Chocolate Meringues.

 

Prep Time 15 min

Cook Time 2 hr 30 min

Total Time 3 hr

Ingredients

• 4 egg whites
• 225g of caster sugar
• 2 heaped teaspoons of cocoa powder
• 50g of dark chocolate 

 
 Method

1. Preheat the oven to 130C and line 2 baking trays with baking parchment
2. Whisk the eggs in a large bowl until they're in soft peaks. Gradually whisk in the caster sugar, a tablespoon or two at a time, until the mixture is very stiff and glossy
3. Split the mixture in half and fold the cocoa powder into one half. Then swirl the chocolate meringue mix with the plain meringue mix
4. Spread out 12 large tablespoons of the mix on the baking parchments. Put in the oven and bake for 2.5 hours to dry out
5. Melt the dark chocolate and drizzle it over the meringues
6. Leave the chocolate to cool and serve