Recipe

Choc malt meringues

  • 2 hrs 20 mins cooking
  • Makes 22 Item
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Ingredients

Choc malt meringues
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1/2 cup (110g) firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup (110g) icing (confectioners') sugar
  • 1/4 cup (25g) cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoon malted milk powder
  • 150 gram (4½ ounces) milk eating chocolate, melted

Method

Choc malt meringues
  • 1
    Preheat oven to 120°C (100°C fan forced). Grease three oven trays. Trace 22 x 6cm (2½-inch) rounds, in total, about 2.5cm (1-inch) apart, onto three sheets baking paper to use as a guide, line trays with paper, marked-side down.
  • 2
    Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add brown sugar, beat until sugar dissolves. Fold in sifted icing sugar, cocoa and malt powder.
  • 3
    Spoon mixture into piping bag fitted with 1cm (½-inch) plain tube. Pipe mixture into rounds on trays, using paper as a guide.
  • 4
    Bake meringues about 2 hours. Cool in oven with door ajar.
  • 5
    Dip tops of meringues in melted chocolate. Stand at room temperature until set. Dust with a little extra sifted icing sugar.