Name: BOO Egg Meringue Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 135 min
Ingredients: 1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar; 4 egg whites (room temperature); 1 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; Candy Eyes; Black frosting gel

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BOO meringue cookies are shaped like ghosts to make a fun treat this Halloween! Celebrate the day with these spooktacular treats sure to delight kids and adults alike.

This post and recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine.

I love easy treats that don’t require much extra work to become something special and holiday appropriate.

That is what these adorable ghost meringue cookies are!

With only a few ingredients, they are so easy to make, it’s scary!

They only need you to press on candy eyeballs and make a dot of icing for a mouth after you bake them and then you have a boo-tiful and delicious sweet for Halloween.

Ingredients

To make these boo meringues you don’t need too many additional ingredients outside of the basic egg meringue ingredients.

To make these you need:

cream of tartar
room temperature egg whites
sugar
vanilla
candy eyeballs
black decorator gel

That’s it!

How to Make

Making these Halloween meringues is very similar to making regular ones.

To do it, start by preheating the oven to 200˚ and lining 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.

Then, give your mixer bowl and whisk attachment a good wipe with vinegar to remove any grease.

Dry them well with a clean paper towel.

When the mixer and whisk are cleaned and dry, put the cream of tartar in the bowl of a the stand mixer.

Then, pour the room temperature egg whites over it, and turn the mixer on low.

Slowly increase the speed to medium and beat until the mixture is foamy.

Once the mixture gets foamy, turn the mixer up to high and beat the egg whites until they hold stiff peaks.

Once the eggs and cream of tartar hold stiff picks, add the sugar to the mixture one tablespoon at a time.

Make sure you beat the mix well between each tablespoon.

Then continue to beat it after the last tablespoon until it holds stiff peaks and it’s glossy.

Then, beat in the vanilla.

Once you’ve added the vanilla, you can turn off the mixer.

You’re ready to put the mixture into a piping bag fit it with a one-inch tip.

After you scoop the mix into the bag, pipe your Boos on the prepared sheets.

You can pipe them close together because they don’t spread very much.

To pipe the perfect ghost, make sure the bottom is wider than the top and pull up while you stop squeezing the piping bag to make a little point.

After you have them piped, you can gently press in the eyes now.

Then, bake the trays for 60 minutes, rotating them halfway through.

Then, turn off the oven and let the Boos cool in the oven for 60 minutes.

After they have sat in the oven, remove them from the oven and let cool completely.

Then finish them by piping on the mouths with decorator gel.

Enjoy!

Tips and Tricks for the Best Boo Meringue Cookies

Don’t skip cleaning the mixing bowl and whisk. The bowl and whisk can hold on to leftover fat from things you’ve previously made which make the eggs deflate.
The eggs need to be at room temperature before you start whisking them. They will get more lift if they are not cold.
Don’t worry about putting the eyes or mouth on the ghosts perfectly. They are even more fun if everything is off.
These are best made the day you want to serve them.

Other Ghostly Treats You’ll Love

These Boo Meringue Cookies are a fun, festive spin on classic meringue for Halloween.

Make them this year to have a scary good celebration!

Looking for other ghostly treats? Try these:

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Boo Egg White Meringue Cookies sit on a black platter with Fall colored decor in the background

BOO Egg Meringue Cookies

BOO meringue cookies are shaped like ghosts to make a fun treat this Halloween! Celebrate the day with these spooktacular treats sure to delight kids and adults alike.

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Course: Cookies, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 1

Rest Time: 1

Total Time: 2 15

Servings: dozen

Calories: 213kcal

Author: Meaghan @ 4 Sons R Us

Equipment

Stand mixer
piping bags
Parchment paper
cooling racks

Ingredients

1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
4 egg whites room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Candy Eyes
Black frosting gel

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200˚ and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper
Wipe down your mixer bowl and whisk attachment with vinegar to remove any grease, wipe dry
with a clean paper towel
Put the cream of tartar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment
Pour the room temperature egg whites over it, turn the mixer on low and let it mix in the cream
of tartar
Slowly increase the speed to medium and beat until the mixture is foamy
Then increase the speed to high and beat until it holds soft peaks
Then slowly add the sugar Tablespoon by Tablespoon beating well between each addition
Beat until it holds stiff peaks and it’s glossy
Add the vanilla and beat it in for 30 seconds
Cut the tip off of a disposable icing bag and fit it with a one-inch tip, you can use bigger or
smaller tips too-you can also just use a bag without a tip, they work just fine that way too
Pipe your Boos on the prepared sheets, you can put them close together because they don’t
spread very much
Fill your sheets with them, make sure the bottom is wider than the top and pull up while you stop
squeezing the piping bag to make a little point
Add the eyes now, they don’t have to be perfect, in fact, they’re more fun if you make them silly
Bake the trays for 60 minutes, rotating them halfway through
If you bake in the lower portion of the oven you won’t get browned ghosts
Once they’re baked turn off the door let the Boos cool in the oven for 60 minutes
Remove them from the oven and let cool completely
Once they’re cool add eyes and a mouth as desired
These are best made the day you plan to eat them

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