Buttered Popcorn Marshmallows Brushed with Oscar Gold

This year I was invited to an Oscar party to watch the ceremony in real time and I made marshmallows to bring with me. These are a cute, quick and easy make ahead treat. To be honest, I had this idea rather late in the game, had no buttered popcorn flavoring on hand and could not find any in time. My local cake decorating store had every flavor but that one and when I finally found a bottle on line, it was too late to order it.

Desperate times equal desperate measures so I MacGyvered my marshmallow flavoring by popping up a small handful of popcorn, dousing it in vodka and letting it sit for two days in a plastic container fitted with a lid. Once strained, it did smell like popcorn. I added about a half a teaspoon of butter flavoring and used the result to flavor these marshmallows. It worked but the flavor is very subtle. I recommend getting the flavoring if you want a strong buttered popcorn flavor. You can order some here.

The recipe I used was the same on I have used for all other marshmallows posts on this blog. It’s from Piece of Cake. Her recipe it’s quick, relatively simple and always turns out right. I adapted her recipe for bubble gum marshmallows found here only switching out the flavoring and food coloring. Shauna has a book out now, Marshmallow Madness with tons of other recipes for making marshmallows. 

Full disclosure: I do not know Shauna. I only stumbled upon and used one of her marshmallow recipes when I wanted to make them for the first time. Because of my experience, I am definitely ordering her book.