Homemade Marshmallow Sauce
You’ll love having a jar of this Homemade Marshmallow Sauce in your cupboard! So simple to make and great for so many uses, from ice cream sundaes to fluffernutter sandwiches! Just five simple ingredients and naturally gluten-free.
Hey guys! Once again, I’m dashing this one off in a hurry because my kiddos are about to blast through the front door at any moment and all hell’s gonna break loose!
This is a really useful recipe that you’ll love having in your back pocket! It whips up really fast with only 5 ingredients, and it’s sooooo fluffy, sweet, and vanilla-y. I love it on everything from ice cream sundaes to peanut butter sandwiches.
It’s a little thinner and more pourable than marshmallow fluff, but I think if you cut the water down a bit you’d have a dead ringer on your hands. Personally, I think the sauce consistency is more versatile.
I LOVE this with chocolate ice cream. It really is my favorite of all ice cream toppings. You could also swirl it into your homemade ice cream recipes as they come out of the machine! But there are tons more uses, you’ll discover when you have a jar of this in your cupboard or fridge!
I’m sorry to be in such a rush but they just busted down the door and they’re dying to tell me all about their End-of-School-Year Party!
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Homemade Marshmallow Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup (250 ml) water,, divided
- 1 teaspoon unflavored powdered gelatin
- 1 1/2 cup (300 g) granulated sugar
- 1 cup (341 ml) light corn syrup
- 1/8 teaspoon (0.13 teaspoon) kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste, (1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract can be substituted)
Instructions
- Place half the water in a large mixing bowl, and sprinkle the gelatin on top. Set aside.
- Place the remaining water in a small pot, along with the granulated sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Place the pot over medium-high heat and cook, occasionally swirling the pot gently, until the syrup registers 240 degrees F on a candy thermometer.
- Carefully pour the hot syrup over the gelatin mixture, and whip on medium low speed for 2 minutes.
- Increase the speed to high, and continue to whip until the sauce becomes thick, shiny, and white.
- Stir in the vanilla bean paste and transfer to a large mason jar.
ahhhhh all I want is peanut butter ice cream smothered in this stuff!!!!
Oh my gosh you are evil!! I mean that in the best possible way of course. That sounds seriously fantastic and I’m kicking myself for not thinking of it myself! Thanks Kayle and thanks for sharing on FB too 😉
Love this sauce, Allie! Marshmallows are my favourite – definitely going to try this very soon! x
I love marshmallows too- they’re just so fluffy and vanilla-y! Hope you enjoy sweetie and thanks so much for commenting 🙂
This is brilliant. I can think of several ways I’d use this amazing marshmallow sauce!!
Yay! I’m so happy you like it Renee! Thanks so much for the sweet comment.
What is thE shelf life for the sauce
I’d say at least a couple of weeks. It’s nothing but sugar and gelatin, basically, so should be pretty shelf stable. Thanks for the great question!
Just an update- it’s better if you keep it refrigerated. I had 2 jars so I kept one at room temp and one in the fridge. The room temp one separated after about 2 weeks but the one in the fridge is still really great. I just warm it up slightly before using it so it’s more of a sauce consistency. About 30 seconds in the microwave at 40% power seems to do the trick 😉
What is marshmallow sauce? I think I want this slathered all over everything I eat from now on!!
Haha right?? It’s so good!
How was I unaware that marshmallow sauce was a thing?? Snap, I am all over this idea! And only five ingredients – I am sold!
Oh my gosh, yes! It’s so good girl. You have to try it on chocolate ice cream! Best thing ever!
Wow!! I had no idea how simple it was to make marshmallow sauce. Now the question is, can I stay out of it once I make it? 😉
Probably not. But hey, you can always whip up more since it’s so quick and easy right? Thanks Marissa!
Ally or anyone else read the post does anybody know if you can make the sauce with regular marshmallows.
Hey Susan! No I haven’t tried that- this recipe is meant to just be super-simple and from scratch. Thanks for reading and for the great question!
I can see so many sweet things to make with this sauce!
Thanks Chineka!
Love that you made homemade marshmallow sauce! Such a delicious idea, Allie! I could think of so many great uses for this but truthfully I think I would have a hard time not eating it by the spoonful! 🙂 So delicious!
To be honest I’m having a very hard time with that! Thanks so much sweetie!
Thanks so much Kelly!
What a great idea! Can’t wait to try this!
Thanks Jessica! It’s so easy to throw together- hope you enjoy!
Thanks Jessica! I hope you enjoy! Have a great week hon!
Allie, this marshmallow sauce is amazing!!!! oh the things I could use this on! my kids will love this! beautiful!
Thank you so much Alice! Hope your week is off to a great start my friend!
Thank you so much sweetie!
Yummo!! I make these smores sundaes with marshmallow sauce, but I never thought to make it homemade… DUH! Now I’m craving this treat! I’ll be making it soon! Thanks, Allie 🙂
You’re welcome! You won’t regret it one bit- this is seriously SUCH a fast and easy recipe 😉
Can I reduce the sugar amount? Because it’s very sweet for me. I tried to make it half recipe with only 85gr sugar and 100gr corn syrup, and it turned out the sauce is too firm, is it because I overwhipped it or because the amount of sugar that I reduced? Need help. Thanks a lot!
I’m not sure why exactly it didn’t turn out, but I would guess it’s probably because you didn’t follow the recipe. Sorry you had trouble!
Hi Allie, thanks for the feedback. But my question is can I reduce the amount of sugar or make it less sweet?
Well it sounds like you tried that and you weren’t happy with the result. Or am I misunderstanding you?
Allie I need a giant bottle of this SAUCE in my fridge like NOW!! I can seriously go crazy with this stuff!! Pinning!
Haha right??? I’m planning on doing just that. Thanks so much Ami!
Allie – Homemade marshmallow sauce?! Yes. This looks like such a treat.
Thanks so much!
Oh my gawd….Allie! I love this post! Is it bad that I would just sit down on the couch with a spoon and a jar of this!?
If sitting down on the couch with a spoon and a jar of this is bad, then I don’t wanna be good 😉
This looks so seriously good! Perfect for summer sundaes! Pinned!
Thanks so much Ashley! Hope you’re having a great week so far hon.