Moulded Marshmallows

How to mould home made marshmallow in chocolate or ice cube moulds. Make marshmallow brains for Halloween!

You’ll need

A batch of home made marshmallow but don’t make it until your moulds are prepared!

Ice cube trays or chocolate moulds

Cooking oil spray

2 tablespoons each of icing sugar (US powdered sugar) and corn starch

Method

Spray your moulds with cooking spray

Mix the corn starch and powdered sugar together and dust the moulds with it.

Pour in your freshly made marshmallow and leave to set.

Remove carefully by rolling the marshmallow out from one side (see the video for details on the technique).

Roll the marshmallows in the remainder of the sugar/starch mix.

Witch’s Brew

Originally published as “Witche’s (sic) Brew in The Queenslander, October 29th, 1936

Ingredients per person

1 cup of milk

Cocoa and sugar or sweetened drinking chocolate

1 or 2 marshmallows. You can use store bought ones but nothing compares to home made marshmallows :)

To decorate the marshmallows either

melted chocolate and a toothpick (as in the original recipe) or a prepackaged icing writer or royal icing, a piping bag and a writing tube

Method

Warm the milk in a saucepan

Add the sugar and cocoa and whisk.

While the milk is heating take the marshmallows and draw angry faces on them using icing or a toothpick diped in melted chocolate.

Pour the hot chocoalte drink into a mug and float the marshmallows on top.