Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies

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Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies

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These light-as-a-cloud, kiss-shaped chocolate chip meringue cookies have a crisp outer shell and marshmallowy-soft interior.

Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies

These light-as-a-cloud, kiss-shaped chocolate chip meringue cookies have a crisp outer shell and a marshmallowy-soft interior, reminiscent of the meringue portion of a pavlova. They’re gluten-free and somewhat guilt-free. Yes, I know—sugar and chocolate—but as cookies go, they’re pretty innocent. This recipe comes from one of my mom’s best friends, Kathy Hattendorf, who’s like an aunt to me. Thank you, Aunt Kathy!

“These are absolute perfection. Easy to make and the most delicious merengue cookies!”

Kathleen

What You’ll Need To Make Chocolate Chip Meringues

ingredients for chocolate chip meringue cookies

Step-by-Step Instructions

Begin by combining the egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat until frothy, soft peaks form.

beating the egg whites until foamy

Add the sugar very gradually, beating all the while. It should take about 2 minutes to add it all. Then continue beating for 4 to 5 minutes more, until the meringue is glossy and stiff, with a shaving cream-like consistency.

beating the meringue to stiff and glossy peaks

Add the vanilla and mix well.

beating in the vanilla

Set aside 3 tablespoons of chocolate chips and add the rest to the meringue. Fold with a rubber spatula to combine.

folding in the chocolate chips

Drop heaping mounds of the meringue onto lined baking sheets and dot with the reserved chocolate chips.

meringue mounds on baking sheet ready to bake

Bake in a 250°F oven for 30 minutes, then turn the oven off and allow the meringues to cool in the oven for 30 minutes more.

baked chocolate chip meringue cookies cooling on baking sheet

Let the cookies continue cooling on the baking sheet on the countertop until the chocolate chips are no longer soft. The cookies are best enjoyed fresh on the day they are made but leftovers can be stored an airtight container for several days. Be careful when stacking the cookies; they are fragile.

Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies

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Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies

These light-as-a-cloud, kiss-shaped chocolate chip meringue cookies have a crisp outer shell and marshmallowy-soft interior.

Servings: 18 to 20 cookies
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Total Time: 45 Minutes, plus about 1-1/2 hours to cool

Ingredients

  • 3 large egg whites, at room temperature
  • ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Set two racks in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 250°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites, cream of tartar and salt on medium-high speed (or high speed if using a hand mixer) until the egg whites are frothy, white, and hold a soft peak when the whisk is lifted out of the bowl, about 45 seconds. Continue to beat on medium-high speed, adding the sugar very gradually, taking about 2 minutes to add it all. Beat for 4 to 5 minutes more, until the meringue is glossy and stiff, with a shaving cream-like consistency. Beat in the vanilla extract. Set 3 tablespoons of the chocolate chips aside. Add the remaining chocolate chips to the meringue and fold with a rubber spatula to combine.
  3. Use two soup spoons to drop 1.5-in mounds of meringue onto the prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Dot the meringues with the reserved chocolate chips, pressing them into the meringue just slightly. Place the meringues in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. Turn the oven off and let the meringues cool in the oven for 30 minutes more. Let the meringues finish cooling on the baking sheets on the countertop for about 1 hour, or until the chocolate chips are no longer soft. The cookies are best enjoyed fresh on the day they are made but leftovers can be stored in an airtight container for several days. Take care when stacking the cookies; they are fragile.
  4. Note: It's best to make these cookies on a cool, dry day. Humidity may cause them to become sticky.

Nutrition Information

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  • Per serving (20 servings)
  • Serving size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 63
  • Fat: 2 g
  • Saturated fat: 1 g
  • Carbohydrates: 12 g
  • Sugar: 11 g
  • Fiber: 0 g
  • Protein: 1 g
  • Sodium: 24 mg
  • Cholesterol: 0 mg

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Gluten-Free Adaptable Note

To the best of my knowledge, all of the ingredients used in this recipe are gluten-free or widely available in gluten-free versions. There is hidden gluten in many foods; if you're following a gluten-free diet or cooking for someone with gluten allergies, always read the labels of your ingredients to verify that they are gluten-free.

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Comments

  • thanks for the tip on the humidity…i hadn’t been able to figure out what i was doing wrong. I had already tried it three times, but they kept falling and spreading and just turning very sticky. I tried changing the stove temp and racks and nothing worked, but that was it…I’m in south Texas and the humidity is awful here. When ur outside even if you don’t sweat you end up sticky. I guess i’ll just wait for a cool front to come in to try it again.

  • Chopped walnuts are another good addition. That’s how my grandmother used to make them.

  • I’ve made a similar recipe since I was a little girl (with regular sugar), I got the recipe from my grandmother and they are major nostalgia cookies for me 🙂

    One note to add… if you live in a very very humid or rainy environment, you’re going to want to wait for a dry, cool night to make these. I’m in Florida and can’t make them but for a few months, the humidity causes them to fall and spread and not turn out fantastic and peaky like they should.

  • Wonderful recipe and photos! I love the idea of the chips, hidden as they are!

  • Made these for Passover. Really delicious and super easy to make. Thanks!

  • *muak muak muak muak muak muak muak* …no Forgotten Kisses from me. Love your step-by-step Stages of Meringue. Will surely be useful if I start baking one day…just one day.

    *muak muak muak muak muak muak muak*

  • I made this with coffee powder, really good!

  • Omg too funny…I made these for my son when he was in pre k..but called them ghost cookies. They are strange..but ohhh soooooooooo good!

  • I do the same thing – make meringues at Christmas – I add finely ground pecans, and the recipe was called “Wasp’s Nests” (I think because of the color) but yes, easier than ppl think…I am STILL making that Roasted Cauliflower btw! 🙂

    Chris

  • These look beautiful! I have not heard of your “overnight” method. I usually make meringues around Christmas when I have many left over egg whites, (then I add coconut). But your recipe inspires me to make them sooner because they are a favorite of mine.

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