For a fun and delicious Halloween treat, try these cute little ghost meringues.
I just love meringues! For starters, most people with any kind of food allergy can eat these. They’re remarkably popular items anywhere I serve them, for this very reason. There’s no nuts, gluten, or dairy. Unless someone has an egg allergy you’re probably safe serving these to anyone.
I also like to whip up a batch whenever I have egg whites left over from another baking project. If I make pudding, pudding only needs egg yokes so I’ll save the whites and make meringues next, for an easy treat.
Meringue Ghosts
3 egg whites – room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Heat oven to 250 F.
I prefer to use a stand mixer for these because beating up these egg whites takes a LOT of beating!
Beat egg whites, vanilla, and cream of tartar until soft peaks form.
Gradually add in sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Pipe meringue batter onto the pan. I just put my batter in a ziploc bag and cut a small hole in the end. Pipe out a bunch of ghosts. You can put them pretty close together because they do not expand while cooking so you can fit a lot on one pan.
Place cookies in preheated oven and cook for 1 hour. Turn off oven and let set in the oven for 2 more hours. (this is so you get crunchy meringues).
Use a food-safe marker to draw on eyes and a mouth.
these are super adorable!
These are so cute. the faces are great.
Such cute little ghosties! I made some similar ones out of mashed potatoes, but this is a fun sweet twist!
Those little faces are too cute to be true. I just love them!
These are adorable ghost and afterwards a great treat.
Too cute! I love how easy these would be to make, and the faces are a great addition. Thanks for sharing.
Ah, the secret to crunchy merengue! Putting that into my memory banks! Thanks!
These are so very cute! What a great idea! My children love meringues! Thanks so much for sharing. I’m visiting you from the South Eastern Bloggers Assoc on FB. Have a great day!
I always wanted to try making these!!!
This is the perfect treat to bring into school on Halloween! I remember my mom always made owl cookies for me to bring. My classmates would have loved these!
What a spooky Ghosts..so cute!
Super cute! I think that would be a great activity for kids. Thanks for sharing!
My kids (7 and 4) helped draw the faces on. They thought it was awesome 🙂
How cute! My kids would love to make these for our Trick or Treaters!! Thanks for sharing!
Those are absolutely adorable! My son keeps asking to try meringues every time he sees them at the grocery store. I had no idea they were so easy to make, maybe I will try making some instead!
You should! They’re way easier to make than they look 🙂
What a cute idea! I love that this is a treat people with allergies can enjoy!