These low carb chocolate chip meringues have the perfect crispy chewy texture. A delicious keto cookie recipe, perfect for bringing to a surprise baby shower!
One of the things I truly love about blogging are all the people I meet. Or rather, don’t meet but “meet” online and become friends with and never question that we really are friends. Sometimes I do actually meet these people and they are just as delightful in person and I realize that “online friends” are no different than “real life friends”. A few of these friends I’ve known since my early blogging days, when we were all stumbling around trying to figure out this weird business and only had each other to turn to. Sometimes I can’t even remember where I “met” them, and it simply feels like I’ve known them forever. Angie from Big Bear’s Wife is one of those people.
Angie is one of those wonderful sweet people you just always like. She’s there, offering up encouragement to other bloggers, being kind, and caring. She’s a good Southern girl and it shows in her manners! And….drum roll please, she is pregnant with just had her first child. Yes, quite literally as I was writing this blog post I got the email that her sweet little boy had been born, a wee bit ahead of schedule. And I had even written that he was unlikely to come on his actual due date…I am so smart! Her baby bear 6 pounds 13 oz & 19 inches long, and I hope she is enjoying these few early moments of motherhood.
And as good friends do when one is about to embark on the crazy journey that is motherhood, her blogger friends are surprising her with a Virtual Baby Shower (now a belated one, but whatever!). While we would all dearly love to gather in support in real life, that’s just not a possibility with this far-flung blogger crowd.
So instead, we all make a fun recipe we think would be appropriate for a baby shower and we all post it at the same time on the same day with a big CONGRATULATIONS! And we all link to each other so that Angie, when she is told about the surprise, can go from one blog to another to see what we made and how much we are thinking of her.
So without further ado…
CONGRATULATIONS, ANGIE!
I brought dessert, of course. Because I always bring dessert and because baby showers should have ridiculous amounts of dessert. But the dessert should also be finger food so we can all mill around talking to each other while we eat our ridiculous amounts of dessert.
And these low carb Double Chocolate Meringues are ideal for such an event. They are easy to make, light and airy, and of course, utterly delicious. They have a crispy shell but the center stays a bit soft and chewy, reminiscent of marshmallows. They come out of the oven on the soft side, but don’t be alarmed, they will crisp up as they cool. I adapted this recipe to be sugar-free from one these Chocolate Chip Clouds I found on SkinnyTaste. Thanks, Gina, for the inspiration!
Chocolate Chip Cloud Cookies
Ingredients
- 4 large egg whites, room temperature
- 1/8 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp Swerve Sweetener
- 3 tbsp powdered Swerve Sweetener
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup sugar free chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large clean bowl, combine the egg whites, cream of tartar and salt. Beat with clean beaters until frothy.
- Slowly add the granular and powdered sweeteners until the egg whites hold stiff peaks (I find that the combo of the two helps whip the air bubbles into the egg whites without the grittiness of all granular).
- Sift the cocoa powder over the egg whites and gently fold in until combined and no streaks remain. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Drop by large spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake 25 to 35 minutes, until the meringues feel dry to the touch but are still soft (they should not feel tacky).
- Remove and let cool completely on the pan before gently peeling from the parchment.
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My mix was looking really good until I added the cocoa and then it totally deflated! Any thoughts on what I did wrong? The bits where the cocoa didn’t mix in are still nice and fluffy.
Hard to say…what kind of cocoa powder was it?
Mine did the same, but still baked up nicely and was a hit with keto & non alike!
How do you store these? I made them last night. Took them off the pan once cool, and put in an airtight container and in the morning they were really soft? Still tasty but not the texture I was going for. Thanks!
Yep, that would happen if you put them in a closed container. Leave them on your counter, uncovered.
Could you sub xylitol for the granulated Swerve? (Or does it hold too much moisture?) I’d like to avoid the cooling effect!
I tried xylitol in meringues once, and they ended up more like marshmallows.
I have made 12 batches of these with great success! I just want to let everyone know that I just made a batch and used a combo of Swerve sweetner and Monk Fruit sweetner. DO NOT USE MONK FRUIT SWEETNER! My clouds did not crisp and was pretty much a disaster.
Wow, this is great feedback. Thank you! Good to know.
