Try These Minty Marshmallows on for Size

I wasn't in the market for giant marshmallows. They were nowhere near my list on Sunday.

But when my daughter and I spotted these jumbo Kraft Jet-Puffed peppermint marshmallows on the top shelf of a heavily stocked aisle of Christmas candy... Well, how could I resist?

I've never seen these and actually couldn't find any marketing for them online.

It wasn't a hard sell, even though for a split second I worried what I'd do with so many.

Family reading time treats.

Not to worry. Future Farmgirl and I made quick work of our first peppermint marshmallow project. We heated up some milk chocolate and had fun dipping and painting them with a spatula.

And we've learned they taste quite good on top of hot cocoa.

I'm thinking they'll make great s'mores, especially with a burst of extra mint from a peppermint patty. Oh, and, we'll surely try these with rice cereal.

We also spotted (and, of course, purchased) a bag of French-vanilla marshmallows shaped like snowmen. I think we'll try the hot chocolate cupcake recipe on the bag. The cocoa-infused icing sounds super tasty. 

This is actually the fourth bag of marshmallows I've purchased in as many days. For our Harvest celebration at The Farm, my sister and I bought mini marshmallows to top the sweet potato casserole. And both of us absolutely had to have the mint chocolate marshmallows we spotted (and later confirmed give a nice boost to plain old hot chocolate).

I have a feeling we'll be seeing more marshmallow flavors before the season's over. I expect I won't be a fan of all of them. But I think I'll enjoy each and every review.