Five simple ingredients, a brisk twenty minutes in the oven, and a playful handful of sprinkles—these Frugal Magic Meringue Cookies (with glossy chocolate chips cresting through airy sweetness) manage to look couture while tasting like childhood. So, clear a spot on your kitchen counter, grab your mixing bowl, and let’s turn these everyday basics into something swoon-worthy.
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Five simple ingredients, a brisk twenty minutes in the oven, and a playful handful of sprinkles—these Frugal Magic Meringue Cookies (with glossy chocolate chips cresting through airy sweetness) manage to look couture while tasting like childhood. So, clear a spot on your kitchen counter, grab your mixing bowl, and let’s turn these everyday basics into something swoon-worthy.
Ingredients
- 2 egg whites
- 1 pinch cream of tartar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1–2 cups chocolate chips
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- colored sugar sprinkles optional
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Instructions
1. In a small mixing bowl, beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt until soft peaks form; 2 egg whites,1 pinch cream of tartar,1/4 teaspoon salt
2. Add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form, 3/4 cup sugar
3. Gently fold in chocolate chips, 1-2 cups chocolate chips
4. Drop level tablespoons onto greased baking sheets. Sprinkle lightly with sugar, if desired sprinkle with colored sugar sprinkles.
5. Bake at 200 for 20-25 minutes or until meringues are dry and crisp.
6. Cool on baking sheets for two minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
7. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
- For extra flavor, add 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract or peppermint extract before you fold in the chocolate chips.
- You can use any kind of chocolate chips. I’m personally using semi-sweet chocolate chips (a.k.a dark chocolate chips), but if you prefer, opt for milk chocolate chips or white chocolate chips. Another idea is to use a combination.
- Make sure the mixing bowl and beaters are sparkling clean, as this helps make perfect meringue.
- It’s also beneficial to use room-temperature egg whites. Just set them out on the counter 30 minutes or so before you begin baking.
- For double chocolate chip cookies, add 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder when you add the chocolate chips.
- For prettier cookies, use a piping bag to pipe them onto the cookie sheet instead.
Recipe Ingredients
- Chocolate chips
- Eggs
- Sugar
- Cream of tartar
- Salt
- Sprinkles, if you’d like to add a little sparkle to your Magic Meringue Cookies.
Crack your eggs and separate the whites from the yolk.
Add a pinch of cream of tartar and your salt to the egg whites in a medium bowl.
There are all sorts of gadgets that do this but I just use my hands. Usually, I crack the egg and just gently tilt it until the white pours off, saving the yolk in the shell. Make sure you don’t get any of the yolk in this because our meringue won’t fluff up if we have yolk in it.
Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
Okay, so what this means is that you need to beat them on high with an electric mixer for a few minutes. They will start out getting frothy and then begin to get foamy and eventually turn white like this. As you keep on beating, they will start to hold their shape a bit, meaning you’ll see ripples remain in them where the beater has been.
Stop your mixer and pull your beaters up. Where your beaters came out of the egg whites a point will come up. If that droops back down again (kinda like the top of a dairy queen ice cream cone), you have soft peaks.
Add in your sugar and beat some more, unit the sugar is well incorporated.
It will get thick and glossy like divinity.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and then place spoonfuls onto the greased baking sheet.
I do about a well-rounded teaspoon…or whatever size I’m in the mood for!
Add sprinkles if desired then bake at 200 for 20 to 25 minutes until the meringue is dry and crisp.
It’s important to let them cool for at least an hour so they harden.
Store them in an airtight container or just hand them to the kids in your life and watch them disappear! Enjoy this super easy cookie!
What else can you mix into this meringue cookie recipe?
You can substitute the chocolate chips for chopped nuts, such as chopped walnuts, almonds, or pistachios, and dried fruit. You can also mix in a drop of food coloring for different colored meringue cookies.
Do I need to use cream of tartar?
I strongly recommend not skipping the cream of tartar, as it’s what stabilizes the egg whites, which is how we make smooth meringue cookies.
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