Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies
Sweet, soft, pillowy clouds are words that come to mind when I think of these delightful melt-in-your-mouth Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies. These delicate treats have a lovely crisp outside and an airy confectionary center.
Servings: 36 cookies
Ingredients
- 2 large egg whites at room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup chocolate roughly chopped or mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg whites until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and beat until fluffy.
- Add the sugar very slowly, about 1 tablespoon at a time while still beating.
- Add the vanilla extract and continue beating until the meringue is shiny.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Drop by heaping teaspoons onto cookie sheet and place about 1-inch apart.
- Place baking sheets in the preheated oven and turn the oven off.
- Leave the cookies undisturbed in the oven for at least 2 hours.