Cranberry Marshmallow Relish

This post, Cranberry Marshmallow Relish, is sponsored on behalf of Campfire® Marshmallows. All opinions are, as always, my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that I love and that help make Jelly Toast possible. xoxo, Emily

Ahhh…just one week until the big parade.

Kidding! I know it’s almost Thanksgiving, it’s just wacky to think that we are already at this point in the year. I know, I know, everyone is saying the same things, “Where did the time go?” “How can it be Thanksgiving already” “How is it possible that you have lost yet another mitten?!”

Maybe the last one is just in our house and I guess it has no bearing on Thanksgiving at all. Either way, Thanksgiving is literally right around the corner and I, for one, am pumped. 

Yesterday, my mom sent out the annual group text with Thanksgiving dinner details, asking everyone to reply with what they are planning on bringing. I, of course, have yet to respond because I’m terrible at responding to texts.

Sorry, Mom!!

But, here is the thing. I’m happy to bring almost anything and most of the time, I wait to see what everyone else is bringing and then try to fill in the gaps. I love to bring a batch of my sausage filling because it’s my favorite, but after that, I am happy to bring Roasted Garlic Herb Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes, Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes, cranberry relish or anything else we deem necessary to bring (this rarely involves a salad).

I was brainstorming what I might bring, which led me to think about my grandma’s cranberry relish, which I blogged about 4 years ago (seriously, go look at the pics…on second thought, don’t.) This is a recipe that she has been making for years with fresh cranberries, oranges, apple, and walnuts all in a cherry jello base (although not so jello-y that it’s a jelly mold type of recipe). It is the recipe that saved cranberry for me, as I was never much of a fan of the canned stuff growing up. Her original recipe is amazing as is, but I have been seeing so many cool cranberry recipes that involve marshmallows that I decided I needed to try adding some Campfire® mini marshmallows to the original cranberry relish recipe turning it into a cranberry marshmallow relish, just to see what happened. I figured I would get something along the texture of our family’s queen salad, which is another jello/marshmallow wonder that is full of pineapple and is a mainstay at our Easter feast.

It turns out, I was right!

The Campfire® mini white marshmallows add a nice softness to the relish and help round out the tartness quite nicely. I am always hesitant to mess around with a tried and true recipe (especially one from my family) but this turned out to be a great experiment! Plus, mini marshmallows are totally acceptable in side dishes at Thanksgiving.

Trust me on this.

Be sure to check out Campfire® on their website, Facebook, Instagram, and our Marshmallow Madness Pinterest Board for more Thanksgiving and holiday cooking inspiration!

Happy Thursday, Friends!