Description
Light, crispy meringue shapes decorated as spooky ghosts and pumpkins, perfect for Halloween!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 large egg whites
- 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 c. sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- Orange food coloring gel
- Small candy googly eyes
- 1/4 c. white chocolate, melted
- Black food-safe marker
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 225°F (107°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a clean mixing bowl, beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt until soft peaks form.
- Gradually add sugar while beating on high until stiff peaks form.
- Mix in vanilla extract.
- For ghosts: Use a piping bag to pipe meringue into ghost shapes on the baking sheet.
- For pumpkins: Add orange food coloring to half the meringue and pipe pumpkin shapes.
- Bake for 60-90 minutes until firm but not browned. Let cool.
- Attach candy eyes to ghosts with melted white chocolate.
- Use a black food-safe marker to draw faces on ghosts and pumpkins.
Notes
Meringues are delicate; handle with care when decorating and serving.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 meringues
- Calories: 70
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 30mg
- Fat: 0.5g
- Saturated Fat: 0.3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0g
Keywords: Meringue Ghost and Pumpkins