Hot Chocolate Meringues

What a great way to get your chocolate without a bunch of extra calories. These take patience but the end result is a nice little treat. My ds8 loved these cookies and exclaimed that it was like hot chocolate in a cookie hence the name.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 20 mins
• Yields: 2 1/2 dozen

Ingredients

• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4  egg whites, at room temperature
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Directions

1. Heat oven to 250 degrees. Line two baking sheets with nonstick foil or parchment paper.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar, cocoa powder and ground cinnamon.
3. Place egg whites into a bowl and add cream of tarter.
4. Begin beating egg whites on low speed until foamy. Increase to medium speed and add sugar mixture, one tablespoon at a time, until medium-stiff peaks form.
5. Transfer mixture to a pastry bag and pipe a small disk onto prepared baking sheets about an inch apart. (I got 12 large meringues per baking sheet.).
6. Bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour, 30 minutes. DO NOT open the oven door during cooking time or the meringues may collapse.
7. Turn off oven and let meriggues sit in oven for 1/2 hour.
8. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.