DESSERTS
BAKING
· FROM SKINNYTASTE
Meringue Ghosts
Theo9 October 2012overnight4 comments
These little ghosts are adorable, easy to make and super-tasty! Credit for the recipe goes to SkinnyTaste.
Makes 36
Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C. Place rack in the center of the oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Have a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2 inch plain tip.
The little beauties!
Ingredients
·4 large egg whites, room temperature
·1/4 tsp cream of tartar
·1/2 tsp pure white vanilla extract
·1 cup superfine sugar
METHOD
DIAGRAM
In your mixing bowl, using the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites on low-medium speed until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and continue to beat until you get very stiff peaks. Beat in vanilla extract.
Add the sugar, a little at a time, and continue to beat until the meringue holds very stiff peaks. Beat in the vanilla extract.
Before placing the meringue ghosts on the cookie sheet, place a little of the meringue on the underside of each corner of the parchment paper to prevent the paper from sliding.
Transfer the meringue to the pastry bag. Holding the bag perpendicular to the baking sheet, pipe with even pressure, 2 inch high mounds of meringue.
Carefully press two miniature chocolate chips into each meringue ghost for the eyes, and a third chip for a mouth.
Bake the meringues for approximately 1 1/4 – 1 1/2 hours or until they are dry and crisp to the touch and easily separate from the parchment paper. Turn off the oven, slightly open the door, and leave the meringues in the oven to finish drying several hours, or even overnight.
Keeps for several days at room temperature.
Nutritional Info: Size: 1 ghost Old Points: 1 pts Points+: 1 pts Calories: 27.5 Fat: 0.3 g Protein: 0.4 g Carb: 6.1 g Fiber: 0.1 g Sugar: 5.9 g Sodium: 6.4 mg
4 comments
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tabell · 20 November 2015
Hi Lellah,
Thanks for asking and feel free to use the picture of the ghosts.
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lellahsblogforecommerce · 20 November 2015
Hi!
This will be a weird question perhaps, but I’m doing a magazine (in Swedish, but however) and there’s a recipe very similar to this one in it. Only problem is that we’re missing a good photo of the meringue ghosts.. Do you mind if I borrow one of your photos from here?
It’s a tiny non-profit magazine for young adults and made by young adults.
I didn’t want to just steal it without asking.
Thanks in advance!
Lellah
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Lellah · 20 November 2015
Hi!
This will be a weird question perhaps, but I’m doing a magazine (in Swedish, but however) and there’s a recipe very similar to this one in it. Only problem is that we’re missing a good photo of the meringue ghosts.. Do you mind if I borrow one of your photos from here?
It’s a tiny non-profit magazine for young adults and made by young adults.
I didn’t want to just steal it without asking.
Thanks in advance!
Lellah
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bubblybaker · 10 October 2012
haha so cute!
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