5. margie d says

    December 12, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    How do you get the pink color, and when do you do it in the recipe? Recipe sounds yummy. Thank you.

    Reply
  6. Demi says

    December 11, 2016 at 11:33 pm

    These look so yummy and pretty that you don’t know if you want to eat or look at them 🙂 Visiting from NiftyThriftySunday link party!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  7. Cristina at Ava's Alphabet says

    December 11, 2016 at 10:29 am

    These look awesome. I have never made marshmallows before, but I am very inspired to try this recipe! Pinned and sharing! Thank you for joining us at Family Joy Blog Link-Up Party.

    Reply
  8. Sahana says

    December 10, 2016 at 5:19 pm

    Wow, looks amazing. Thank you for linking with us at #HomeMattersParty . We would love to have you again next week.

    Reply
  9. Jhuls | The Not So Creative Cook says

    December 8, 2016 at 10:12 pm

    I am kicking myself now for not making marshmallow sooner. This looks fabulous and I love the flavor. 🙂

    Reply
  10. Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says

    December 8, 2016 at 12:12 pm

    Oh those would go so good with my peppermint cocoa! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up!

    Reply
  11. Ginger Wroot says

    December 7, 2016 at 8:16 pm

    Every year, I tell myself I’m going to make homemade marshmallows, and I never do! But hopefully, your gorgeous photos and lish-looking recipe will finally push me over that marshmallow ledge! Pinned, with high hopes! Thanks! –Ginger

    ★★★★★

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  12. Kim~madeinaday says

    December 5, 2016 at 6:33 pm

    These look so yummy! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Pinned! Have a great week!
    Kim

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  13. Megan @ Left in Knots says

    December 5, 2016 at 5:04 am

    Oh yum! These looks great! They will be added to my baking list this year 🙂

    Reply
  14. Rita says

    December 4, 2016 at 10:06 pm

    Wow! Thank you for sharing this recipe. These look so divine and combine 2 of my most favourite things – marshmallows and peppermint. Yum!

    Reply
  15. Petra @ CrumblesAndKale says

    December 11, 2015 at 6:45 am

    Oh, these look just perfect. I really love the color and what can go wrong with peppermint? 🙂

    Reply
  16. Jamie @ Coffee With Us 3 says

    December 8, 2015 at 8:59 pm

    Thanks for linking up these gorgeous marshmallows at The Pretty Pintastic Party! We will be featuring them at the party this weekend, so stop by, grab a featured badge, and link up some more great posts!

    Reply
  17. Ashley says

    December 7, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    HI! Thanks for linking up to the Tasty Tuesday linky party last week. I have pinned your recipe to the Creative K Kids Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board. I hope that you’ll join us again this week!

    Reply
  18. Bree says

    December 6, 2015 at 12:16 pm

    Gorgeous pink + peppermint! My faves!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  19. Heaven says

    December 5, 2015 at 2:37 pm

    I have a friend who loves making marshmallows. Unfortunately we moved away 6 months ago, and I miss the marshmallows (and her)! Peppermint is one of my favorite flavors, too. Stopping by from Snickerdoodle Sunday. Pinned!

    Reply
  20. Mollie says

    December 4, 2015 at 8:47 am

    these are gorgeous! Really more art than marshmallow! It was fun to see the other creative marshmallows, too. Thanks for sharing this on Throwback Thursday, I’m pinning it to our pinterst board!

    Reply
  21. Sarah R. says

    December 4, 2015 at 4:10 am

    ERMAHGERD, pumpkin marshmallows!!! I kinda need one of these right now! 😉 Appreciate you bringing this to Snickerdoodle Sunday so I could see it!!

    Reply
  22. Heather Jacobs says

    December 3, 2015 at 7:54 am

    Cant wait to make these for the teachers at my daughters school. I normally make them cocoa treat bags and instead of the boring marshmallows they are now going to get this thanks to you! I am glad I found your recipe of Think Tank Thursday!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  23. Laurie says

    December 2, 2015 at 9:37 pm

    I never knew you could make your own marshmellows! Very cool! Pinning to share!
    Thank you for sharing your recipe with us at Snickerdoodle Sunday!
    ~Laurie

    Reply
  24. Carlee says

    November 29, 2015 at 5:45 am

    These look amazing. I love the chocolate dipped idea too! Yum!

    Reply
  25. Lacey says

    December 18, 2014 at 2:28 pm

    Turned out nice! I avoided the extra powdered sugar coating and opted to dip them in melted chocolate (just about 3/4 the way, so some of the marshmallow still shows). Yum!

    ★★★★

    Reply
  26. Coco in the Kitchen says

    December 18, 2014 at 10:33 am

    Those look so pillowy and yummy.
    I’ve always wanted to make marshmallows at home, but it sounded so complicated.
    I’m going to give your recipe a try this weekend!

    Reply
  27. Rachel @{i love} my disorganized life says

    December 16, 2014 at 8:25 am

    I love peppermint in my cocoa! And my coffee, actually. Plus, I’ve been wanting to give marshmallow making a try, so this is perfect, thanks!

    Reply

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