{"id":590,"date":"2010-03-26T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T19:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=590"},"modified":"2010-03-26T14:00:03","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T19:00:03","slug":"berry-blue-marshmallows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/berry-blue-marshmallows\/","title":{"rendered":"Berry Blue Marshmallows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-590 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/berry-blue-marshmallows\/dscn0532\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/DSCN0532.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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There, I saw an awesome picture of these<a href=\"https:\/\/miamallows.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> pretty pastel marshmallows<\/a>. And as pictures like these are supposed to, they ignited a desire for marshmallows. So, I went online to find the site where these came from and I proceeded to drool, metaphorically, of course. There were over 2 dozen flavors of marshmallows there.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I thought, I can make some.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time I tried to make marshmallows. For some reason, I always seem to get in that mood in the summertime, which is probably the absolute worst time to try something like this. The first time \u00a0I tried, I was adhering to a vegetarian diet, so gelatin was not an option for me. The result turned out to be a sugary gel. Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>The second time I tried to make marshmallows, I don&#8217;t know what happened. I suspect that I was using an online recipe that perhaps didn&#8217;t get transcribed properly. Or maybe I just misunderstood the instructions. Either way, something was wrong with them. They tasted fine, but the texture was all wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the multiple flavors I saw, I wondered if I could make marshmallows using Jell-O. So, I poked around on the internet and found a <a href=\"https:\/\/chowhound.chow.com\/topics\/640180\" target=\"_blank\">recipe<\/a>. There was feedback somewhere else, though, said that a similar recipe turned out to be &#8220;too wet and soft.&#8221; After I recovered from the trauma of that phrase, I decided that I would give it a go anyway; however, I decided to add more gelatin. So, I dissolved a little package of unflavored gelatin in water and added the mixture from the recipe to that. I had also cooked the mixture until it was around 218 degrees, more cooking than is suggested by this recipe.<\/p>\n<p>My stand mixer does not come with a whisk attachment. As I watched the beginning of the mixing part of the process, this seemed to be a problem. My stick blender, however does have a whisk attachment. So, I \u00a0used it to get the fluffing started, then switched back to the stand mixer. Already, this was looking like it was going to turn out better than earlier attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, I had warned Alex that this might not work.<\/p>\n<p>But it did, and we had blue raspberry flavored marshmallows. Now, I&#8217;m curious about a few other flavors, specifically, lime, margarita, pi\u00f1a\u00a0colada, strawberry daiquiri, watermelon, strawberry-banana and pineapple. Or you could just try making the other flavors and let me know how they turn out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day, when I was sick and in bed, I was perusing the April 2010 Food Network Magazine. There, I saw an awesome picture of these pretty pastel marshmallows. And as pictures like these are supposed to, they ignited a desire for marshmallows. So, I went online to find the site where these came&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/berry-blue-marshmallows\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Berry Blue Marshmallows<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[91,92],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","tag-jello","tag-marshmallows","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-9w","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2213,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/smoky-marshmallows\/","url_meta":{"origin":590,"position":0},"title":"Smoky Marshmallows","author":"admin","date":"January 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I love looking at recipes. 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