I make these candies at least twice a year, for a party at home and to be gifted away. They are tasty and easy to prepare and boxed.
In Indonesia we called these candies as schuimpjes, it is a Dutch-influenced sweets 🙂
The flavor to add is endless, you can flavor them with any food oils/essences you like!
When am not too lazy after preparing so many goodies, I would also shaped these meringues by piping them into ghosts and whatnot 😀
Ingredients
- 250 g sugar
- 125 ml egg whites
- food colors
- food essence/extract of your choice (almond, strawberry, vanilla, mint, etc)
Instructions
- On electric mixer, beat egg whites until soft peak on medium speed. Add in a little sugar at a time while keep beating.
- Once all sugar is gone and dissolving, turn up speed to the highest and keep beating for 10 minutes, until firm stiff peak.
- Once stiff peak is reached, if you would like to color and flavor it, here is the time. beat for a minute.
- Spoon meringue into a bag with nozzle and start piping shapes of your choice on baking pan lined with parchment paper. (For lazy version, just drop a dollop/tbsp of meringue on parchment instead piping!)
- Bake at 100 C for 50 minutes.
- Take out from oven, let cookies cool down to room temperature without taking them off parchment paper.
Schuimpjes (Meringue Bites)
Ingredients
- 250 g sugar
- 125 ml egg whites
- food colors
- food essence/extract of your choice almond, strawberry, vanilla, mint, etc
Instructions
- On electric mixer, beat egg whites until soft peak on medium speed. Add in a little sugar at a time while keep beating. Once all sugar is gone and dissolving, turn up speed to the highest and keep beating for 10 minutes, until firm stiff peak.
- Once stiff peak is reached, if you would like to color and flavor it, here is the time. beat for a minute.
- Spoon meringue into a bag with nozzle and start piping shapes of your choice on baking pan lined with parchment paper. (For lazy version, just drop a dollop/tbsp of meringue on parchment instead piping!)
- Bake at 100 C for 50 minutes.
- Take out from oven, let cookies cool down to room temperature without taking them off parchment paper.