Chocolate Chip Meringue Crisps

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup splenda sugar blend for baking
• 1/2 cup nestlÉ® toll house® semi-sweet chocolate morsels

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200°f
• 2 bake walnuts in a shallow pan, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until toasted.
• 3 beat egg whites and vanilla at high speed with an electric mixer until foamy.
• 4 add splenda® sugar blend, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form; stir in walnuts and chocolate morsels.
• 5 spoon rounded teaspoons of mixture on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
• 6 bake 2 hours. cool slightly on cookie sheet. remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• 7 option: store in an air-tight tin
• 8 nutrition information per serving.
• 9 serving size 1 cookie.
• 10 calories 35.
• 11 calories from fat 15.
• 12 total fat 2g.
• 13 saturated fat 0.5g.
• 14 cholesterol 0mg.
• 15 sodium 0mg.
• 16 total carbohydrates 4g.
• 17 dietary fiber 0g.
• 18 sugars 4g.
• 19 protein 1g.
• 20 exchanges per serving: 1/2 starch
• 21 this recipe, when compared to a traditional recipe, has a 24% reduction in calories, a 38% reduction in carbohydrates and a 42% reduction in sugars!