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Ok, so y'all know that I made the sugar free marshmallows on Saturday (and I'll be making another batch tonight...more on that in a few). I also made a batch of regular marshmallows on Sunday and then yesterday I got an idea in my head... Flavored marshmallows. Over the past 3 days I must have made around 200 marshmallows!!
I have a recipe for Cherry almond cupcakes that looks amazing. My only problem? I'm allergic to Maraschino cherries (not the cherries, but the sulfates that are used to preserve them) so even though technically I can make them, I wouldn't be able to eat even one so that kind of kills it for me. I started to browse around for recipes for flavored marshmallows and learned that you can use fresh fruit like…
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