Christmas is a short two weeks away. There are so many holiday parties and gatherings happening. These Chocolate Peppermint Meringues would make a great holiday gift for your hostess or would be great as a dessert for your own party. Or who am I kidding, I sometimes make these for myself to have with my morning coffee. These meringues go great with coffee and will soon become one of your favorite Christmas cookie recipes. This is an easy recipe for Chocolate Peppermint Meringues with a fluffy texture and a refreshing peppermint and sweet chocolate flavor.
Chocolate Peppermint Meringues
There is nothing hard about these meringues. I piped them with a Wilton star tip to get the shape. Anything close to this will work. Use whatever you have. When I was developing the recipe, I didn’t bother with the visual and just spooned the meringue out onto the pan. If that’s all you can do, they still turn out beautiful and tasty. They are just a bit more rustic. My tip would be to keep them small. These aren’t much larger than the size of a quarter. Meringues are crumbly, so the larger they are the messier it is to eat them. Their small size makes them the perfect bite sized holiday dessert!
Ingredients
- Eggs
- Superfine Sugar
- Bittersweet Chocolate
- Peppermint Candy
For the chocolate, use the best you have around. Chips won’t work because you will need to use a grater and grate the chocolate into little shavings. For the peppermint, I used a half of a candy cane. You could also use peppermint candies. I put the candy cane in a Ziploc bag and smashed it with a rolling pin until they were basically powder. Then I measured out a tablespoon for the recipe. You want the peppermint candies to almost be powder, otherwise the chunks are too heavy for the meringue and sink to the bottom. You want the taste of the peppermint, but not the texture.
How To Make Chocolate Peppermint Meringues
First, preheat the oven to 250°F. Then using a box grater, shred the chocolate. Don’t let the chocolate melt in your hand, so stop for a minute if needed.
In a bowl for a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites on low until frothy. Then increase the speed to medium high and mix for about 5 to 7 minutes until stiff peaks form when you lift the whisk out. Turn the mixer speed on low and slowly add the sugar one tablespoon at a time. You’ll know the meringue is done when it holds onto the whisk and keeps the shape when you take it off.
Next, gently fold in the peppermint and chocolate using a spatula. Do not overmix. Pipe the meringues, or drop by spoonful, onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
Bake for 50 minutes or until you can lift the meringues off the parchment without them sticking. Turn the oven off, keep the door closed, and allow the meringues to cool in the oven for an hour.
Mastering the Technique
Don’t be intimidated by these little meringue cookies. These are simple to make and only require a handful of ingredients. The key is to make sure you whip the egg whites to stiff peaks. Once you get stiff peaks, turn off your mixer. Don’t over mix this. For example, if you took out the whisk from the mixer, turned it upside down, the egg whites would hold a stiff peak and would not fold over onto itself. That’s how you know you’ve created stiff peaks.
Baking the Meringues
For the baking, I baked these in an extremely low temperature oven. We cooked at 250°F for 50 minutes. Wait for the oven to reach the proper temperature before putting them in. Once the 50 minutes were up, I left them in the oven for about 60 more minutes with the oven turned off. After 1 hour, I took them out, let them cool completely, and stored them in an airtight container. They should last for about 2 weeks.
Peppermint Meringues
If chocolate isn’t your thing and you just want peppermint meringues, I can help you there. We did a 12 days of Christmas marathon a couple of years back, and this peppermint meringue recipe was included. All of our Christmas themed recipes can be found under that category if you are looking for more holiday ideas.
Give these chocolate peppermint meringues a try. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Happy Holidays!
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Chocolate Peppermint Meringues
Ingredients
- 2 egg whites room temperature
- 1/2 cup superfine sugar
- 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate shredded
- 1 tablespoon peppermint candy finely crushed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 250°F.
- Using a box grater, slice/shred the chocolate. Don’t let the chocolate melt on your hand. Stop for a minute if you need to.
- In a bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites on low until frothy, then increase the speed to medium high and mix until stiff peaks form when you lift out the whisk, 5-7 minutes.
- Turn the speed to low and slowly add the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time. You will know this is done when the meringue holds on to the whisk and keeps the shape when you take it off.
- Gently fold in the chocolate and peppermint using a spatula. Do not overmix.
- Pipe the meringues, or drop by spoonful, onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until you can lift the meringues off the parchment without them sticking. Turn the oven off, keep the door closed, and allow the meringues to cool in the oven for an hour.
Notes
Here are a few of our favorite peppermint recipes:
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I can’t believe Christmas is so soon, where has this year gone?! These meringues look delicious; peppermint and chocolate is one of my favourite festive combinations!
