Pink, White And Podgy (Princess Marshmallows)

Member Name: Emmald

Product:	Princess Marshmallows
Date:	24/04/09 (193 review reads)
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Advantages: A very sweet soft delicacy.

Disadvantages: Lots of sugar!

The first time that I ever felt remotely excited at the sight of a marshmallow was at a family wedding, I bet you have already guessed the reason why!
There on a table was the most enormous chocolate fountain brimming over with lush milk chocolate and beside the fountain there were numerous things that you could dip into the running chocolate, including lots of fruit and pink and white marshmallows.
Remember that episode of The vicar Of Dibley, when Geraldine had her first encounter with a chocolate fountain? What a laugh that was!

Marshmallows are scrumptious full stop, the Other Half will demolish a packet in a few minutes and still look for more.
Princes offer 27 pieces of the softest sweetest marshmallow which is made using natural colours and flavourings, is completely fat and gluten free and is also Halal approved for 99p.

It is quite a difficult task to try and describe a marshmallow. Princess mallows come in the palest of pink and white and they are about the same size as a cotton wool ball.
The outer layer of the marshmallow is slightly firm to the touch yet the mallow feels soft and fluffy.
Although the marshmallows are pink and white it is hard to distinguish between them when you put them in your mouth and close your eyes.
Each time you pop a marshmallow into your mouth the outer layer, which has a slightly `floury` sweet coating soon melts away leaving you with a soft but enjoyable `mass` in your mouth. They taste really sweet and if you partake of too many they will make you very thirsty.

James Martin the TV chef likes to put his marshmallows on skewers and put fresh strawberries in between them, sounds gorgeous.
They are fabulous served on the top of a mug of piping hot chocolate too, or put them on a toasting fork and toast them over an open fire, that reminds me of my Girl Guiding days!

If you melt some chocolate over a bowl of hot water in a saucepan then you can dip the sweet mallows in chocolate and then roll them in toasted coconut, they are truly delicious.

Way back in Medieval times an extract from the mallow plant was used by herbalists to treat many different ailments, ranging from toothache to impotence!
But it was the French who came up with the idea of making a sweet from the root of the mallow plant.
During the late 1800s the French started to experiment and whipped up egg whites, corn syrup and marshmallow sap which gave them a soft and pliable dough like substance.
The soft sweet creation was an instant success and from then on the marshmallow became an important part of life.

If any of you fancy having a go at making marshmallows yourself then there are plenty of recipes on the Internet that give step by step instructions.
But for me as long as Princess keep putting their delicious marshmallows on the shop shelves I will keep buying them.

Summary: Give me the skewer and the chocolate fountain.