Why Do People Choose The Different Marshmallows?
In my project I made three different marshmallows. My hypothesis was correct. I had 7 people out of 14 people choose marshmallow three. I believe they chose marshmallow three because it had the most sugar. The first marshmallow came next in the highest votes. The first marshmallow didn’t have a lot of sugar, it only had ½ cup of sugar and 1/3 cup of corn syrup which balanced out and made the marshmallow taste better than the second marshmallow.
I was confused when only two people chose the second marshmallow. I got responses that the second marshmallow had a weird texture, it was too mushy, it didn’t taste set, and it tasted more like a liquid than a solid. When I mixed the syrup and the gelatin it became sticky very fast and stuck to the bowl
more than the other marshmallows.
When my third marshmallow was getting mixed it took longer than the other marshmallows. It would not stick together and it was caused by the difference of amounts of sugar and corn syrup. My volunteers said that the third marshmallow had a very choppy texture which was from how much sugar was in the marshmallow.
When I asked my volunteers which one they thought had the best texture I came out with the first marshmallow, because it had close amounts of sugar and corn syrup added to the marshmallow making it have a better texture than the other marshmallows.
If I would conduct this experiment again I would try using more than just three different marshmallows and use around five different mixtures of gelatin, sugar, and corn syrup. If I would conduct this experiment again I would have more people try my marshmallows to get a better idea of which one was better than all of the rest. If I tried this experiment again I would not use regular gelatin because it is made up of animal skin and animal bones and can be melted and reformed in regular temperature. Instead of normal gelatin I would use a powder called agar-agar, which is a natural vegetable gelatin.
I was confused when only two people chose the second marshmallow. I got responses that the second marshmallow had a weird texture, it was too mushy, it didn’t taste set, and it tasted more like a liquid than a solid. When I mixed the syrup and the gelatin it became sticky very fast and stuck to the bowl
more than the other marshmallows.
When my third marshmallow was getting mixed it took longer than the other marshmallows. It would not stick together and it was caused by the difference of amounts of sugar and corn syrup. My volunteers said that the third marshmallow had a very choppy texture which was from how much sugar was in the marshmallow.
When I asked my volunteers which one they thought had the best texture I came out with the first marshmallow, because it had close amounts of sugar and corn syrup added to the marshmallow making it have a better texture than the other marshmallows.
If I would conduct this experiment again I would try using more than just three different marshmallows and use around five different mixtures of gelatin, sugar, and corn syrup. If I would conduct this experiment again I would have more people try my marshmallows to get a better idea of which one was better than all of the rest. If I tried this experiment again I would not use regular gelatin because it is made up of animal skin and animal bones and can be melted and reformed in regular temperature. Instead of normal gelatin I would use a powder called agar-agar, which is a natural vegetable gelatin.