Vegan Food Review: Dandies Vegan Marshmallows

[eredien]

I'll admit it: these were an impulse buy.

So, "classic vanilla flavor" Dandies vegan marshmallows.

There's a lot of them to a package, which is great. They're kosher and gluten-free. They are made on vegan equipment in a peanut/nut free facility. This is a fancy way of saying that they're pure spun sugar puffs, but they're good-for-you pure lumps of spun sugar puffs.

I probably shouldn't have put them in the refrigerator after I got home from the store, but honestly I wasn't thinking very hard. They kind of gelled up and got a little chewy. This meant they were better for eating out of the bag (I would never do that!) but it made them less pillowy and fluffy (I usually don't put these in the refrigerator).

As a whole, I think that these are good vegan commercial marshmallows. They are not very vanilla-y, and personally I prefer the texture of Sweet & Sara vegan marshmallows, but the price of these is way cheaper for more hot-chocolately-goodness. A little chewier than regular marshmallows, but what you're going for is something to drop in your cocoa or make rice krispy treats with. At this price, it is not very likely that you are going to just be stuffing the whole package in your face to do the world's most expensive version of "chubby bunny" at vegetarian summer camp. ...Though it is possible, and one wonders if that's Chicago Soydairy's ulterior purpose in not providing a resealable/recloseable bag. It's so much easier to eat just one more, or make the entire bag into rice treats, when the bag is sitting there, open, temptingly...but then if you don't, they kind of go stale all at once. I wish they'd add a zipper-lock.

I have never tried these over a campfire, and I have never tried these on s'mores (I always end up getting the individual ingredients for s'mores at two different stores, and then eating either the marshmallows or graham crackers without buying vegan chips. :(
But that's probably what the Dandies people want me to do.

Comments

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

Kosher! Gluten-free! How expensive are they?

[eredien]

Sweet and Sara marshmallows (notes on their kosher/gluten-free-ness may be found on their FAQ). You may also be able to find a store by you that sells them.

Dandies Vegan Marshmallows. Nutrition Facts/Ingredients. You may also be able to find a store by you or online that sells them.

[eredien]

Oh, they are usually between $4 and $7 dollars depending on brand and where you get them.

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! They are pricey... but worth it.

[emerald-scales.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I just have to ask: how is a marshmallow not vegan?

[eredien]

There is already a lot of information out there on this. Additionally, most regular kosher marshmallows are made with fish gelatin, so even those still aren't vegetarian or vegan.