Make Spooky Ghost Hot Chocolate
DIY Spooky Ghost Hot Chocolate-
It is my pleasure to have the lovely and talented Angelina from Peonies and Orange Blossoms as my guest at my little corner of blog land. If you haven’t visited her blog, you must visit, it’s terrific! Many of you recognize her from the Thursday Favorite Things link party. She is one of my “fan-darn-tastic” co hostesses! I feel like I should be tipping my hat and riding a horse when I say that ( wink).
Hello everyone! I am Angelina from Peonies & Orange Blossoms! I am delighted to be guest posting today with Katherine at Katherine’s Corner! I write about European-influenced interior design decor, fashion, and travel. I also *love* French pastries, so today I thought I would share a French-inspired Halloween treat! With Halloween just around the corner, I was recently brainstorming treat ideas that I could make this year. You see, the past two years I have made Scary Cat Macarons and Jack O’Lantern macarons. In keeping with the French theme, this year I am excited to share with you Spooky Ghost Hot Chocolate!
The spooky ghosts are actually French meringue cookies that are floating on top of hot chocolate! As I was mixing the French meringue, I thought as a back up plan I could just continue on and make ghost macarons, but first I wanted to try these out! I was uncertain how they would float, but they floated for at least an hour without breaking down! Oh, and they are tasty too!
These spooky ghosts are really quite easy to make! It takes only about 15 minutes to prepare and they can be made up to 3 days ahead of time! They are perfect for your Halloween party and are sure to delight both children and adults!
You can get the printable recipe by clicking here, or the recipe is below:
Ingredients
4 large egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
candy eyes
Supplies
Electric Mixer
Piping Bag and Round Piping Tip (I used Ateco tip #806)
Silpat or parchment paper
Directions
- Preheat oven to 200F. Line a baking sheet with Silpat or parchment paper.
- In a large bowl preferably with an electric mixer, beat the egg whites, cream of tartar and vanilla on medium speed just until frothy.
- Next, gradually add your sugar while the mixer is mixing, little bits at a time until the sugar is all gone. Now increase the mixer speed to medium-high. Beat the mixture until stiff peaks form. This takes around ~6-8 minutes.
- Now, fill your piping bag with a spoon. Next, pipe swirls of meringue onto your baking sheet. To pipe, just place your tip perpendicular to the baking sheet and gently squeeze, lifting the bag up slowly to create layers. Then at the end, do a little swirl to give the ghost a cone top! Next, add two candy eyes to each ghost. There is no “perfect” ghost, they are supposed to be spooky and uneven!
- Bake in the oven for about 1 hour or until the meringues and dry and feel hard to the touch. Turn off the oven and allow to continue to dry in the oven. Once cool, you may enjoy!
- Fill your mug with hot chocolate and simply place on top!
The ghosts will keep at room temperature for up to 3 days! Perfect to make ahead of time!
These spooky ghost meringues can also be enjoyed by themselves as meringue cookies without hot chocolate!
I hope you all enjoyed these Spooky Ghost Meringues and I encourage you to make them at your Halloween Parties that are just around the corner! I have so much fun decorating and making treats for the holidays. If you liked this post, you can see more posts such as my French Country Fall Home Tour, DIY Fall Wreath, and my brand new Holidays Page!
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Thank you once again for visiting with me and letting me share a little recipe with you all! Also a BIG THANKS to Katherine’s Corner for the opportunity to guest post!!
These are so cute. thank you Angelina it has been a pleasure having you as my guest.
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I hope to see you all back here tomorrow night for the Thursday Favorite Things link party!
These look so fun and halloweeny! Pinned!
Oh those look so fun! What a great idea–hot chocolate for our little trick or treaters! The mugs are adorable–where did you get them?
Thank you!! I got the mugs on Zazzle.com
Absolutely adorable and seriously going to have to give this a try soon for my girls!! 🙂