Meringue Ghosts Recipe

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Meringue Ghosts
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Ingredients:

  • 3 large egg whites
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 16 -24 miniature semisweet chocolate chips (very tiny pieces) or 16 -24 pieces semisweet chocolate ( very tiny

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
  2. Line 2 baking sheets with cooking parchment, or butter havile and dust with flour.
  3. In a deep bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar with electric mixer on highest speed until they form a thick foam. Continue beating, adding sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, every 30 seconds or so. Whip until meringue hold very stiff peaks.
  4. Beat in vanilla. If using parchment, smear a little meringue on every corner to make it stick to baking sheets.
  5. Spoon meringue into a pastry bag, fitted with 1/2 in plain tip (or spoon into heavy duty plastic bag and snip one corner to make 1/2 in opening).
  6. Pipe meringue onto baking sheets into ghostly shapes, about 1/4 in-1/2 in thick , 2-4 in wide and 4-6 in long, spacing 2 inches apart. To make eyes (noses, mouths) press chocolate chips lightly into meringue.
  7. Bake in oven until meringues begin to turn pale gold and are firm to touch. 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hours. Switch pan positions halfway through baking. Turn off heat and leave meringues in closed oven for an hour.
  8. Release ghosts with a spatula.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 67.58 Kcal (283 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 221.61mg 9%
Potassium 68.49mg 1%
Total Carbs 15.32g 5%
Sugars 14.87g 59%
Protein 1.82g 4%
Calcium 1.4mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 209.53 Kcal (877 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 687.16mg 9%
Potassium 212.36mg 1%
Total Carbs 47.5g 5%
Sugars 46.09g 59%
Protein 5.63g 4%
Calcium 4.5mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 1.4
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free

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