These Triple Chocolate Meringue Cookies are dark, decadent, and bursting with flavour. A crispy chocolate meringue outside, a fudgy chocolate inside, and a delicious spattering of dark chocolate chips. This is the kind of cookie you make to celebrate, or to get that someone special to smile just a little wider than usual. And you know what else? There’s a gluten-free option too!
You may not know this about me, but the universe and I are actually quite close. In fact, the universe tells me some of her secrets. Some of her mysteries. Like the secret to happiness! Now, I wouldn’t be a good bestie to the universe if I just spilled her secrets all over my blog. The secret to eternal happiness is sadly off-limits.
I can however share this recipe for Triple Chocolate Meringue Cookies to make your life just that little bit sweeter. Besides, “most of life’s problems can be solved by a good cookie” – Ina Garten said so! (And in case you’re feeling a little more traditional, here’s a recipe for good ol’ fashioned Chocolate Chip Cookies.)
Oh, and it has a gluten-free option too. And I’m going to quickly explain that to you here. You see, when I first planned this recipe I had intended to make it completely a gluten-free chocolate chip cookie recipe. Alas, fate intervened and I ran out of cocoa powder. I substituted by adding in a ¼ cup of hot chocolate mix (specifically, Camino Original Dark Hot Chocolate mix).
And magic happened.
So, if you’d like this to be gluten-free, all you have to do is switch out the ¼ cup of hot chocolate mix for another ¼ cup of cocoa powder. Keep in mind though that hot chocolate mix includes sweetener, milk powder, and other things too; the texture and taste will likely come out a little different.
I was recently made aware that some brands of vanilla extract are not gluten-free. Just something to keep in mind if you’re going for a gluten-free recipe!
Don’t you just hate it when you completely by accident drop your wireless earphones on to your cookie plate in a perfectly aesthetic manner? …Yeah, er, me too. 😛
You may have noticed some swanky looking earphones in the post photos. They’re called the Vasa Blå. The good people at Sudio sent me over a pair to check out, and they’re pretty nifty. They’re wireless – perfect for my random 10-minute dance-in-the-kitchen parties. And in case you’re interested in getting a pair, use the gift code chocolatesandchai, and you’ll get a 15% discount. Free worldwide shipping too. Yaay!
Okay bestie, that’s all for this week. As always, if you like these Triple Chocolate Meringue Cookies, please be sure to comment below, and share the post with your friends (it helps me out a lot!). And follow me on Facebook, Instagram & Pinterest…go on, you know you want to!
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Triple Chocolate Meringue Cookies (Gluten-Free Option)
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 15-20 Cookies 1x
Description
These Triple Chocolate Meringue Cookies are dark, decadent, and bursting with flavour. A crispy chocolate meringue outside, a fudgy chocolate inside, and a delicious spattering of dark chocolate chips. This is the kind of cookie you make to celebrate, or to get that someone special to smile just a little wider than usual. And you know what else? There’s a gluten-free option too!
Ingredients
- 1 cup (6oz) Dark Chocolate, melted
- 3 Egg Whites, room temperature
- 1 ¾ cup Icing Sugar
- ¼ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ¼ Hot Chocolate Mix (replace with ¼ cup cocoa powder if GF)
- 1 tbsp. Cornstarch
- A pinch of salt
- ½ tsp Instant Coffee
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- ½ cup (3oz) Dark Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat baking tray with parchment paper.
- In a large, vigorously beat egg whites to form soft peaks. In batches, mix in ½ cup icing sugar; continue to form a meringue.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 cup icing sugar, cocoa powder, hot chocolate mix, cornstarch, instant coffee, and salt.
- On low speed blend the dry ingredients and vanilla extract into the meringue.
- Fold in the melted chocolate and chocolate chips.
- Place ¼ cup icing sugar in a bowl (¼ cup is approximate, the size of your dough balls will impact how much you need).
- Roll dough into roughly 1-2 tablespoon-sized balls and coat with icing sugar.
