I like having healthy sweet treats in the house, it helps with satiating cravings while keeping me and the fam on our plan. This past weekend I made a batch of chocolate merengue cookies and they disappeared almost as quickly as they appeared! Luckily since they are only about 15 Cal each and 1.5g Carb that wasn't a bad thing.
Makes 12, 2 inch cookies (about 2 teaspoons of merengue per cookie), or 24 small cookies.
Ingredients
4 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup stevia
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-4 tablespoons cocoa powder (depends on how dark you want them, I used 4)
Directions
Preheat oven to 300
Beat eggs and cream of tartar into soft peaks and start adding in your vanilla and stevia a little at a time
Continue to beat the eggs until stiff peaks
Gently fold in cocoa powder
Spoon onto a lined cookie sheet, allow 1inch between cookies
Bake for 30 minutes, turn pan once during cooking for even cooking and leave in the oven for 2 hours or overnight after cooking to crisp.
Store in an airtight container and enjoy!
Makes 12, 2 inch cookies (about 2 teaspoons of merengue per cookie), or 24 small cookies.
Ingredients
4 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup stevia
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-4 tablespoons cocoa powder (depends on how dark you want them, I used 4)
Directions
Preheat oven to 300
Beat eggs and cream of tartar into soft peaks and start adding in your vanilla and stevia a little at a time
Continue to beat the eggs until stiff peaks
Gently fold in cocoa powder
Spoon onto a lined cookie sheet, allow 1inch between cookies
Bake for 30 minutes, turn pan once during cooking for even cooking and leave in the oven for 2 hours or overnight after cooking to crisp.
Store in an airtight container and enjoy!