Recipe: Chocolate Chip and Mint Meringues

Chocolate Chip and Mint Meringues
Source: Favorite Brand Name Recipes "Treasury of Christmas Cookies" Volume 3
Yield: 4 dozen

3 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
3 drops salt
3/4 cup sugar
2/3 dash green food coloring
2/3 dash peppermint extract
1 package semisweet mini chocolate chips -- (6-ounce)

Preheat oven to 375F.

Grease and lightly flour two cookie sheets. Beat egg whites with cream of tartar and salt until foamy. Gradually beat in sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, until soft peaks form. Stir in food coloring and mint extract. Fold in chocolate chips. Drop meringues by teaspoonfuls, 1 inch apart, onto prepared cookie sheets.

Place in preheated oven. Turn off heat; let meringues set in oven 8 to 12 hours.