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Meringue Kisses From Scratch

October 14, 2014 by Tracy | Updated July 15, 2020 This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy.

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a pink striped meringue cookie
a pink striped meringue cookie
pink striped cookie with Pinterest pin text.

Light as air, kissed with sweetness, these Meringue Kisses From Scratch are the perfect cookie to make for your Valentine!

a pink striped meringue cookie

These little Meringue Kisses are one of our favorite Valentine's Day cookies! Not only do they only take three, yes THREE ingredients, but they are light and airy and the perfect gluten free cookie!

Ingredients Needed

egg whites in a bowl, sugar, and vanilla extract

Just three! Plus your favorite color food coloring - if you want to stripe it with!

  • Egg Whites - Don't worry about those egg yolks, make some Homemade Mayonnaise From Scratch with them!
  • Sugar - Granulated is the best.
  • Vanilla Extract - Have you made your own, yet?
  • Food Coloring - For the fun colored stripe!

Step-by-Step Instructions

Time. That's what you really need. Once the egg yolks are separated, be sure that they sit out for a little while to come to room temperature. This will help them beat to a good volume.

two bowls with hand mixer mixing egg whites

Then it's just a matter of beating them.

You really want a hand mixer for this. Unless you're Popeye, you're not going to be able to do this by hand.

two bowls with eggs being beaten into meringues

Once you start to see soft peaks beginning to form, then it's time to beat in the sugar.  Just a tablespoon at a time.  And then a fold of the vanilla.

Meringue Kisses

Once you have stiff, glossy peaks you're ready to go!

a piping bag with food coloring in and the piped meringue cookies

Now to make these meringue cookies delightfully colorful, just brush some food coloring into a piping bag before you pipe out the sweet little cookies.

Meringue Kisses

Look how sweet!

Light as air, kissed with sweetness, these Meringue Kisses From Scratch are the perfect cookie to make for your Valentine!

Baked to sweet Meringue Kisses delightfulness!

Light as air, kissed with sweetness, these Meringue Kisses From Scratch are the perfect cookie to make for your Valentine!

Meringue Kisses, little puffs of sweet airy heaven.  

Enjoy! As always, if you make this recipe or any of my others, I love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!

a pink striped meringue cookie

Meringue Kisses

Light as air, kissed with sweetness, these Meringue Kisses From Scratch are the perfect cookie to make for your Valentine!
5 from 5 votes
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Course: Dessert
Servings: 40 cookies
Author: Tracy

Ingredients

  • 4 egg whites
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 1 cup of shredded coconut - without sugar OPTIONAL

Instructions

  • Separate egg whites from yolks about an hour before making meringues. Leave whites in bowl at room temperature so that they beat up to a good volume.
  • Heat oven to 250° and cover un-greased cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  • Beat egg whites with a blender until stiff enough to stand in moist (not dry) peaks. Slowly beat in sugar just a tablespoon at a time then fold in vanilla. Continue to beat mixture until it is still and glossy, not grainy. Fold in coconut.
  • In a small bowl, squirt a little bit of food coloring of choice and with a small pastry brush, 'paint' colored stripes along pastry bag. Pipe small rounds onto cookie sheets 2 inches apart. Bake 30-35 minutes. Peaks will brown slightly.
  • (If you don't have food coloring or a pastry bag, meringues can be spooned onto cookie sheet in little mounds instead).
  • Cool and enjoy!
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  1. Caroline

    January 04, 2019 at 5:56 pm

    5 stars
    Meringues are such a great easy treat, love the look of these little striped colored kisses.

    Reply
    • Tracy

      January 05, 2019 at 8:12 am

      Thanks Caroline!

      Reply
  2. Taylor Kiser

    January 04, 2019 at 4:13 pm

    5 stars
    These are so pretty and they look tasty! What a great treat for Valentine's Day!

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    • Tracy

      January 05, 2019 at 8:12 am

      Thanks, Taylor!

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