Name: Chocolate Marshmallows
Ingredients: ordinary marshmallows; melted chocolate

Chocolate Marshmallows

Ingredients

ordinary marshmallows
melted chocolate

Directions

Prepare

Wipe the marshmallows free from corn starch.
Cut the marshmallows in half.

Coat and set

Dip the halves in melted chocolate.
Set aside to harden.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Marshmallows: Provide a soft, sweet, airy center that contrasts with the firm chocolate coating.
Melted chocolate: Forms a crisp, glossy shell that hardens as it cools and adds bitterness and fat.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.