Dehydrating Marshmallows and Make Marshmallow Powder
Today, I want to share how to make Marshmallow Powder. I shared a post a few weeks ago on Dehydrating Marshmallows, and then I found these peppermint gems on sale! What I like is that the flavor is just right, not too strong and not too bland.
During the holidays, do you like to stir a candy cane or peppermint stick in your hot chocolate or hot cocoa? It seems like someone always stops by with a neighborhood gift and a candy cane is attached.
Then, I make a warm drink that night and use that sweet peppermint treat! Well, now I have jars and jars of dehydrated peppermint marshmallows sealed with my FoodSaver.
Please remember, you can’t use the accessory hose with the powder, it will ruin your machine.
So, for my monthly powder batch, I use the wide mouth Ball White Lids shown below. If your Food Saver didn’t come with the accessory lid this is where you can buy one: FoodSaver Accessory Lid Set
How To Make Marshmallow Powder
December and January are great months to stock up on marshmallows. You can dehydrate them and make marshmallow powder. It’s so fun!
Step One
I have an Excalibur Dehydrator, but any model will work. Watch for the marshmallows to go on sale. Keep in mind they do not shrink.
What you see is what you get. Spread the marshmallows evenly on your dehydrator racks as shown.
Step Two
You can see I did several racks because I love peppermint in hot chocolate.
Step Three
These are a little bit bigger than the mini size marshmallows. Not much, but boy did they take forever to dry. They took 3 days at last count. Crazy, huh?
Step Four
I used my Vitamix blender to make the powder. Mark used the pulse button until I could see the consistency I was looking for in the marshmallow powder.
Be careful when you take the lid off, remember it’s powder. Take the lid off slowly since it could blow all over, just giving you the heads up here.
Step Five
How To Condition Your Fruit or Vegetables
If you live where it is HUMID: “To condition the fruit, take the dried fruit that has cooled and pack it loosely in plastic or glass jars. Seal the containers and let them stand for 7 to 10 days. The excess moisture in some pieces will be absorbed by the drier pieces. Shake the jars daily to separate the pieces and check the moisture condensation.” https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/dry/pack_store.html
I live in the DRY DESERT: I set my fruit and vegetables on my countertop for 5-7 days. Ten days is even better to make sure everything is dry before using your FoodSaver unit.
I used my FoodSaver to seal the jars of the dehydrated marshmallows and I used the white Ball lids for the powder. Please don’t use your accessory hose for the powders, it will ruin your unit.
Step Six
Here is a picture of the FoodSaver using the FoodSaver sealing lid and accessory hose.
How Can I use Marshmallow Powder
- Add to Hot Cocoa or Hot Chocolate
- Sprinkle it to sweeten your tea
- Sprinkle it in when you make Rice Krispie Squares
- Roll cookies in it after baking you cookies (peppermint flavor is the best)
- Add it to your morning cereal
- Dip fresh fruit in sour cream or whipping cream, then the marshmallow powder
Marshmallow Powder
This is super concentrated so you only need a little, oh my, is it ever yummy!
- 1-6 bags of marshmallows (mini works best) these are Peppermint, but any flavor works.
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Spread the fresh marshmallows evenly on your dehydrator racks. I have an Excalibur Dehydrator and I set the temperature at 150 degrees. These took a very long time to dry. I don't know if its because these were a bit bigger than the mini marshmallows I have done before. These took literally 3 days to dry. It's worth it, I promise! The time will always depend on the humidity of the room you are drying your marshmallows. Let the trays sit for a day or two (2 weeks is even better) after drying before putting the marshmallows in jars to store in your pantry. I like to make sure the food is totally dry before using my FoodSaver to seal the quart mason jars. Use a blender to make marshmallow powder. I use a FoodSaver to seal my dehydrated marshmallows but do not use your accessory hose to seal the powder, it will ruin your unit.
Hot Chocolate/Cocoa Recipe
I’ve shared this recipe before, but just in case you missed it, this is the best hot chocolate in the world. It’s all about using our food storage.
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup Dutch cocoa or any dry unsweetened cocoa
- 2/3 cup water
- 4 cups milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- whipped cream (optional)
- peppermint bark (optional: place a small piece in the bottom of each cup and pour the hot chocolate over the peppermint bark, if desired)
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Place the sugar and cocoa in a saucepan and blend the mixture. Add the water and stir until blended.
