Fun with marshmallows in your microwave

So this is what happens when I let Sarah have friends over to play. I swear, kids these days. We go out for some dinner. That's cool. She helps him learn to play bass guitar. How enriching. They want to have smores. Slightly odd but still a fun idea. From there it was all just plain fun. Combine this giddy, child-like mentality with a microwave and a need to heat up marshmallows and, a few plates later, you have a bit of a mess and some nuked, puffy blobs.

Thing is that marshmallows tend to expand to easily 3 or 4 times their size when subjected to the inside of a nuke box. They don't really seem to explode but swell up a great deal. Regular, 1 inch or so marshmallows do the best while the small ones aren't nearly as exciting. Don't believe me. Hit up a search for "marshmallow microwave" on YouTube or Google Video and be convinced that there's something for everyone out there on the internets.

Funny thing is, Sarah and company realized that you could measure the distribution of microwave energy and thus heating focus by laying out a large plate of small marshmallows one layer deep and hit them for 30 seconds or so. Whichever ones puff up the most is where the most microwaving goes on. You can keep that in-mind next time your doing precision cooking with your microwave. I'm sure it'll help that bag of popcorn come out superb. Happy marshmallow melting!

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1/6/2007 @ 10:30am

You guys simply have too much fun. Sounds like its kind of a continuous Seinfeld episode.

by Erik

2/18/2010 @ 11:39am

i love putting marshmellows in the microwave, it is my life. xoxoxoxoxox buffy

by Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Flim

2/25/2010 @ 10:23am

omg, me too, buffy, mah girl/guy! I do tha at work foh all the clients!

2/25/2010 @ 10:24am

omg matilda u r soooooooooooooo cheeky, isnt putting marshmallows in the microwave grand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by buffy

2/26/2010 @ 8:08am

i LOVE marshmallows! They are so sticky! You're cheeky too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Matilda

2/26/2010 @ 8:11am

OMG, Matilda! You're back! This is like my facebook! I am here all day!

2/26/2010 @ 1:00pm

omg erik u sound like such a rebel. do u have a gf xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

2/26/2010 @ 1:05pm

OMG, me too! Only I like Webkinz even better! I have 18!

3/2/2010 @ 1:51pm

OMG, Erik, I love Seinfeld! We have soooo much in comon!!!!!!!!!!

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