Marshmallow Fondant Disaster

I tried. I really really tried. This Marshmallow Fondant is the bane of my existence tonight. I knew I was going to have problems after I first started adding the powder sugar. Then I realized that I used a 10.5 oz bag of marshmallows, not a 16 oz. So I luckily had another bag of marshmallows and melted them and added them. It was still really dry and powder sugary so I melted more marshmallows. What I got was the above--a sticky gooey mess.


But I soldiered on. Because my TWD Sugar Cookies were going to have Marshmallow Fondant cookies, damn it. The fondant was just so yummy. So I had to keep going. So I greased the counter and my hands and started kneading. And kneading. And kneading. And half the fondant was on my hands and not coming off. So I start having Tim add more sugar to dry it out, which helped a little bit, but not much. So I thought to myself, I have a nice kitchen aid mixer with a kneading hook, why the hell am I doing this by hand? So I had Tim grease the bowl and plopped it in and let the mixer do it's job. And that worked a little bit. So I decided to put it in the fridge for awhile.


A couple of hours I took it out and started kneading it some more by hand with some more sugar. It got to where it was supposed to be, or so I thought. HA! I started rolling it out and it started sticking to the wax paper. I was able to get 1 tree cut out. So I powdered the counter real well and started rolling again. This time I got out 4 trees. It stuck too bad. So I re-balled it up and kneaded some more and then re-rolled it out. And got a few more trees.


And then I quit. Because damn it, I had sugar all over me and they weren't working and I have better things to do with my time then fight with frosting. So tomorrow I will buy a can of frosting and finish the trees.


I do plan on trying this again, because it was AWESOME tasting. Tim loved it. I was going to start eating the big ball of frosting, but threw it away before temptation could overcome me.

The recipe I used was:
16 oz bag of mini marshmallows
2T water
2 lbs powdered sugar

Melt the marshmallows and water in a microwave safe bowl for 30 seconds at a time until soupy. Add the sugar and mix well. If needed add more water. The more water you use, the stickier it will be.