It's Sunday, and just a week before Christmas - what better time is there to post Church Windows Marshmallow Candies? From the first minute that I saw these candies I knew that I wanted to make them. They are pretty and unusual and they looked relatively easy to make. I loved that they evoked a church, which makes them perfect to mark the holiday (holy day) season.
n.o.e.'s notes:
- You can find the recipe on this blog post.
- After melting butter and chocolate chips, and cooling the mixture a bit, you stir in the marshmallows. Then you divide the mixture in two and roll each half into a log shape.
- I experimented a bit with the coating for the chocolate rolls. For half the recipe, I rolled the chocolate log in in dessicated coconut, and the other log in hazelnut meal. In the future I'd like to experiment with different rolling and coating techniques. I think powdered sugar would be nice, or chocolate sprinkles, or crumbs of chocolate wafer cookies.
- The colored mini marshmallows can be a bit difficult to find. The first couple of grocery stores that I checked didn't have them, so I was thrilled to find them in Target. In theory each of the 4 colors of marshmallows has a different flavor, and if I concentrated very hard I could detect it - but that was before putting the marshmallows with the chocolate.
- I'm sure that you could make your own marshmallows for this candy; if you do, let me know how it goes!
- Be sure to use a very sharp knife to cut slices of the candy, so the chocolate doesn't drag through the marshmallow, and so the marshmallow cuts cleanly.
the verdict:
These are good at room temperature and straight from the fridge. Because they are so quick to throw together, they're perfect for adding to Christmas trays.
Thanks for posting this! My granny used to make these and I loved them so much!
ReplyDeletehow cute ! I love your church too !
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I forgot about these! My mom used to make them when I was little. I love the way they look (and taste)! :)
ReplyDeleteI used to make these when my daughter was little. It was so much fun to be in the kitchen with her.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful little scene! I don't think I've ever seen or eaten these before. For some reason, I'm in more of a candy-making than cookie-making mood this Christmas, so I'm definitely bookmarking this one.
ReplyDeleteWell these are interesting and very pretty. I want to make these...probably for next year as they would look stunning on my cookie trays.
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