Decadent Chocolate Meringue Bars: Sinfully Light! 🍫😇
📌 Highlight the Benefits 🍴💪: Healthy chocolate chip walnut cookies with egg whites for lower cholesterol and heart health. 🍪
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Indulge in these irresistible chocolate meringue bars! A delightful twist with fluffy egg whites creating a soft base, luscious chocolate layer, and crispy topping. Perfectly sweet and gooey!
Ingredients for 4 people 📌:
🧈 butter – 1/2 cup
🍬 sugar – 1/2 cup
🍯 brown sugar – 1/2 cup
🥚 egg yolks – 2
🌾 flour – 1 cup
🌿 vanilla – 1 tsp
🍰 baking powder – 1 tsp
🥤 baking soda – 1/2 tsp
🧂 salt – 1/4 tsp
🥛 milk – 1/4 cup
🍫 chocolate chips – 1/2 cup
🥚 egg whites – 2
🌰 walnuts – 1/2 cup
Steps 🔥:
🍪 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
🍪 Beat together butter, sugars, egg yolks, and 1 teaspoon vanilla until soft and creamy.
🍪 Mix dry ingredients together and add into the butter-sugar bowl along with the milk.
🍪 Spread the mixture evenly into a 9″x13″ pan.
🍪 Sprinkle a layer of chocolate chips over the mixture.
🍪 Beat egg whites to soft peaks, then beat in brown or white sugar and vanilla.
🍪 Fold in nuts and spread the mixture over the chocolate chips.
🍪 Bake for 30-35 minutes.
🍪 Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before cutting and serving.
Total Time: 44
Enjoy!
Kitchen Must-Haves: 📦🥄🧄
1. Stand Mixer 🍰
– Best Brand: KitchenAid
– Essential for beating butter, sugars, egg yolks, and vanilla until soft and creamy, as well as for beating egg whites to soft peaks.
2. Mixing Bowl and Whisk 🥣
– Best Brand: OXO
– Necessary for mixing dry ingredients together and whisking them into the butter-sugar bowl along with the milk.
3. Oven 👩🍳
– Best Brand: Breville
– To pre-heat to 325 degrees and bake the dessert for 30-35 minutes.
4. Baking Pan 🍽️
– Best Brand: Wilton
– Ideal for spreading the batter evenly into a 9″x13″ pan and for layering chocolate chips and nut mixture.
5. Cooling Rack
Chef’s FAQs: 👩🍳❓🍷
1. What gives the Decadent Chocolate Meringue Bars their light and airy texture?
– The egg whites whipped into stiff peaks create the meringue topping that makes the bars light and fluffy.
2. What ingredient adds a rich and indulgent flavor to these bars?
– The chocolate chips folded into the batter provide a decadent chocolate taste that perfectly complements the meringue.
3. How can you add a crunchy texture to the bars?
– Chopped walnuts sprinkled on top of the meringue layer before baking will add a delightful crunch to the Decadent Chocolate Meringue Bars.
