Another homemade holiday highlight for me this season was making marshmallows!  They were time intensive, but relatively easy, and we were all quite impressed with the way they turned out!  The peppermint flavor is really good in these and I think that is what makes them stand out.  I am not typically a marshmallow fan- I do not like Peeps, the chocolate and the graham cracker (or better yet, the gingersnap) are my favorite pieces of the s'more, and I typically prefer whipped cream to marshmallows on top of hot chocolate.  But these homemade marshmallows are a game changer.  They are quite good and just different enough of a consistency to still completely resemble the jet puffed ones we are used to, yet have a more sophisticated flavor.  

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