Laura, a Culinary Institute of America grad, was working as a research and development chef in New York when she came up with that first magenta, tangy-sweet, raspberry hibiscus marshmallow and sandwiched it between two dark chocolate shortbread cookies. Her husband, Paris, suggested they call the square marshmallow-cookie sandwich a "Malvi", short for the Spanish word for marshmallow, malvavisco. They moved to Atlanta to team up with the family, and their creation blossomed into a business with funding from a Kickstarter campaign. We've enjoyed their beautiful confections ever since!