Marzipan Mushrooms Make Mario Move

As well as Yoshi too. These are my favorite non-humanoid characters and objects in the game, and the best part is that they're edible! Mario can't say that can he? He took one look and said "Oh no, itsa' shame, I cannot eat Yoshi once I've tired of him. Whenever I eat the mushrooms I get too big and whenever I touch the stars I move too fast and then'a die. I wish I could eat something as delicious as that." Then I said - " Your accent is absolutely horrendous and - you're real!?" True story. Oh, you want the recipe don't you?

Marzipan Recipe:
One cup of Whole Almonds
1/6 cup +1 tbl of Cold Water
1/2 cup of (Vegan) Granulated White Sugar
1 tbl of Corn Starch
1/8 tsp of Iodized Salt or Sea Salt
1/4 tsp of Vanilla or Other Extract (optional)
Vegan Milk Chocolate (optional)

Important Tools:
Candy Thermometor

First off, make sure that your almonds have nice firm skins on them so that they aren't too old and nasty. Next, boil them in hot water until they start to wrinkle like prunes (about 50 seconds). Once that has happened, throw them into some ice water and let them cool for a few minutes, they should melt a few ice cubes. Once they have cooled down and become even more water-logged, use your fingers to remove the skins completely. Pat them dry and run them into a food processor until they look like small pancake crumbs. Put them into a small bowl and rub them between your fingers so that they don't stick together too much.

Meanwhile, combine the cornstarch and tablespoon of water together in a mixing cup with the salt. Leave that to the side and combine the rest of the ingredients (except for the chocolate). Place it in a small saucepan over medium heat for two minutes, place a lid on top for two more minutes, and finally, take the top off and let it cook for about 5 more minutes. Once the lid is off, feel free to place your candy thermometor on the side of the saucepan (but in the liquid). When it has reached the softball stage (it may take a few minutes), place it in a cool area around some ice and allow them to cool. After about 10 minutes, stir it slowly and slowly pour in the cornstarch mixture first, allowing that to mix completely before dividing up your almond crumbs and spreading them throughout the mixture. Don't add any more liquid.

 Allow that to cool for about 2 minutes and then cover a plastic-covered board with powdered sugar and place the almond paste on top. Cover that in powdered sugar and roll it around in powdered sugar, then use your hands to fold it until it becomes a nice little elastic ball (similar to bread dough). It took me 10 minutes to do this, but that was because I kept running out of powdered sugar on my hands and the board. Once it has turned into an elastic ball, wrap it in plastic and store it in the fridge for two hours. Do what you like with it afterwards to make Mario proud. You can stuff the marzipan with the chocolate and then make the candies or you can do what I did, which was use turmeric for the yellow, chlorophyll for the green, and beet juice for the pink. Cocoa powder mixed with water was used for the eyes.

Enjoy!

Signed,

<3 Bou Shin <3