Chocolate Truffle Meringues

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 egg whites
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 3 ounces bittersweet baking chocolate, chopped or 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, cut into small pieces

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 200°f
• 2 line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
• 3 in medium bowl, beat egg whites with electric mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form.
• 4 gradually add granulated sugar, beating at high speed just until stiff peaks form.
• 5 in small bowl, mix powdered sugar and cocoa.
• 6 fold cocoa mixture, 1/3 at a time, into beaten egg whites.
• 7 spoon mixture into decorating bag fitted with star tip.
• 8 draw 1 1/2-inch diameter circle on paper; place under parchment paper as a guide for piping rounds. pipe mixture into twenty-four 1 1/2-inch rounds on parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• 9 with back of teaspoon, make an indentation in each to hold filling. (or, mixture can be spooned into dollops on parchment paper.)
• 10 bake 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until crisp.
• 11 cool completely, about 10 minutes.
• 12 meanwhile, in 1-quart heavy saucepan, heat whipping cream just to simmering over medium-low heat.
• 13 remove from heat; stir in chocolate with wire whisk until melted.
• 14 stir in butter pieces, a few at a time, until melted. refrigerate until thickened, about 30 minutes.
• 15 just before serving, spoon or pipe about 1 teaspoon filling into indentation of each meringue.