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Marshmallow (UK: / ˌ m ɑː r ʃ ˈ m æ l oʊ /, US: / ˈ m ɑː r ʃ ˌ m ɛ l oʊ,-m æ l-/) [1] [2] is a confectionery made from sugar, water and gelatin whipped to a solid-but-soft consistency. It is used as a filling in baking or molded into shapes and coated with corn starch.
Prior to the early-1950s, marshmallows were usually either bars or small squares, rather than the modern cylindrical extruded shapes. In 1948, Doumak, an American food company, invented and began patenting the modern extruding process, [1] which Kraft would start using in 1953, [2] and by 1958, begin branding as "Jet-Puffed".
The six shapes are both a play resource and a tool for learning in mathematics, which serve to develop spatial reasoning skills that are fundamental to the learning of mathematics. Among other things, they allow children to see how shapes can be composed and decomposed into other shapes, and introduce children to ideas of tilings. Pattern ...
An additional step may follow, wherein the entire sandwich is wrapped in foil and heated so that the chocolate partially melts. [11] Various confections containing graham cracker, chocolate, and marshmallow are often sold as some derivative of a s'more, but they are not necessarily heated or served in the same shape as the traditional s'mores.
In late 2005, another marshmallow shape was added, the "Hidden Key". It is a solid yellow marshmallow that resembles an arched door (similar to the shape of a tombstone; flat at the bottom, flat sides with a round top). When liquid is added to the cereal, the sugar in the marshmallow dissolves and the shape of a skeleton key appears "as if by ...
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Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats, also known as chocolate teacakes, are confections consisting of a biscuit base topped with marshmallow-like filling and then coated in a hard shell of chocolate. They were invented in Denmark in the 19th century [ 1 ] under the name Flødeboller (cream buns), and later also produced and distributed by Viau ...