My original probiotic marshmallow recipe with gut healthy gelatin and natural honey are a kid favorite at our house.
Over Easter, I decided to find a way to naturally color these to make them more festive for the kids. In the past, I’ve used natural food coloring with great results (here’s why I don’t use regular food colors), but I was out and didn’t have time to order more.
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While sipping my matcha tea latte one morning, I realized that the solution had been right in front of me the whole time.
Matcha Marshmallows Recipe
Matcha is a powdered green tea that has a vibrant green color. When added at the final stage of blending marshmallows, it lends its color and very subtle green tea taste to the finished product.
Since green tea does contain some caffeine, I wouldn’t make these matcha marshmallows an everyday food for my kids, but it is a fun treat once in a while.
Unlike store bought marshmallows, these contain no high fructose corn syrup, refined sugars, or food dyes. If you’re looking for a naturally colorful alternative to brightly colored snacks, these are a great option.
Equipment You’ll Need
- A small saucepan
- A mixer or hand mixer
- Gelatin powder
- Honey or maple syrup
- Matcha powder
- Vanilla
Matcha Marshmallows Recipe
Servings
Nutrition
Notes
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Ever made marshmallows or used matcha? Will you try these?
how many .25 ounce packets of gelatin make 1/4 cup? 8 packets? (2ounces) i’ve tried this recipe twice and it didn’t work. First time was gummy mess so i did it again and mixed it for 8 mins. it looked fine until i poured it in the baking pan. It poured in but got too sticky to spread out. I’m disappointed because when you add up the ingredients, it’s actually a bit expensive. ( i used organic maple syrup)
I’m not entirely sure on the conversion with the envelopes as I’ve never used them. Have you tried dumping the envelopes into a 1/4 cup measure to see?
My marshmallows melted and wouldnt set – there was foam at the top and syrup jello bellow. Help? I so badly want to make homemade marshmallows.
I’m not sure at what point you’re suppose to add the matcha but I added it as soon as the honey mixture came off the stove and it was far too hot for the matcha and ended up with some bitter and burnt matcha bits that I was fortunately able to pull out. Would definitely wait until the mixture has been incorporated with the gelatin before adding the matcha next time.
Mine turned into a snot pile of glob! It would spread out…is there a trick I missed??
Am I missing something? Where do you say to add the matcha? Is the water in the recipe already made into matcha tea?
I tried this recipe with agar agar and unfortunately it didn’t work.
I have just jumped on the Matcha bandwagon recently and I love it. I have never even heard of Matcha in marshmallow form. So great! Needless to say I will be trying this very soon.
Can you make this without the Matcha? I really would like the traditional white marshmallows.
I love the sound of this recipe! However, I’m sad that you have to cook the honey. Won’t that kill off the benefits of raw honey? 🙁
It will somewhat, but it is needed for the marshmallows to actually turn into marshmallows. YOu can use maple syrup instead so you don’t have to ruin good honey…
Katie, would Moringa powder work?
I’ve never tried…
KATIE – I made the recipe per the instructions and I have a thin liquid not a creamy dreamy type of substance that will turn into marshmallows (I think ) ? Maybe a marshmallow fairy will harden them in 4 hours…I put in refrig not to waste this expensive concoction… WHAT DID I DO WRONG ? not enough gelatin ?
What type of gelatin did you use? You’ll need either regular gelatin from GL (orange can) or the collagen protein from Vital Proteins (not collagen Peptides) as those two won’t gel…
Where do you get the gelatin? I love this idea and have been wondering about Matcha lately. I’m going to try it. Definitely need to order this soon.
This is where I get my gelatin. Go for the proteins and not the peptides… collagen peptides won’t set/gel up!
Where is “this”? I don’t see a URL or suggestion on where to get the gelatin.
https://wellnessmama.com/go/gelatin/
Would agar agar work with this recipe I love this idea but I’m not sure if it will work and I have plenty ideas for Easter and color.
I haven’t tried agar agar, but please let me know how it works if you try it!
Where do you buy the probiotics and in what form?
I have all the ingredients except I have gelatin sheets – would that work??
I made other ones on your site last year and they were great. Now I have another baby who is 7 months old. Question re sweetener: do you know if maple syrup is ok for this age group? If not? What about rice syrup? Or Stevia?
Don’t use stevia it has been known for years apparently that it interferes with fertility.
Why would you get a 7 month old hooked on sugar already? This is candy. It is candy without chemicals, but it is still candy. No need to feed candy (or anything else, for that matter) to an infant.
Maybe the prep time should say 4+ HOURS, not 5 minutes?
You recommend letting it sit overnight, 4 hours minimum – so if someone glances at your directions and starts to make it, expecting to serve it right away, they will be sorely disappointed.
Ridiculous nit-picking…
I agree. That caught me offf gaurd and so i kept putting off making. Finally had a bigger chunk of time and made today. Cant wait to try in a few hours :))
This is marvellous. I have been meaning to make marshmallow for ages but kept putting it off as I had no agar agar but that came last week. I already have the honey and Matcha in. So now I have no excuse.
Sounds yummy! I wonder how you could do good pink ones… Hibiscus? A teeny bit of beet juice?