Melting Chocolate Meringues

Name: Melting Chocolate Meringues
Yield: Makes about 250 g/9 oz
Ingredients: 2 egg whites; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup icing (confectioners’) sugar; 0.75 ml/⅛ tsp salt; 2.5 ml/½ tsp vanilla extract; 100 g/3¾ oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate, chopped into pea-sized chunks

Preparation info

Makes about
250
g

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

About

These little meringues are both chewy and crunchy, and filled with delectable flecks of rich dark chocolate. When they are baked correctly, the meringue will be slightly gooey and, if served fresh from the oven, the chocolate will still be slightly melted. Confection perfection!

Ingredients

2 egg whites
115 g/4 oz/1 cup

Dessert
Cookies
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Confectionery

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4 and line two baking sheets with baking parchment or silicone mats.
Combine the egg whites, icing sugar and salt in a stainless-steel bowl. Place over a pan of just-simmering water. Whisk the ingredients until the w

Energy 1001kcal/4228kJ; Protein 11g; Carbohydrate 185g, of which sugars 179.7g; Fat 29.2g, of which saturates 16.9g; Cholesterol 9mg; Calcium 102mg; Fibre 0g; Sodium 438mg