Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies are light, airy, and melt in your mouth. Meringue cookies are ridiculously high in price at the grocery store. I’ve seen them up to $6 for a small bag. These little gems are cheap and easy to make at home, plus they have not only chocolate chips, but cocoa for a boost of flavor. It’s hard to believe you can get up to 4 dozen cookies from 3 egg whites and a cup of sugar.
Humidity is the enemy of meringue cookies, so plan to bake them on a day when it’s nice and dry. Good for gluten-free and low-fat diets.
Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies Recipe
3 large egg whites, at room temperature
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup superfine granulated sugar (see Note)
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted (Ghiradelli® brand recommended)
1/2 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
Chill mixing bowl (not aluminum and beaters for 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 250 F. Line cookie sheets with Silpat baking mat or parchment paper.
Beat egg whites and cream of tartar on high speed until soft peaks form. Add sugar a tablespoon at a time until all sugar is incorporated and melted into the meringue. The meringue should be shiny with no perceptible sugar granules and form stiff peaks.
Sprinkle sifted cocoa powder over meringue and gently fold in with a large spatula. Fold in miniature chocolate chips.
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Drop by scant teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets, placing cookies about 1 inch apart. (You want these bite-sized to pop the whole cookie into your mouth. Larger ones are fine but make a crumbly mess when you bite into them.)
Bake about 1 hour until stiff and dry. Turn off oven, but leave meringue cookies in the oven until cool to further dry out, another 2 hours.
Store Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies in an airtight container.
Yield: about 5 dozen meringue cookies, depending on size
Note:
• If you cannot find superfine granulated sugar, measure 1 cup plus 1 teaspoon of granulated table sugar in a small food processor and process about 3 minutes. Do not use confectioners’ sugar. It contains cornstarch.
Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies Recipe Photo ©2022 Peggy Filippone
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