- Bake for approximately 10 minutes – until almost completely baked with crackly tops. Cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: Meringue Cookies, Chocolate Meringue Cookies, Triple Chocolate, Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookie, chocolate meringue cookies, crinkle cookies,
Martine
Oh wow these look amazing! I want to eat them NOW! Will definitely try them out \! Thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂
Riz
Thanks Martine! I hope you enjoy them! Make sure to take a photo and share on Instagram with #ChocolatesAndChai so I can see how it turned out for you too! 🙂
Tisa Jacob
Riz! I believe your blog possesses the power to make us all smile a little bit wider :-DD. So entertaining. And honestly even if I don’t much like heavy doses of chocolate in sweets, I may just go out of my way and give this a try. Thanks, great job, “bestie”!
Riz
Aww, thanks so much bestie!! I hope you try it, and I really hope you enjoy it!
Choclette
Having the Universe for your bestie is pretty cool 😉 These cookies aren’t cook at all, they are hot and I so wish I had one right in front of me now.
Riz
Haha, thanks! Luckily, you now have the recipe… so you can have this cookies in front of you pretty quick! 😉
Choclette
BTW, if you wanted to join in with We Should Cocoa, you need to mention it on your post and link back to the We Should Cocoa post.It would be great to have these beauties on board.
Riz
Oh okay, thanks for letting me know! I’ll keep it in mind with my next cocoa-based post! 🙂
Kate @ Veggie Desserts
Ooh these triple chocolate cookies look delicious
Riz
They are, they are!
Gemma
I just made these and they’re amazing! I did find the mixture really wet though. Added a touch more cornflour and icing sugar and that helped.
Riz
Woohoo! I’m glad you made it work for you Gemma!
Anja
Hi Riz! I came to your blog and immediately I see these gorgeous cookies. I’m almost angry at you, because you’re making me hungry and I’m almost biting the screen 🙂 Looks sooo delicious. Saving it for later 🙂
Anja
Use Your Noodles
Riz
Hey Anja! Thanks for passing by! Don’t bite your screen, write down the recipe first!!!
Riz
hanna
These looks so amazing!!!
Riz
I hope you enjoy them Hanna!
Jean | DelightfulRepast.com
Riz, what a treat these will be for my chocoholic friends! Especially the ones who are also gluten-free. Glad I found your blog today!
Riz
I’m glad you found me too Jean! Hope you and your friends love the cookies!
Happy Holidays!
Yulie Sullivan
Hi wow I really love your cooking recipes I love to cook too but only my own Filipino food I would love to try your recipes.
Riz
Hi Yulie! Thanks so much! Please do try out the recipes sometime, and feel free to share some photos with me on instagram #ChocolatesAndChai 🙂
TD
If i subsitute 1/4 c. cocoa powder for 1/4 c. hot chocolate mix powder though the taste would be so much stronger – cocoa is unadultrated chocolate and hot chocolate has milk powder and sugar as well… but the quantity substitution is the same? doesn’t make sense.
Maybe I misunderstood something?
Riz
Hi TD,
You’re correct…there WILL be a slight difference in taste. I already mentioned this as part of the post, I’ve made the recipe using hot chocolate mix (I like the Camino Dark) and regular cocoa powder, and the difference is not really noticeable as long as all goes well in the mixing stages.
Hope that helps!
Riz
Tabby
Wow, wow, wow!! These are amazing little gems of gooey goodness!! I had leftover egg whites from an ice cream recipe, so I thought I would try this. So glad I did. This is going in my favorites! Thank you for sharing!!!
Riz
Ahh! I’m so glad you found this recipe! It’s one of my personal favourites! Thanks for commenting Tabby!
joandsue
Oh my gosh – I can’t believe I haven’t seen these until now. I need them in my life ASAP! So decadent!
Riz
You really do! This is still one of my most well-received recipes!! I’ve had so much lovely feedback on it!
Colleen Milne
I love chocolate (especially triple!) and love meringue, so these couldn’t be more perfect. A must try. Thanks for posting, Riz!
Riz
I hope you enjoy them, Colleen!