Light, airy and chewy with chocolate chips in every bite – made with egg whites, sugar and chocolate, these gluten free meringues just melt in your mouth.
Chocolate Chip Clouds
These cookies are a must for Santa, we’ve been making them for years and everyone loves them. They are so easy to make, made with only 6 ingredients! A few of my other favorite varieties of meringue cookies I like to make for the holidays are Sprinkle Dipped Meringues, Black and White Chocolate Chip Clouds, Coconut Meringues and Peppermint Meringues.
My daughter Karina makes these cookies more than any other cookies! She’s sensitive to gluten, but also a chocolate lover and they are so easy to whip up. The perfect chocolate treat, what I love about them most is eating them the next day, they get chewier which is just how I like them.
Helpful Tips
- Works best with room temperature egg whites.
- Make sure none of the yolk gets mixed in with the whites or they won’t work.
- Use clean beaters and a clean metal or glass mixing bowl.
- Store room temperature up to 4 days.
How To Make Chocolate Chip Meringues (Clouds)
More Cookies You Will Love
- Peppermint Meringues
- Coconut Meringue Cookies
- Sprinkle Dipped Meringues
- Black and White Chocolate Chip Clouds
- Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chip Clouds
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup egg whites, room temperature
- 1/8 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Heat oven to 300°F. Cover cookie sheet with silpat or nonstick silicone pad.
- Using a mixer, beat the egg whites and cream of tartar together in large bowl at high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar a little at a time, then vanilla, beating well after each addition until you get stiff peaks, the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is glossy.
- Sift cocoa onto egg white mixture; gently fold until combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips. Drop mixture by heaping tablespoons onto cookie sheet. Makes 30 to 32 cookies.
- Bake 34 to 40 minutes or just until dry. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely on wire rack. Store covered, at room temperature.
Is parchment paper ok? I don’t have a silicone sheet.
Can you add pecans?
Can say Splenda be used instead of sugar and still turn out? My sister is diabetic & really prefers the Splenda brown sugar as a sweetener.
Made these Chocolate Chip Clouds this afternoon and embarrassed to tell you that 5 hours later my husband and I ate the last two on our way to bed!
Lol, that’s ok!!! Glad you enjoyed them! 🙂
Can I add in fresh fruit or frozen fruit together with chocolate chips?
No that won’t work.
These are soooo good!! Used egg whites from the carton and cut back a little on the chocolate chips (so I could eat more for less WW points). Came out perfect. Will be making them again and again 😊
Do you need to bake right away? My stove is not working so I was going to use my toaster oven that would only hold about 12 cookies at a time. I’m worried the rest will deflate before I can bake them?
AMAZING!
I made this recipe and it came out perfectly with a minor tweak. I lowered the oven temp to 200 and baked them for 2 hours. They were super crisp and light and delicious! For those having trouble with them being flat or chewy, I might suggest adding the sugar in reallllllly slowly. I sprinkled in about a table spoon at a time and I had no problem the first time I made these. 🙂
I made these and they were a hit! It didn’t make 30 cookies though and I only bake for 20 minutes. I replaced stevia with the sugar and baking powder for the cream of tartar. Very easy and delicious!
My cookies are slightly sticky. Lol! Should I have baked them longer? They are delicious. Thank you for the recipe.
Can I use the liquid egg white substitute for this?