Chocolate-Chip Meringue Cookies

Yield: 4 dozen (serving size: 1 cookie)

Ingredients

• 3  large egg whites
• 1/4  teaspoon  cream of tartar
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1  cup  sugar
• 3  tablespoons  unsweetened cocoa
• 3  tablespoons  semisweet chocolate minichips

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300°.

Beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt at high speed of a mixer until soft peaks form. Add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Sift cocoa over egg white mixture; fold in. Fold in minichips.

Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper; secure to baking sheet with masking tape. Drop batter by level tablespoonfuls onto prepared baking sheet. Bake at 300° for 40 minutes or until crisp. Cool on pan on a wire rack. Repeat procedure with remaining batter, reusing parchment paper. Store in an airtight container.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

22 (12% from fat)

Fat:

0.3g (sat 0.2g,mono 0.1g,poly 0.0g)

Protein:

0.3g

Carbohydrate:

4.7g

Fiber:

0.0g

Cholesterol:

0.0mg

Iron:

0.1mg

Sodium:

16mg

Calcium:

1mg