Chocolate Cherry Meringues
Chocolate Cherry Meringues Recipe
For Valentines day I wanted to make something special for the boys. One of our very favorite cookies are meringues. For Christmas I often make them peppermint flavored and mocha flavored, but for Valentines Day I wanted to make sure they were extra special. So along with the Valentines Day Gelees I made, I decided to make this Chocolate Cherry Meringues recipe. The ingredients are simple, egg whites, sugar, chocolate and cherries, but the results are heavenly. For Valentines Day I opted to make them heart shaped but you could choose to pipe them or simply allow them to be little white clouds. Whatever you do, make sure you make this Chocolate Cherry Meringues Recipe.
Valentines Day Chocolate Cherry Meringues
Recipe type: Cookie
Serves: 14
Ingredients
- 4 large egg whites
- ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- ½ cup dried tart cherries, chopped
- 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips (if making dairy free verify the ingredients)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200º.
- Cover a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, beat the egg whites and cream of tartar at medium speed until soft peaks form.
- Increase speed to high, and gradually add granulated sugar.
- Add the powdered sugar slowly until stiff peaks form.
- Add extract and beat until blended.
- Fold in cherries and chocolate.
- Either pipe into the shape of hearts or using a large cookie cutter simply spoon the batter into the form.
- Gently remove the cookie cutter and repeat until you have filled the baking sheet with hearts.
- Bake at 200º for 2 hours.
- Turn the oven off, and cool meringue in closed oven 1½ hours or until dry.
- Be careful when removing from the parchment paper.
- Serve immediately or store for up to a week.
What will you be giving your loved ones for Valentines Day? Will you be trying the meringues recipe? Do you have a favorite meringues recipe you love? Care to share it?
Um YES PLEASE looks tasty
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Looks amazing!
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I’m not a huge fan of Meringues, but my husband loves them!
I’m pretty sure I would fail miserably at these. They look amazing though!!!
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Shell, you would have no problem with these, they really are very easy. Plus you can just spoon them out instead of making them in the heart shape. Truly easy cookies that look impressive.
Yummy!
My mom used to make meringues when I was little. I have never tried it because I am scared I won’t get them to peak. I may have to just try it.
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Rachel, you should make them, I love to make them all year for every holiday.
Those sound amazing! I love meringues, and chocolate cherry, wow!
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These look great! Perfect for Valentine’s!
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These look great. Your pictures are so awesome!
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Maryann, these look so delicious! I love anything with cherry, so this is a must-try for me!!
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This just reminded me that I forgot to buy cherries at the store LOL. Looks great.
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What a nice sweet treat for Valentine’s Day! 🙂
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Ok, I have never heard of Meringue besides Lemon but this looks good!
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I love meringues, and these sound amazing!
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This look delicious.
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Yum! These look so light and delicious!
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I love making meringue!
I have never made meringue so I’m going to have to give it a try.
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These look good, now I want to make some pink ones 🙂
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These look so good!
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I love meringues. These look so delicious!
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They are beautiful!
These look light, airy and delicious. I would love to attempt them!
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I cannot make meringue to save my life. lol
Yummy!
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I love those!!!! Those would be so good to package for a Valentine’s day party.
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These look fantastic
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This is some serious YUM! Can’t wait to make these!
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