{"id":8564,"date":"2016-02-05T08:50:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T13:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=8564"},"modified":"2016-02-05T08:50:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T13:50:45","slug":"roasting-dandies-marshmallows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/05\/roasting-dandies-marshmallows\/","title":{"rendered":"Roasting Dandies Marshmallows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dandies All Natural Vanilla Marshmallows have been a favorite vegan treat since they hit the market in 2008. While they are by no means a health food, they are a wonderful cruelty-free alternative to traditional marshmallows, which are made with gelatin, an animal-based ingredient. I love tossing a few Dandies in a mug of vegan hot cocoa and snacking on the mini version by the handful right out of the bag. You can even melt them down to make crispy cereal treats. <\/p>\n<p>During a recent snow storm, while watching the fire crackle away, I got the sudden urge to see how Dandies would fare when toasted over an open fire. Would I be able to recreate a favorite childhood memory with a vegan version of marshmallows?  I had never tried it before, thinking they would char when exposed to the hot flames, or maybe they wouldn&#8217;t be able to stay firm on the stick, melting away into a sugary mess. <\/p>\n<p>I popped a Dandies marshmallow onto a perfectly-sized piece of kindling and held it over the fire. Much to my surprise and joy, the &#8216;mallow started to slowly puff up to almost twice its size. Then, right on cue, it started to caramelize into a golden brown color around the edges. Eyes wide, I twirled my stick, giving it an even roast. The sweet, gooey, slightly-burnt taste took me right back to summer camp and it was even better than I remembered. Too bad I didn&#8217;t have any vegan chocolate and graham crackers on hand! <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a hugely important part of life, but the fact that vegan kids everywhere can enjoy the time-honored tradition of roasting marshmallows, huddled by the fire, surrounded by friends, maybe with a few folk songs thrown in for good measure, is something I love knowing the possibility of. <\/p>\n<p>You can find Dandies Marshmallows nationwide at grocery stores and natural foods stores. See <a href=\"http:\/\/dandiesmarshmallows.com\">http:\/\/dandiesmarshmallows.com<\/a> for a store locator to find your nearest Dandies, or buy <a href=\"http:\/\/thevegetariansite.com\/cgi-bin\/miva?Merchant2\/merchant.mv+Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=S&#038;Product_Code=Dandies\">online <\/a>at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevegetariansite.com\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.thevegetariansite.com\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_36511.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3651\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_36511.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_36511-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Samantha Gendler <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dandies All Natural Vanilla Marshmallows have been a favorite vegan treat since they hit the market in 2008. While they are by no means a health food, they are a wonderful cruelty-free alternative to traditional marshmallows, which are made with gelatin, an animal-based ingredient. I love tossing a few Dandies in a mug of vegan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8564"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8573,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8564\/revisions\/8573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}