16 oz. mini marshmellows ,5 tbls. water,2 lbs. powdered sugar and crisco to grease the bowl and your hands Melt mm and water in micro for 30 sec. at the time stir in between (hot! hot!) add flavoring and coloring while melting. pour half the sugar into the melted mm and stir, spread rest of pwd sugar on counter and scoop mix onto counter just keep mixing and kneading (as you would bread) until you get a good elastic ball double wrap in saranwrap and let rest at least an hour.