Ghost Meringues
Ingredients
- 4 egg whites, room temperature
- ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Melted semisweet chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 225 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Beat the egg whites until foamy and add the cream of tartar.
- Gradually add vanilla extract and half the granulated sugar.
- Add the remaining sugar and beat 5 minutes until stiff peaks form.
- Bake in the oven for 2 hours.
- Turn off the heat and prop the oven open. Keep it in the oven one more hour.
- Cool.
- Fill a pastry bag fitted with a small round tip with semisweet chocolate. Pipe eyes and mouth on each ghost.
Notes
Makes approximately 2-3 dozen meringues