Step 1: Gather Your Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups organic sugar
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup organic light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup organic powdered sugar
- 4 tbsp agar powder
- 1 tbsp organic vanilla
Step 2: Soak the Agar Powder
You will need to soak the agar powder in 1/2 cup cold water until it is completely absorbed, which can take about 10 minutes.
Step 3: Heat it Up
While the agar powder is soaking, bring the 1/2 cup water, 1 3/4 cups organic sugar and 3/4 cup organic light corn syrup to a boil in a saucepan. Stir it constantly over medium heat, taking care not to let it boil over.
Step 4: Beat It
Using your stand mixure or hand mixer, slowly combine your sugar mixture and agar. Beat it on high speed for approximately 10 minutes or until the mixture looks like fluffy egg whites.
Step 5: Now Make Marshmallows
Cover the entire bottom of the baking dish with powdered sugar. Then, pour the sugar-agar mixture into the pan. Sprinkle the top of the sugar-agar mixture with the remaining powdered sugar.
Step 6: Cool Out and Shape Up
Allow the marshmallows to sit so they firm up. Once they are firm, you can cut them into heart shapes using a cookie cutter or knife. Keep them in an airtight container in your refrigerator until you have used them all.
Step 7: Add to Hot Cocoa and Enjoy!
Surprise your favorite people with organic hot cocoa and heart shaped vegan marshmallows! What could be more fun on Valentine’s Day than that?
Vegan Homemade Marshmallows
Step 1: Gather Your Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups organic sugar
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup organic light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup organic powdered sugar
- 4 tbsp agar powder
- 1 tbsp organic vanilla
Step 2: Soak the Agar Powder
Soak the agar powder in 1/2 cup cold water until it is completely absorbed which can take about 10 minutes.
Step 3: Heat it Up
While the agar powder is soaking, bring the 1/2 cup water, 1 3/4 cups organic sugar and 3/4 cup organic light corn syrup to a boil in a saucepan. Stir it constantly over medium heat, taking care not to let it boil over.
Step 4: Beat It
Using your stand mixer or hand mixer, slowly combine the sugar mixture and agar. Beat it on high speed for approximately 10 minutes or until the mixture looks like fluffy egg whites.
Step 5: Now Make Marshmallows
Cover the entire bottom of the baking dish with powdered sugar. Then, pour the sugar-agar mixture into the pan. Sprinkle the top of the sugar-agar mixture with the remaining powdered sugar.
Step 6: Cool Out and Shape Up
Allow the marshmallows to sit so they firm up (takes a couple of hours), once they are firm, you can cut them into heart shapes using a cookie cutter or knife. Keep them in an airtight container in your refrigerator until you have used them all.
Step 7: Add to Hot Cocoa and Enjoy!
Surprise your favorite people with organic hot cocoa with heart shaped vegan marshmallows! What could be more fun on Valentine’s Day than that?
8 Responses to “HOW TO: Make Homemade Vegan Marshmallows”
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what do you do with the confectioners sugar
You sprinkle the confections sugar on the bottom of the pan to keep the mixture from sticking. Then, sprinkle it on top too so the marshmallows are easy to handle.
Can you toast these in a campfire or will they melt? I love s’mores when camping but ever since I found out the horrors of gelatins, I’ve been missing out.
Hi Treehugger88,
You know that is a great question – I didn’t try, when I do – I will let you know.
I Love marshmallows this recipe rocks.
oh my god! I’m so excited to try! do they resemble dandies or sweet and sarah vegan marshmallows at all? i once tried making marshmallows with agar but it wouldn’t whip up and ended up just making a goopy mess. i’ll report back later this week after trying!
Hi. Nice recipe. Can you please elaborate on cooking the syrup? What temperature did you cook the syrup to? How did you know when the syrup was ready to add to the agar mixture?
Thanks again
Hi Candra,
Great question – I heated the syrup to 225 degrees and used a candy thermometer.