I know I was just saying that yesterday! The years are zooming by!
I’ve been wanting to make holiday meringues forever! You just gave me that final push today!
Enjoy 🙂
Oh my! These looks so good! I want to munch on them right now!
Thanks so much! Enjoy
These cookies sound so easy to make and I’m loving the peppermint & chocolate combo. They’d be a great addition to the Holiday cookie tray!
Definitely! I also love them as gifts. They travel well.
I’d love to pop these little morsels into my mouth! I’m sure they’re super addicting.
So addicting. I’m almost sad they are bite size because I can’t stop eating them.
Oh, do these look so delicious! These are definitely a must make!
Thanks so much! Enjoy 🙂
Those came out so well, the shape is perfect and I am sure they taste just as good. It is so interesting that it cooks at 250 and a long time, so i will try this.
Give it a try. Please share if you do. Enjoy 🙂
Oooh I love meringues and these are perfect for the holidays. I think I might whip some of these up tonight.
Enjoy!
Oh my these look so delicious! This will make for a great addition to my cookie making!
Enjoy!
Og my yes, please. This peppermint dessert looks delish. I would eat the whole plate.
I pretty much ate the entire last batch. Yum
Talk about a lovely sweet treat for the Holidays! Meringues are really lovely and it’s nice to play with the flavors too! This chocolate with the peppermint is perfect!
They are so simple and have such a large flavor. I’m enjoying them
These meringues are so festive and unique… totally loving it! I love meringue cookies so I’ll definitely need to try these out!
They are great for the holidays. Enjoy 🙂
I love eating meringues, but I’ve never made them. I think that needs to change because these sound amazing!
They are so simple. I forget about them all year long and this week when I’ve been having them with coffee every morning I’m reminded I should make them more often
Meringues are a huge part of our Christmas traditions. My mom is a rock star at making them.
Awesome! Gotta love a great meringue
These look super adorable and very delicious! I’ve been looking for a fun recipe to make for my cookie plates for the neighbors and this looks perfect!
This recipe will give you about 24 cookies this size. So you definitely get quite a bit for such a small batch. Makes them perfect for the event
These cookies look super delicious! I am so bookmarking this recipe for when I start baking next week!
These look amazing! I am a huge peppermint fan, like anything with peppermint in it makes me happy! I may have to try these out here before Christmas!
Give them a try they are delicous
I love all the recipes I’m seeing around using peppermint candy. They seem so fun. Those cookies are so cute, and I imagine very tasty too.
I can’t believe there are only four ingredients in this recipe. I am curious as to how these taste…I love chocolate and peppermint together.
They are delicious. The best part is only a few ingredients. Super simple to make
Oh wow! These look amazing! We have yet to do our holiday baking and these must go on the list!
So yummy and should be on everyone’s baking list 🙂
I love meringues but I have never made chocolate ones and peppermint is one of my favorites. Mixing the two is fantastic and I definitely need to try these!
I’m not much of a baker, but I would give this recipe a try. It’s so festive and looks delicious!
I have never made meringues but they seem like a challenge I would totally take on. Thanks for the recipe.
First of all, that Santa is adorable. I don’t even think I’ve ever made meringue cookies before. I have made meringue though. These are cute!
I can’t get over that only ingredients/ items are required to bring these meringues to life. They look complicated but once you look at the recipe it is easy peasy. This is on the to try list now!
This looks like such a great holiday recipe! I think my kids will love helping me make this treat!!
Meringues are intimidating when you haven’t made them yet, but once you try your first recipe, you’ll definitely be surprised at how easy it is to make! I think this one’s really lovely, I like the chocolate-peppermint flavors together!
I had no idea that making meringues was so easy! I would love to give these a try, they sound delicious!
These look so tasty and I definitely want to make them for a special neighbor treat plate! I really had no idea I could make these so easily and an’t wait to try!
your peppermint meringues look so good! I have never heard of these before!
I’ve never had a meringue before but they sound like a form of shortbread. I’m a fan of anything with chocolate and these seem easy enough to make for guests or a gift. Yum!
They are super simple and are great for gifts or guests.
I try to be so good during the holidays but every time I see another peppermint and chocolate recipe my will caves. I just love the flavor combo so much I can’t get enough of every single delicious recipe.
I love meringues and my mom always makes a bunch during the holidays among other goodies from Colombia and I would def like to see these on the table, gonna pass the recipe along to her for her to make. THANK YOU.!
Chocolate peppermint is perfect for the holiday season maybe I’ll mix it up with some green and red to make it more festive.
Definitely! I didn’t see any green at the local store, but would be super cute!