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Learn all about making this dehydrated marshmallows recipe for a fun and crunchy addition to cocoa, desserts, or even cereal. Drying mini or full-size marshmallows is a fun and easy kitchen craft that kids and adults will love.
If you’re looking for a fun and unexpected little snack, try your hand at making dehydrated marshmallows. It couldn’t be any simpler and they are so poppable and tasty.
Use your dried marshmallows in Crock-Pot hot chocolate, or sprinkle them on top of S’mores Bark or Old-Fashioned Fudge for a fun and crispy surprise.
And yes, you can use homemade marshmallows!
Pro Tips/Recipe Notes
- When you’re dehydrating marshmallows they will puff and “round” themselves out until they look like those horrible pillow mints that were given out at every single 1980s wedding.
- No dehydrator? Place marshmallows on rimmed baking sheets lined with parchment and place in the oven at the lowest temperature possible (usually 140-170˚F) and prop open the door with the handle of a wooden spoon. This allows condensation to escape instead of just settling back onto the marshmallows. Bake for 5-8 hours, checking every hour and rotating trays.
- Keep them at room temperature in an air-tight container like a mason jar. You’ll want to make sure the marshmallows are fully dried and cooled before putting the lid on the container.
Dehydrated Marshmallows Recipe
Learn all about making this dehydrated marshmallows recipe for a fun and crunchy addition to cocoa, desserts, or even cereal. Drying mini or full-size marshmallows is a fun and easy kitchen craft that kids and adults will love.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 10 oz bag mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Arrange marshmallows on 1-3 dehydrator trays.10 oz bag mini marshmallows
- Spread them out on the trays but don't worry too much about them touching.
- Set the dehydrator to 135˚F (57˚c).
- Dry for 6-10 hours, rotating trays if you think about it. Move marshmallows around on the trays as they become drier to avoid them sticking together.
- They're ready when they crumble when you try to squish them between your fingers and they don't "give" when squeezed
Notes
- If you have larger marshmallows, you can cut them into smaller pieces with kitchen shears. Dust with a bit of homemade powdered sugar to keep them from sticking together. Or dry them whole for 24 hours.
- The marshmallows will continue to dry a bit as they cool, so do your final test on fully-cooled marshmallows. You can’t over-dry them.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.66cupCalories: 100kcal
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Will this work with vegan marshmallows?
I haven’t tried it, but I don’t see why not. You can basically dehydrate anything!