Marshmallow Easter Eggs
These homemade marshmallow Easter eggs are so cute and a surprisingly simple treat for your Easter basket or brunch, so try this kid-friendly holiday recipe today!
Servings: 12 eggs
Calories: 79kcal
Equipment
- Plastic Easter Eggs or Molds
- Standing or Hand Held Mixer
- Pastry Bag with Large Piping Tip
- Pastry Brush, optional
- Old Egg Carton, optional
- Stovetop and Saucepans
Ingredients
- 2 packets gelatin
- 87 grams egg whites from 2-3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla or 1/2 vanilla bean
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup water divided into 1/2 cup and 1/4 cup
- 2 tbsp light corn syrup
- non-stick cooking spray
- sanding sugar or sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Wash and dry your plastic easter eggs and fit a large pastry bag with a large round tip
- Spray the inside of the easter egg shells with non-stick cooking spray. Set Aside.
- Add gelatin to 1/4 cup cold water and let bloom one minute. Once bloomed put the pan on medium heat and cook until the gelatin is dissolved, stirring the mixture while it cooks so it doesn’t get a film on top. Once it’s completely dissolved reduce the head to keep it warm while you complete steps 3-6.
- Fit your standing mixture with a whisk attachment. Add the egg whites to the bowl and vanilla bean if using. Do not start whisking the whites at this time.
- Stir granulated sugar, 1/2 cup water, and corn syrup in a heavy bottomed saucepan. Wipe down the sites of the pan with a pastry dish dipped in water. This will help ensure the sugar mixture doesn’t crystallize. Turn the mixture onto medium high heat. Once it’s dissolved, simmer until the syrup mixture reaches 250 degree. This should take between 5-10 minutes.
- Let the syrup continue to cook untouched until it reaches 281 - 284 degrees. It’s important not to stir the sugar mixture while it cooks.
- While it’s cooking, start whisking the egg whites on medium high until stiff peaks are formed. You want to have the syrup at 281 degrees and the egg whites at stiff peaks at the same time. If the eggs white get stiff peaks before the sugar mixture is done, turn the standing mixture to low and continue slowing beating until the sugar mixture is at the correct temperature.
- Once the syrup is 281 degrees, remove it from the heat and slowly pour it down the sides of the bowl of egg white. It helps if the mixture is on slow to lessen splattering.
- Add the warm gelatin, vanilla, and salt to the egg whites. Once it’s combined turn onto medium high speed. Mix until it is thick and glossy, it will take about 5 minutes and should still be warm.
- Fill the pastry bag with the marshmallow mix.
- Fill one half of the easter egg with the marshmallow batter, making sure to fill slowly so there are no air pockets. Pay close attention to the bottom and top of the eggs, even though they seem full it’s very easy to get air pockets. You’ll want to start with the top of the pastry bag close to the bottom and fill upward. Then, fill the second half in the same manner and then close the egg fitting it security together. The marshmallow mixture will come out of any holes in the eggs. This is good and what you want, it means the eggs is full of marshmallow. It helps to have a wet towel near you when you fill them. That way, you can wipe each egg of marshmallow overflow after you close it. Once filled and wiped of any access marshmallow, place in the egg carton.
- Repeat with the remaining eggs. Once they’re all filled let them sit at room temperature at least 12 hours.
- Once they are ready to be served, remove the plastic shells and roll in sanding sugar or sprinkles of choice!
Notes
- Make sure the bowl for egg whites is completely clean of any oil or egg yolks. Any type of fat in the egg whites will cause the egg whites to not whip up and stay flat.
- Do not stir the boiling sugar syrup mix or it will cause the marshmallows to get grainy.
- Make sure every last sugar crystal has dissolved before adding the sugar syrup to the egg whites. See troubleshooting section for tips.
- Putting the pastry bag in a large cup or container makes its easy to fill with marshmallow mixture.
- You can make colored marshmallow eggs by adding gel fool coloring when you add vanilla and salt.
- Recipe adapted from Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bakery
- This recipe makes 12-16 marshmallow eggs.
- These will last 5-7 days in an airtight container at room temperature
Nutrition
Serving: 1egg | Calories: 79kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Sodium: 15mg | Potassium: 11mg | Sugar: 19g