Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies
Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies are light and airy cookies filled with a sweet chocolate surprise inside. These 5-ingredient treats are perfect for the holidays! You can also make them whenever you have egg whites to use up!
Servings: 32
Cost: $10
Ingredients
- 3 large egg whites
- ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 12-ounce package semi-sweet chocolate morsels
- sugar sprinkles for decoration (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200℉
- Add the egg whites, cream of tartar and sea salt to a large mixing bowl, and beat with a mixer until foamy. Or use a stand mixer with whisk attachment
- Gradually add the sugar, a little bit at a time, and beat until very stiff on medium to medium high speed. Stiff peaks should form when you dip the beaters in and out of the mixture, and they should stay stiff
- Slowly fold the chocolate chips into the meringue, using a spatula
- Use a tablespoon or 2 spoons to drop mixture onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets
- Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until cookies are firm to the touch and dry and lift easily off the cookie sheets
- Turn oven off and allow cookies to cool gradually in oven for 30 minutes
- Remove from oven, allow to cool completely, and store in an airtight container at room temperature
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Notes
Make sure bowl and beaters or whisk are completely clean and dry. Choose a glass bowl or stainless steel bowl over plastic.
Carefully separate egg whites from yolks to make sure no yolks mix in with the whites.
Make sure to add sugar in small amounts, and mix well in between.
Meringue should be glossy, very stiff and form "peaks" when you lift the whisk before folding in the chocolate chips.
High humidity can affect the meringue, and it may turn soft and sticky.
Leave the cookies in the oven for 30 minutes after baking to help them dry and prevent cracking.
Recipe makes about 32 cookies, depending on how big you make them.
Nutrition
Calories: 22kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Sodium: 12mg | Potassium: 5mg | Sugar: 5g
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