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Heart-shaped homemade vanilla bean marshmallows in a pink mug of hot chocolate.

Homemade Vanilla Bean Marshmallows Recipe

Bree Hester
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Standing Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24
Calories 90 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 packets unflavored gelatin
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 vanilla bean seeded

Instructions
 

  • Pour 1/2 cup of water into a small bowl. Sprinkle the packages of gelatin over the water. Give it a whisk. Let the mixture sit while you make the sugar syrup.
    Sprinkling gelatin over water for Homemade Vanilla Bean Marshmallows.
  • Combine the sugar, corn syrup, salt, and 1/2 cup of water in a saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat just until the sugar dissolves.
    Combining sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water in a saucepan for vanilla bean marshmallows.
  • Once the sugar has dissolved, raise the heat to medium-high and cook undisturbed until a candy thermometer reaches 240 degrees.
    Boiling sugar syrup in a stainless steel pot with a candy thermometer for Homemade Vanilla Bean Marshmallows.
  • Put the gelatin mixture and the scraped vanilla seeds into the bowl of a stand mixer using the whisk attachment.
    Putting the gelatin mixture and scraped vanilla seeds into the bowl of a stand mixer for homemade vanilla bean marshmallows.
  • Slowly pour the sugar mixture into the mixer while on low speed.
    Pouring sugar mixture into a stand mixer for Homemade Vanilla Bean Marshmallows.
  • Whip on high speed for 10 to 15 minutes. It will have gained volume and turned bright white. Add the vanilla.
    Adding vanilla to the whipped marshmallow mixture in a stand mixer for homemade vanilla bean marshmallows.
  • This is the most important thing to remember, dust the bottom of a 9x13 pan with powdered sugar. Be very generous with the sugar, or you will never get the marshmallow out of the pan. Trust me on this one. Pour the marshmallow out and smooth.
    Pouring the Homemade Vanilla Bean Marshmallows mixture into an aluminum pan.
  • Let the pan sit out, uncovered, overnight.
    Powdered sugar-dusted dessert in aluminum pan.
  • The next day, cut it out using a sharp knife, or cookie cutters. Dip the cookie cutters into powdered sugar so that you can get them out. Also, dust the marshmallows again (especially the sides) so they do not stick together.
    Cutting homemade vanilla bean marshmallows with flower-shaped cookie cutters.

Nutrition

Calories: 90kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 0.1gFat: 0.1gSodium: 34mg
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