Author's Notes: My mom's peppermint meringues -- famous among friends and family. Dad likes 'em with the nuts in; I like to make variations and skip the nuts entirely. Bonus: when you watch your add-ins, they're friendly desserts for the gluten-free eaters in your life. Just be careful not to drop the box and shatter meringue all over your office. Such as. Um. That might be really hard to clean up. Just sayin'...
Peppermint Meringues
2 Egg whites at room temperature
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
1/8 tsp salt (may be omitted)
1/2 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
3 tbs crushed candy cane or starlight mints
- Beat egg whites on high speed until foamy
- Add cream of tartar and salt
- Beat until soft peaks form
- Add sugar a little at a time, beating in completely
- Remove beaters, fold in choc chips, nuts and candy
- Drop teaspoon fulls of mix 1.5" apart on lightly greased cookie sheet (or use parchment paper on cookie sheet)
- Bake at 250 for 40 minutes
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