Our Story

The story of mallowdoos begins one week before Christmas, 2017. My mom and I have always had a friendly competition when it comes to baking. She tries a new recipe, nails it… and then I steal it and try to make it better. It doesn’t always work…That year, I wanted to try and make something she wouldn’t dare to try - candy making scares her. 

I found a recipe for marshmallows from my friend, Alton Brown. He doesn’t know we’re friends yet, but that’s beside the point. He had even put up a video to show just how easy they were to make. 

The first batch… was awful. The second batch, not as awful. I had already told my mom and brothers (the real candy lovers in my family) that marshmallows would be part of our Christmas dessert spread - I couldn’t give up! I kept trying - experimenting - my entire kitchen was encased in a fog of powdered sugar for the entire week. By Christmas, they were pretty ok.

I kept playing with the recipe into January, February - adding a bit more sugar, mixing a little longer, a little less, changing up the quality of the ingredients. In March, my older brother tried a new flavor - lemon chiffon - and said, “You have to stop making these, or start selling them,” as he reached for another one. And that is how mallowdoos was born.