Chocolate Chip Meringue Cloud Cookies

5 from 1 vote

These little cloud cookies taste just like a warm mug of hot cocoa, and with only 42 calories each!

Prep Time15

Cook Time35

Total Time50

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate chip clouds, chocolate cloud cookies, meringue cloud cookies

Servings:

Author: Peter | Simple Nourished Living

Gather and prepare all ingredients.
Preheat oven to 300F degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners and lightly grease the paper, or liners, with nonstick cooking spray.
Add egg whites and cream of tartar to a large mixing bowl and beat on high speed with an electric mixer until soft peaks form, about 2 minutes.
With the mixer running, slowly add the sugar. Add the vanilla extract and continue beating until the sugar dissolves and stiff peaks form, about 2-3 minutes.
Sift the cocoa powder into the mixture and carefully fold it in using a rubber spatula until thoroughly incorporated. Gently fold in the mini chocolate chips using the spatula.
Using heaping tablespoons, drop mounds onto prepared cookie sheets, leaving 1-2 inches between cookies.
Bake until cookies are set and dry to the touch, about 30-35 minutes.
Allow cookies to cool on pan for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
Store any leftover meringue cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.

Serving size: 1 chocolate chip meringue cloud cookie (1/30th recipe)

WW Points: 2

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Be sure to use fresh egg whites from whole eggs. Pasteurized liquid egg whites do not whip properly for meringue.

I learned this the hard way the first time I tried making these. The egg whites never formed peaks, and the cookies never set properly.

If your egg whites don’t whip into soft, then stiff peaks, they won’t bake into proper meringue cookies.

This helpful article on The Kitchn gives helpful tips and advice along with a Visual Guide to Whipping Soft, Firm and Stiff Peaks