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Add the water and stir until blended.
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Bring the mixture to a boil and stir constantly for two minutes.
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Add the milk slowly and heat thoroughly, but do not boil. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.
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Please note*** If you want to make a dry mix: My Thrive Instant Milk Can states: 1 cup water + 2 tablespoons dry milk = 1 cup milk. It also says (to make it easy) 4 cups water + 2/3 to 1 cup dry milk = 4 cups milk. My recipe calls for 4 cups milk so I would add 1 cup dry milk to the recipe with a note to add 4 cups water when making this recipe with the 1 cup Instant Dry Milk.
Here are the other Dehydrating Posts I have done:
- Dehydrating Apples
- Dehydrating Bananas
- Dehydrating Blackberries and Powder
- Dehydrating Blueberries and Powder
- Dehydrating Cilantro
- Dehydrating Cucumbers and Powder
- Dehydrating Ginger and Powder
- Dehydrating Green Onions and Powder
- Dehydrating Kale and Kale Powder
- Dehydrating Kiwi
- Dehydrating Lemons and Powder
- Dehydrating Marshmallows
- Dehydrating Peppermint Marshmallows and Powder
- Dehydrating Mushrooms and Mushroom Powder
- Dehydrating Onions and Powder
- Dehydrating Pears
- Dehydrating Pineapple
- Dehydrating Raspberries and Powder
- Dehydrating Spinach and Powder
- Dehydrating Strawberries
- Dehydrating Tomatoes and Powder
- Dehydrating Watermelon
Final Word
This is one more way to use your dehydrator to preserve some fun food. Life is so good when you love what you’re doing! It’s all about being comfortable to dehydrate just about any food.
Please let me know if you try making marshmallow powder, I love to hear from you. We can do this, I promise.
Thanks for being prepared for the unexpected. May God bless this world, Linda
Can marshmallow powder be used for other things? Do you have recipes?
Hi Judith, that’s a good question. I only made it for hot cocoa or hot chocolate. Let’s see if someone comments on using marshmallow powder for recipes. Linda
I’d bet you could use it for Rice Crispy Treats and some of the No Bake cookie recipes.
Hi BDN, oh my gosh, that’s a great idea! Thanks for sharing! I haven’t made Rice Crispy Treats for a while!! I need to now! Linda
Don’t forget about sprinkling the powder on ice cream or on cake, cup cake frostings. Haven’t tried it but mixing in some marshmallows in corn bread mix.
Hi Ronald, wow, this sounds like a great idea! Cornbread, hmmm. It would make it sweeter for sure! Great tip! Linda
dont use the accessary hose ?but use the jar sealer w/ hose ?
accessary hose ?
Hi Daphne, yes, I used the accessory hose, you can see the “black” deal on top of the jar. It goes into the jar sealer. Linda
A few years ago I dehydrated marshmallows just for kicks!! I loved munching on a few occasionally. Never even thought about powdering them. I think I would just powder some when I wanted to add them to a recipe or whatever. I don’t drink much hot chocolate – don’t like the store bought and haven’t found a recipe to make my own that I like. But I would definitely add dehydrated marshmallows to hot chocolate.
HI Leanne, thank you for the 5 stars, my sweet friend. I prefer making the powder when I want to use powder, then I don’t have to use silica packets or whatever there called. They are different than oxygen absorbers. The only hot chocolate I can drink is the recipe on the Hershey’s Unsweetened Cocoa box.I grew up on that recipe and the boxes you buy at the store on not hot cocoa ot hot chocolate to me! LOL! Linda
When I was growing up, winter Saturday evenings were for Disney, popcorn, apple slices and Dad’s homemade hot cocoa. I know he heated milk, added cocoa powder, sugar and probably vanilla. We rarely if ever had marshmallows. Great memories of Dad in the kitchen at a time that was NOT butchering!!! He also made phenomenal eggnog for Christmas!! Of course, milk and eggs were farm fresh that morning or evening!!
HI Leanne, oh what wonderful memories you have from growing up! Your dad’s recipe is the same ingredents I use for my hot cocoa. I can’t imagine how fresh that eggnog would be right from YOUR farm! WOW! My Hot Chocolate recipe is in the post: https://www.foodstoragemoms.com/how-to-dehydrate-marshmallows/ Happy Thanksgiving my sweet friend, Linda