How to Make Homemade Marshmallow Fluff

By Molly Durham in Food on Jan 6, 2012 4:00PM

Fluffernutters can be taken to a whole new level with this homemade version of the childhood favorite Marshmallow Fluff.

This surprisingly simple recipe gives you a fluff that has much less of that "I'm eating cardboard air but oh god I can't stop" feeling to it, meaning it actually has some similarity to real food. You either have to own an electric hand mixer or KitchenAid to make it (unless you want a repetitive stress injury) since you beat the egg white mixture for five minutes straight.

It's such a weird consistency to create, and it will end up on every surface of your kitchen; flinging fluff is inevitable. It also produces more marshmallow fluff than anyone will ever need. Use it in Rice Krispie treats, to ice cake or cookies, or slab it on a sandwich with some peanut butter to jet right back to childhood with a fluffernutter.

Homemade marshmallow fluff recipe:

Ingredients:

1 and a half egg whites, at room temperature

1 cup light corn syrup

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup sifted powdered sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract