Peppermint Meringues

These Peppermint Meringues are perfect for gift giving or on a cookie tray! They are super budget-friendly and they’re so easy to make! 

Peppermint Meringue Cookies

Unlike regular cookies that call for sugar, butter, flour, and a whole slew of other ingredients, this Peppermint Meringues recipe only calls for FIVE common ingredients. If you have a few candy canes to spare, this is a great way to use them. These cookies make a great addition to holiday cookie trays – and they also make a great gift for a neighbor or friend. 

Peppermint Meringues or Forgotten Cookies?

Are you familiar with meringue cookies? They’re not like your typical cookies! My oldest son calls them “light as air cookies” because they’re light and airy! ? One of the best things about them besides how easy they are to make is that you can almost forget about them and it’s not a big deal! Actually, that’s kinda what we’ll do to dry them out and another name they are sometimes known as … Forgotten Cookies. 

Peppermint Meringues recipe

• egg whites
• salt
• cream of tartar
• granulated sugar
• peppermint candy canes

How to make Peppermint Meringues

1. In a mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Sprinkle with the salt and cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks forms. Gradually add sugar, beating until stiff peaks form, about 7-8 minutes.
2. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased foil-lined baking sheets. Sprinkle with crushed candy. Bake at 225°F for 90 minutes (one and a half hours).
3. Turn off the oven heat and leave cookies in the oven with the door slightly ajar for at least an hour or until the cookies cool.
4. Store in an airtight container.

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Servings: 36 cookies

Peppermint Meringues

By Jamie Sherman

These Peppermint Meringues are perfect for gift giving or on a cookie tray! They are super budget-friendly and they're so easy to make! 

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Cook: 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Cooling Time: 1 hour hr

Total: 2 hours hrs 45 minutes mins

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Equipment

• hand mixer
• stand mixer

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 2 large egg whites
• ▢ ⅛ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar
• ▢ ½ cup sugar
• ▢ 2 peppermint candy canes, crushed

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Instructions 

• In a mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Sprinkle with the salt and cream of tartar; beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating until stiff peaks form, about 7-8 minutes.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased foil-lined baking sheets. Sprinkle with crushed candy. Bake at 225°F for 90 minutes (one and a half hours).
• Turn off the oven heat and leave cookies in the oven with the door slightly ajar for at least an hour or until the cookies cool.
• Store in an airtight container.

Notes

• You might also know these as “forgotten cookies”!

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie, Calories: 12kcal, Carbohydrates: 3g, Protein: 0.2g, Fat: 0.01g, Sodium: 11mg, Potassium: 5mg, Sugar: 3g, Calcium: 0.2mg, Iron: 0.003mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Originally published on December 19, 2013. Updated on December 11, 2019.