Recipes

Toffee Meringue Kisses

Just when you thought meringue couldn't get any better someone thinks of adding chocolate chips, toffee bits and pecans! These toffee meringue kisses are melt-in- your mouth delicious. Be prepared to barter kisses for kisses!

Serves:
60
Prep Time:
15 min
Cook Time:
35 min

Ingredients

  • 6 egg whites, at room temperature
  • ½ tsp ( 2.5 mL ) cream of tartar
  • 1 1/2 cups ( 375 mL ) fine granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup ( 175 mL ) mini chocolate chips
  • ¾ cup ( 175 mL ) chopped pecans
  • ¾ cup ( 175 mL ) toffee bits
  • Cocoa, for dusting

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 250°F (120°C).
  2. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in large bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, 1 tbsp (15 mL) at a time, until sugar is dissolved and stiff, glossy peaks form. Gently fold in chocolate chips, pecans and toffee bits all at once until well combined. Pipe or drop spoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheet. The cookies can be place fairly close together as they do not spread very much.
  3. Bake in preheated 250°F (120°C) oven for 35 to 40 minutes. If cookies start to brown, reduce heat to 225°F (110°C). Turn off oven and leave cookies to dry in oven with door slightly open for at least 2 hours.
  4. Sprinkle cocoa through a sieve over cookies before serving.

Notes

If you can't find fine granulated sugar, use food processor to grind regular granulated sugar to a fine powder. Or substitute granulated sugar.

When beating egg whites, to determine if sugar has dissolved, rub egg whites between your thumb and index finger; the mixture should not feel gritty.

If you don't have a piping bag, cut a 1inch (1.5 cm) hole in the corner of a large Ziploc freezer bag, fill with cookie mix and gather at the top to form a piping bag. Cookies should be about 1 to 1-1/2 inches (2.5 to 4 cm) at the base.

Avoid making meringue cookies on a really humid day or they will be very sticky.