Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2009

Wonderful recipe! I've never made a boiled frosting before, so this was a first attempt for mer, and it turned our great! I used unrflavoured gelatin and added a little vanilla to the finished product, and it tasted exactly like marshmallow (except even better!) The author is right when she says to use it right away. I put it in the fridge for a little while to use for later, and it set up so that it was too thick to spread. But heating it gently over some simmering water in a double boiler got it thin enough so that I could spread it. I also used it as a "cream" filling for some chocolate cupcakes and every body loved it. Thank you, your mom!

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Valentine de Villefort

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Reviewed: Mar. 7, 2009

Must have done something wrong. The frosting turned into rock candy.

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Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2008

This frosting looks great! Not big on the taste, it's VERY sweet. It's the only frosting I have ever made that actually holds it's shape though! Anyone have a recipe like this for a chocolate frosting? Thanks for sharing.

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HMYERSS

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Reviewed: May 19, 2008

I will try this again although it didn't turn out perfectly. For some reason my frosting remained a little grainy despite being whipped for a good long time in the stand mixer. My little girl loved it on her birthday cupcakes though and so did her friends.

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Beth

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Reviewed: Apr. 2, 2008

I made this with cherry jello and it was very good. I did not have corn syrup so I added 1/4 tsp of cream of tarter to the egg whites. I boiled the syrup in the microwave in a glass measuring cup for easy cleanup (about 10 minutes) I also used a stand mixer.It made SOOO much frosting though. It frosted a whole sponge tube cake (glorious sponge cake from this site)with enough frosting so you could not see the hole (at least 2 inches of frosting) and had enough left over for a whole large cool whip container. I would try half the recipe next time. My son has alread requested orange jello frosting. So much easier than traditional seven-minute.

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Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2008

I love this recipe. I think I may know what is happening with the "wispy thread". If you are holding your spoon over the pan of boiling sugar and water, the steam melts the thread. You have to drip it from the spoon away from the saucepan. I hold it over the pan's lid.

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Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2008

I had trouble with this -- couldn't find a thermometer, and the stuff in the pot never formed a "wispy thread", so I kept cooking...and it thickened almost to a solid and I had to toss it and start again. I did eventually get it, and it came out okay, but I don't think I'll make this again -- it's just too artificial-tasting.

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Reviewed: Feb. 15, 2008

Recipe turned out wonderful. Very easy to make, took about 10 minutes to get the syrup right. Made enough for a very large angel food.

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Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2008

I didn't think this was going to turn out, but surprisingly it did and it was DELICIOUS. It tastes like a strawberry sucker! I wouldn't recommend using this to frost a layer cake, becuase its so gooey that it kind of just slides off. It gave me some trouble..

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Reviewed: Sep. 24, 2007

its funny...i thought the frosting wouldn't turn out right but it turned out perfectly! the sugur that i was supposed 2 boil over the stove, got clear once it started to boil.. but it wouldnt get to the stringing whispy consistance when dripping from a spoon. and i wasnt going to wait for it to turn into rock candy! so i took it off a couple mins after it got clear. and then mixed in the strawberry gelitin and whipped the egg whites into the sugar mixture for about 5 mins and it turned out perfectly! very rich but not that overfilling feeling after eating marshmallows. PERFECT!

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Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2007

It was really good especially on tres-leches cake because the cake itself is rich. The frosting is sweet but not too sweet and I used sugar free strawberry gelatin and it came out great. I'm using that again on my tres-leches cake.

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Reviewed: Apr. 27, 2007

This was so gooey and sticky and sweet, yum. I used blueberry jelly, topped icecream cone cupcakes with sprinkles on top - looked just like little icecreams and the kids loved them. I overcooked the first batch and had to start again. I found that when it was ready when it bubbled heaps and became thick and more syrupy, rather than stringy. Would definately use again. Don't know what to do with the left overs though?

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