Tuesdays with Dorie DC: Meringue Snowballs

January 21, 2020 at 1:00 am | Posted in cookies & bars, DC, groups, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 3 Comments
Tags: baking, cookies, meringue

Meringues aren’t something I make on the regular and they don’t really call to me in a bakery display either. It’s not that I don’t like them— I do. Their sweet crispness basically evaporates on the tongue, and that lightness is what I like about them but it’s also what keeps them from being a truly satisfying sweet. These Meringue Snowballs look so cute in the book, though, that I was game to give them a go. Dorie lists several fun ways to color and flavor them beyond the basic white sugar puff….I saw the words “mint chip” and there was pretty much no other option for me (although I kept them au naturel in color).

I whipped up a third of the recipe with a hand mixer, scooped them with a cookie scoop and gave them a few swirlies with an offset. After the necessary baking time, I let them hang out in a turned off oven for several hours while I did the day’s errands. When I finally bit into one, it did have that crisp, shattery exterior, but the center was a delicious pocket of chocolate chipped chewiness. I really enjoyed these, I must say, and a scoop of chocolate ice cream turned them into a “proper” dessert quite easily.

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Ah yes – of course – SWIRLS with an offset spatula! I don’t know why I was thinking mine would swirl themselves. Mine were TOO perfect looking (as in, round mounds). LOVE yours and yes, mint choc chip for the win!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— January 21, 2020 #

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Your meringues do look like little snowballs, and mint chip would add to the “snow” effect. Like you, I like meringues but they are rarely my first choice at a bakery.

Comment by Cakelaw— January 21, 2020 #

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Mint chip would be my favorite too and ice cream of course. These were a nice change of pace.

Comment by Diane Zwang— January 22, 2020 #

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