As for the hot chocolates, I made some swanky cocoa with melted chocolate, cocoa powder, sugar, and some vanilla soy milk. Sometimes, there is nothing else to do but welcome the cold.

As for the hot chocolates, I made some swanky cocoa with melted chocolate, cocoa powder, sugar, and some vanilla soy milk.

Sometimes, there is nothing else to do but welcome the cold.

When its all set, you chop the suckers up and viola!  Vanilla bean marshmallows.  ARGHGHGHGHGAHGHAGHHH! SO GOOD!

When its all set, you chop the suckers up and viola!  Vanilla bean marshmallows. 

ARGHGHGHGHGAHGHAGHHH! SO GOOD!

You pour it into your powdery pan and wait a few hours to let the puffy stuff dry. 

This is a good time to watch ’No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain’ and pet Shotzye with your feet. (Don’t worry- she loves it)

Add vanilla bean paste (omg. omg. OMG. so good!), and some salt and whip it for another minute or so.  You will be whipping it for about 15 minutes by now. 

That’s a lot of whipping.  What can I say, marshmallows are bad!  They need it.

Now you pour it into your pretty Martha Stewart, limited edition Kitchen Aid mixer (or any electric mixer ;D ) and whip it to high heavens. 

Now, in the meantime, to keep your mind off of things (like gelatin) you are going to melt sugar in water until it is completely dissolved.  Then you add the horse hoof’s.  Err, I mean gelatin.

Get that to all boil together for a bit.

Now you’re going to pour ice water into unflavored gelatin and let it sit and get all jelly and weird.

But, enough about gelatin…it sort of freaks me out and I dont want to think about it much more.

Anyways, back to the marshmallows.  I also realized that I didn’t have any corn syrup- a main ingredient in marshmallows- oh boy! Things just weren’t going my way.  But I went on the Internets and found a workable recipe. YAY!  Step 1- pour a ton of powder sugar into that pan!

Anyways, back to the marshmallows. 

I also realized that I didn’t have any corn syrup- a main ingredient in marshmallows- oh boy! Things just weren’t going my way.  But I went on the Internets and found a workable recipe. YAY! 

Step 1- pour a ton of powder sugar into that pan!

So, after we conquered the cars on Sunday, we were craving some good ol’ hot chocolates.  I came inside to prepare the goodness when I realized we didn’t have any marshmallows (boo!).  So, I decided to make some.  But first, I found the last of our hot cocoa mix and dramatically spilled it all over me and the floor, while showing Paul how it was “a brand new bag!” (it wasn’t- it had been opened on the bottom end…)

So, after we conquered the cars on Sunday, we were craving some good ol’ hot chocolates.  I came inside to prepare the goodness when I realized we didn’t have any marshmallows (boo!).  So, I decided to make some. 

But first, I found the last of our hot cocoa mix and dramatically spilled it all over me and the floor, while showing Paul how it was “a brand new bag!” (it wasn’t- it had been opened on the bottom end…)

And why am I posting on a Monday morning, when I should be at work??  Because I cant get there.  That’s why.  The country roads have defeated me.

And why am I posting on a Monday morning, when I should be at work??  Because I cant get there.  That’s why. 

The country roads have defeated me.