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[batyatoon]

I am smug like a smug thing and posting about it very belatedly.

Why am I smug?

I am smug because, using this recipe, substituting light agave nectar for corn syrup and granulated xylitol for granulated sugar (ETA: and powdered xylitol for confectioner's sugar), and using Kolatin brand gelatin ...

... I have successfully made kosher sugar-free marshmallows.

They taste like marshmallows. They have the right texture. You can toast them.

I am pretty sure this means I win. :D :D :D

Comments

[saganth.livejournal.com]

Congratulations seem to be in order, so I offer them, but I am confused... are marshmallows not kosher???

[orawnzva.livejournal.com]

Typical marshmallows are made with gelatin, which is made from entirely arbitrary animal protein extracts.

[batyatoon]

What orawnzva said. There are pretty good kosher marshmallows on the market made with Kolatin, which is a brand of gelatin made entirely from kosher fish protein extracts. The sugar-free part was the harder.

[genarti]

There are also vegan marshmallows one can buy, without gelatin at all; the texture's a bit funny, but they mostly work. Sadly, they are in no way at all sugar-free. (I should think they're kosher by ingredients, unless there's something I'm missing, but I have no idea if they're kosher by certification.) Marshmallow fluff is also gelatin-free, and also easily obtained without going to a specialty store, which I as a vegetarian love; also not sugar-free, though, and it has egg whites which makes it non-vegan. I think the brand I've seen is kosher-certified, but I don't keep kosher so I don't remember by whom.