A Marshmallow Valentine

Happy February!

I have always loved Valentine's Day. I know everyone thinks it's a day that boys have to buy girls gifts and spend too much money going out to dinner. I think of Valentine's Day as a day to celebrate ALL of the people that you love. I also think it's just fun to drape everything in pink and wear pink... and make pink food!

Let's start out this month with some really fun pink marshmallows. I find that marshmallows turn adults back into kids... everyone loves them. I used my recipe for

Homemade Marshmallows

that is made with honey instead of corn syrup. I adjusted it a bit this time by adding vanilla bean paste (you can also use vanilla extract... or any extract you like!) 5 minutes into whipping the mixture. I have included a few picture of the process;

here is the recipe