Chocolate-Peanut Meringue Kisses

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Photo: Jonathan Gregson
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Chocolate chips and chopped peanuts add a salty-sweet surprise to these dainty confections. They're a crowd-pleasing dessert to serve at a Passover seder.

Ingredients

  • 2 large egg whites

  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar

  • Fine salt

  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

  • 2 ounces roasted salted peanuts, finely chopped (½ cup)

  • cup miniature chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium heatproof bowl, combine egg whites, confectioners' sugar, and pinch of salt. Set bowl over (not in) a pot of barely simmering water and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is warm and frothy and sugar is dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove bowl from heat and, using an electric mixer, beat mixture on high until stiff, glossy peaks form, about 3 minutes. Beat in vanilla, then fold in peanuts and chocolate. Transfer mixture to a quart-size zip-top bag; with scissors, cut a 3/4-inch hole in one corner.

  2. Pipe 30 mounds (1 inch tall and 1 1/2 inches wide), 1 inch apart, on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet. Bake, using the handle of a wooden spoon to keep oven door slightly ajar, until dry to the touch, about 20 minutes, rotating halfway through. Let cool completely on sheet on a wire rack before peeling off parchment.

Cook's Notes

Try This
For Passover, swap 3/4 cup superfine sugar and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice for confectioners' sugar. Bake 5 minutes more.

Cook's Notes

Store in a single layer in airtight containers, up to 2 days.

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