“Blooming Marshmallow” Reveals a Flower-Shaped Treat When Placed in Hot Chocolate

blooming marshmallow dominique ansel edible art

As the weather outside grows blustery and cold, it’s the perfect excuse to indulge in hot chocolate. Of course, these sweet drinks aren’t complete without marshmallows, and chef Dominique Ansel is taking the annual treat a step further with his fluffy confections that bloom. Yes, that’s right—marshmallows that unfold and grow before your eyes, like a delicate flower that reveals its beauty petal by petal.

To create this bit of culinary magic, Ansel cut the marshmallow into a daisy-like shape and bundled it with a thin ring of white chocolate. When the marshmallow is dropped into the warm beverage, it melts and the flower begins to unfold—the effect is both mesmerizing and delicious.

Ansel’s handiwork is available at his bakeries in Tokyo, New York, and London. He’s also the creator of the famous cronut (an ingenious hybrid of a croissant and donut), which seems like the ideal companion to this indulgent drink.

Here are the marshmallows in action:

blooming marshmallow dominique ansel edible art

blooming marshmallow dominique ansel edible art
Video credit: @obsfood

Once the blooming marshmallow has opened, the hot chocolate looks almost too good to drink:

blooming marshmallow dominique ansel edible art

blooming marshmallow dominique ansel edible art
Photo credit: @sherri_orrapun

blooming marshmallow dominique ansel edible art
Here, the hot chocolate is paired with a cronut.
Photo credit: @sarahemed

blooming marshmallow dominique ansel edible art
At the Dominque Ansel Bakery in Japan, the marshmallows are made colorful.

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled 'Embroidered Life' that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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