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Meringue Mushrooms Recipe
These stunning sweet meringue mushrooms are an easy snack to make and a charming decoration for any baked good, especially during Christmas. I love how pretty they look once they are finished in just over an hour, and you can even make them in advance for a simple holiday treat.
👥 30 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 10m⏳ Prep: 25 min🔥 Cook: 45 min👤 Chef Billy Parisi📖 billyparisi
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- oven
- bowl
- whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat the oven to 250°.
2
Add the egg whites and cream of tartar to the bowl of a stand mixer along with the whisk attachment and whisk medium speed using the whisk attachment until soft peaks have formed, which takes about ⏱️ 3-4 minutes.
egg whites3
3
Next, turn the speed to medium-high and slowly add in the sugar until it is mixed in, which takes about :30 to :⏱️ 45 seconds to pour in.
4
Turn the speed to high and whisk for 2 to ⏱️ 3 minutes or until stiff peaks have formed.
5
Transfer the meringue to a large piping bag with a ¼” to ½” round tip.
6
Use half of the meringue to make round dollops using a circular motion onto a cookie sheet tray lined with parchment paper. They should have the diameter of a silver dollar about be about a ½ to ¾” in height.
7
Next, use the remaining meringue to make the mushrooms stems by squeezing the piping bag onto a cookie sheet tray lined with parchment paper and immediately pulling up on the bag and while stopping squeezing once 1 inch of the meringue is onto the parchment paper helping to taper it off. It’s ok if it has a sharp peak on top.
8
Bake in the oven at 250° for about ⏱️ 45 minutes.
9
Cool at room temperature for about ⏱️ 20 minutes to harden up.
10
Using the end of a skewer make a small hole into the bottom part of the mushroom cap.
11
Brush some of the chocolate all over the bottom part of the mushroom cap using a pastry brush including in the created hole to give it the appearance of gills.
12
Press the pointy end of the mushroom stem into the hole of the mushrooms cap on the bottom and set it aside right side up. Repeat the process.
13
Lightly dust the tops of the mushrooms with cocoa powder.
cocoa powder1 tablespoon
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