I recently picked up a new industrial mixer. This thing is powerful! I can make 6 times more marshmallow with this than with my old equipment, and it does it all in less time! It was a pain picking it up in the city and then getting it back out to the island, and in the end I probably should have just had it shipped. The shop I purchased it from offered to ship it for $90, but I decided to drive in for it and then grab some items from my office on the way home. In typical Matt fashion, I didn’t bother looking for a real parking spot near the office and ended up getting a $120 ticket. So much for saving a little cash. Oh well, who cares – this thing was worth it!
Here are photos from the first two batches I made with the new mixer. The first photo is of a chocolate chip and caramel marshmallow. I think I became a little overenthusiastic when I got the mixer home and these marshmallows were a way too sweet. I also rushed them a bit, so they didn’t look as good as I wanted them to.
The second test batch was peppermint. I’ve always had a tough time getting a decent amount of air in to marshmallows when using peppermint oil to flavor them but this batch came out great!
I’m still getting used to the new mixer as well as some other equipment, but I’m sure that I’ll be making some great new marshmallows soon!