May I ask why both granulated and powdered Serve? Is it important to use both types or will one type be okay? I usually only buy powdered to avoid grit. I appreciate your help understanding. Thanks for the fabulous recipes!
These Meringues were a home run! I have made quite a few of your recipes and this one ranks near the top. Easy to make and very few ingredients needed. I am gonna try adding a drop or two of Peppermint to my next batch.
Did you ever make them again adding peppermint? Curious how they turned out if you did.
These cookies look delicious! I love it when they stay soft on the inside, my favorite type of cookies! Can’t wait to try this recipe =)
Thankyou so much for this info. I am trying to help a diabetic friend who is a vegetarian and these treats help him persevere ! It is hard when you don’t eat meat or fish but I have sent him the link to your brilliant blog for some inspiration ! The sweet recipes are just fab ! I love all the recipes but I too am a total carnivore !
Thanks, Ann.
Wow, Carolyn! You can stop posting chocolate cookie recipes now. Seriously, there is no need for further exploration in this field after this recipe. I’ve wanted to make these since the moment you posted them, literally. I saw the photo on the front page, and my first thought was “Yes!” They just looked like easygoing, unfussy, mix-and-bake lumps of chocolaty delight, and indeed that’s what they are! I was finally able to make them, and I decline to state exactly how quickly we finished the batch. My husband pronounced them amazing, and I agree. (Confession: I added a few drops of vanilla.) A heads-up for those who experience a cooling sensation when consuming Swerve: we found it quite prominent in these cookies, which, for our palettes, is par for the course in dishes that contain little fat. The cookies were utterly fantastic nonetheless, though I am going to try my beloved Truvia in lieu of the Swerve next time. There will be a next time, though. There will be MANY next times…
*palates. You’ve got me so excited I can’t even control my homophones!
So glad you like them. And yes, they should be adaptable to using Truvia. I wouldn’t use Splenda or stevia based sweeteners though. These require a crystalline structure to bake properly.
Definitely. I usually adapt recipes to use a combination of Truvia and Swerve when I bake.
I’m so intrigued by these… Can’t wait to try them!
Thank you so so much!!! He totally surprise everyone when he decided to make his appearance super early! haha But we’re so glad to have him here with us!! These cookies are the best! We’ve been doing a lot of low carb for the past year and I even did a lot of it when I was pregnant with Jackson, so these are perfect!
Thank you so much for being a party of my virtual baby shower to celebrate Baby Jackson!!!
Congratulations, Angie! 🙂
what brand of Chocolate chips do you use? the only ones I can find are sweetened with Splenda.
Thanks for this! I am really, really dying for a good chocolate chip cookie!
I use Lily’s. http://amzn.to/2fNqjYU They are pricy but you can sometimes find a sale at Whole Foods.
Can these be adapted for other flavors as well?
Can you use egg whites from a carton or sonthey have to be fresh egg whites?
They need to be fresh. Carton egg whites are pasteurized and they don’t whip.
Now you tell me! :-). I used carton egg whites. They whipped up but perhaps not as much as fresh. Let’s just say I have cirrus instead of cumulus cloud cookies.
Haha, someone remembers their middle school science classes. 😉
I”m just glad you asked the question…. since i was wondering the same thing…. so now i’ll actually have to go to the grocery store and get more eggs…. and i guess i’ll be making some lemon curd with the yolks after 🙂 love your recipes Carolyn
We used to make these every year for Christmas. I can’t wait to make them low carb, but I will be leaving out the chips! Thanks for another great recipe, Carolyn!
Do you think these would be ok in the freezer?
Really not sure, I’ve never tried to freeze meringues.
These are super tasty! So chocolatey and an unexpected, fun texture. Very easy, too. I’m a fan! I can’t stop eating them!
So glad you like them!
I have a recipe that is very similar to this one, except you preheat the oven, then turn it off when you put the cookies in the oven…and don’t open it for at least two hours! I like this one much better..lol thats hard to wait for! I love all of your recipes…thanks for making such a life-changing event SO much easier!
These look yummy! One question – we don’t have Swerve in Europe, so I was wondering whether it will work with just plain old erythritol?
It should, or if you can find Sukrin brand, that one’s good.
Thanks for that. Just starting to use Sukrin as their prices are becoming more reasonable. Will check out the powdered/icing ‘sugar’.
Can’t wait to try these!! They look and sound amazing!!