by KetoFocus.com
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5 Ingredients or LessCookiesDairy FreeKid FriendlyNut Free
Keto ghost meringue cookies are an easy ghost shaped low carb Halloween treat you can make for any event! Keto Meringues are slightly sweet and have ZERO CARBS!!
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size:
1 cookie
30
Servings
1
Calories
0g
Fat
0.2g
Protein
0g
Net Carb
0g
Total Carbs
Keto Ghost Meringue Cookies Recipe Video
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Keto Meringues Ingredients
4 egg whites - 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- Pinch of Salt
- 1/2 cup powdered erythritol
- Candy Eyes, optional
- Black food paint
- 1A piping tip, optional
- Piping bags, optional
- Small paint brush, optional
4 egg whites Keto Ghost Meringue Cookies Directions
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Preheat oven
Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.
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Beat eggs until foamy
To a large clean, dry bowl, add egg whites, cream of tartar and a pinch of salt. Beat with an electric mixer until the egg mixture is foamy. NOTE: It's important for the bowl to be clean so you meringue forms stiff peaks. Make sure no egg yolk is in your mixture or you will not get stiff peaks and your meringue will not set.
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Beat until stiff peaks form
Slowly add sugar free sweetener while continuing to beat mixture. Beat until very stiff peaks form (around 3-5 minutes). Meringue needs to be so stiff that you can flip the bowl upside down without the meringue mixture falling out.
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Pipe into ghost shapes
Add sugar free meringue to a piping bag fitted with a 1A tip or cut a large hole about 3/4 of an inch wide. Pipe ghosts shapes onto the parchment lined baking tray spacing about 1/2 inch apart.
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Make them ghosts
Add candy eyes, if using. Paint an open ghost mouth on each ghost meringue.
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Bake
Bake at 200 degrees for 1 hour. After an hour, turn off the oven and let the meringue cookies sit in the oven undisturbed for another hour to allow the cookies to set and harden further.
Keto Halloween Cookies
These adorable ghost cookies are the perfect keto Halloween treats to make or to take with you to any Halloween party and they are also great to make in large batches, especially if you are invited to a couple of different events around Halloween time! Most guests would not think to make meringue cookies for parties, so these are the best treat to make to impress anyone at any Halloween event! Even better for you as they are so easy to make! Bring them along with some Halloween Rice Krispie Treats. They also make the perfect treat for those times when you are craving something sweet, especially when you are having tea or coffee in the afternoon.
The meringue cookies are so easy to make, you will never have to buy store bought ones again! These keto meringue cookies are almost indistinguishable from any ready made ones you can buy, without containing any of the unnecessary sugars like meringues usually would!
What are Meringue Cookies?
Meringue cookies are a type of dessert or sweet treat which is made from whipping egg whites, and typically mixing with sugar. However, to keep the recipe low in carbs, we use cream of tartar to form stiff peaks and powdered erythritol to give them a sweet flavor. Meringues can be made with a variety of flavors! The most common meringue flavor is lemon. However, in this recipe we make our Ghost Meringue Cookies just slightly sweetened. They have a sweet taste with an airy, crispy and light texture.
Meringues are baked at a low temperature for a long time until the outside gets crispy and the texture on the inside becomes slightly chewy. A good meringue would melt in your mouth and is lighter than a feather!
Keto Meringues
Keto meringue cookies always look really fancy compared to other types of cookies you can make at home and everyone seems to think that they are very difficult to make. However, they only require very few ingredients and can be prepared in a short amount of time! The hardest part of making these cookies is the waiting time! When they are taken out of the oven, the meringues will be soft. They should be left out for some time to cool down and then they will crisp up.
Our keto meringue cookie recipe is very low in carbs and also dairy free as they don’t even contain any butter. This means that they can be served to anyone who is intolerant or allergic to dairy. They are also a keto nut free cookie recipe as they don’t contain any almond flour. Instead of having to use sugar which would make the recipe higher in carbs, we use powdered erythritol which still give the cookies a sweet taste. The beauty of these keto meringue cookies is that they are zero carbs!!
Importance of Stiff Peaks for Meringues
In order to form stiff peaks, use fresh eggs and only the egg whites need to be used to make meringues. Egg yolks can be kept to use for other recipes. The egg whites should then be whipped fast and for a long time. Make sure that the bowl is clean and dry before you start beating the eggs and it would be best if the bowl is made of glass or metal, not plastic. Moreover, the cream of tartar we use in this recipe helps the egg whites to form stiff peaks, as well as for them to maintain their shape as it acts as a stabilizer.
Tools You May Need
To make the perfect ghost meringue cookies, there are some tools you may need to get. Here is what I used to create these keto Halloween cookies:
Nutritional information & Macros
Nutrition Information
Keto Ghost Meringue Cookies
Servings: 30
| Amount Per Serving | |
|---|---|
| Calories | 1 |
| Fat | 0g |
| Protein | 0.2g |
| Total Carbs | 0g |
| Net Carbs | 0g |
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My friend made a nest using this recipe and put strawberries with a bit of cream cheese in them after baking . Maybe a pinch of whipped cream on top. Heaven
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Can you use other keto-approved sweeteners without erythritol? Or is it necessary to maintain a slight crisp texture? I know it’s necessary for crispier cookies, wasn’t sure if a monk fruit/erythritol blend would be better than monk fruit/allulose blend which is known to keep treats softer.
Thanks, sounds like a great, easy recipe.Reply
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You can use a monkfruit/erythritol blend. The only one I’m not sure if it works because I’ve heard other keto bloggers have issues making meringues with it is 100% allulose.
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