All Red & White & Pepperminty

Recipe Monday..I found a picture of these cute marshmallows and I thought, hey I should figure that out. So here is a recipe that I found and tweaked to make them Christmas-ish. They would be so cute as gifts wrapped in cello wrap with a cute ribbon right? So while getting pictures I thought "are you seriously taking photographs of mallows you weirdo", I convinced myself that everyone takes pictures of marshmallows, it's not a big deal. Anyways, here is the recipe.
.75-oz unflavored gelatin (3 envelopes of Knox gelatin)
1/2 cup cold water
2 cups granulated sugar
2/3 cups light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. peppermint extract

Line 9 x 9-inch pan with plastic wrap and lightly oil it. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, sprinkle gelatin over 1/2 cup cold water. Soak for about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine sugar, corn syrup and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring the mixture to a rapid boil and boil hard for 1 minute.
Pour the boiling syrup into soaked gelatin and turn on the mixer, using the whisk attachment, to high speed. Add the salt and beat for 12 minutes. After 10 minutes, add in the extract beat to incorporate.
Leave just maybe like 1/4 cup in the bowl and scrape the rest of the marshmallow into the prepared pan and spread evenly (Lightly greasing your hands and the spatula helps a lot here). Okay, now with the 1/4 cup drop several drops of red food dye into it and mix well until you are happy with the color. Then drop big spoonfuls onto the white mix. Then with a few toothpicks just swirl away. You really don't need a set pattern. Let mixture sit for a few hours, or overnight, until cooled and firmly set. Makes about 36 squares.