To celebrate my 50th day of living la vida Martha, I decided to indulge in one of my favorite sweets in the world, marshmallows. I made some Tennessee Marshmallow Cookies from page 220, which is Martha’s take on the classic Moon Pie.
This is one of those desserts that looks easier to make than it actually is, in part because I wasn’t having the best luck while making them. First I burnt myself on hot sugar when I made the mistake of trying to get all the sugar out of the pot to add to the gelatin by scraping it with a rubber spatula and a big drop whacked me on the thumb! 240° of burning hot sugar against fragile flesh = no fun at all 🙁
Then my on first attempt at melting the chocolate it seized up on me, which left me with woefully little chocolate to work with. To top things off, my graham crackers kept breaking, making it very difficult to put the cookies together and even more difficult to effectively dip them in the melted chocolate. As much as I enjoy cooking, there were moments that I wished I had simply bought a pack of Little Debbie Moon Pies and called it a day!
So after all that how were the results? Yummy! I loved the way the salty peanuts balanced with the sweetness. In spite of the pain involved in making them, homemade marshmallows are light years better than the ones you get in a big plastic bag. And like s’mores, chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallow are a classic combination that’s hard to go wrong with.
This would be a dessert that your kids will adore! But if you decide to make them, try to use me as a bad example and be very, very careful when you’re working with hot sugar, because that stuff is no joke!
