Homemade marshmallow (W/O Corn Syrup)

I have been wanting to make marshmallows for a while now, even more so since Halloween is coming up. I was also given some Lyle's Golden Syrup from a cooking friend and wanted to try it out as a replacement for corn syrup.

This is the result:

Ingredients:

½ cup + 2 tbsp water

1½ tbsp vanilla extract

3 tbsp unflavored gelatin

¾ cup water

1¼ cups Lyle's Golden Syrup

pinch salt

1½ cups granulated cane sugar

Coating mixture**