Chocolate-Dipped Espresso Meringues
Recipe: #28762
December 03, 2017
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Eggs, French, Italian, Swiss, Christmas, Oven Bake Gluten-Free, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Vegetarian, Sugar, Chocolate, Kosher Dairy, more
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Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (18.5 g)
- Calories 80
- Total Fat - 2.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.7 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 80.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 14.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.5 g
- Sugars - 14.5 g
- Protein - 0.4 g
- Calcium - 3.6 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat oven to 200F.
Step 2
Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites w/the vanilla, espresso powder, salt & cream of tartar on med-high speed until soft peaks form. Very gradually (1 tbsp at a time) beat in the sugar. Increase mixer speed to high & beat until the mixture holds glossy peaks.
Step 3
Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the mixture onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing them 1 in apart.
Step 4
Bake until dry, crisp & firm (about 2 hrs). The meringues are done when they release easily from the parchment paper)
Step 5
Turn off the oven, prop open the door about 1/2 inch using the handle of a wooden spoon & let the meringues sit inside for 1 hr. Slide the parchment (w/the meringues on top) onto racks & let cool completely.
Step 6
Peel the meringues off the parchment, then dip the bottom of each into the chocolate, allowing any excess to drip off. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets & refrigerate just until the chocolate is set (25-30 min). Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temp for up to 3 dys.
Step 7
NOTE: The yield is 24 cookies which I showed as 12 servings @ 2 per person.
Tips
- No special items are required.