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Triple Chocolate Kisses

Triple Chocolate Kisses
These crisp meringue cookies with a chocolate center are easy to make but look like you spent a lot of time. When our son and daughter-in-law moved into their first home on Valentine's Day, I prepared them a nice dinner and gave them a batch of these treats. -Evelyn Lindburg, Shenandoah, Iowa
21 ServingsPrep: 30 min. Bake: 15 min./batch

Ingredients

  • 2 egg whites
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 ounce semisweet chocolate, grated
  • 42 milk chocolate kisses
  • Baking cocoa

Directions

  • Place egg whites in a bowl; let stand at room temperature for 30
  • minutes.
  • Add cream of tartar and extract; beat on medium speed until soft
  • peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating on
  • high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Fold in
  • grated chocolate.
  • Insert a medium open-star tip in a pastry or plastic bag. Fill with
  • the meringue. On lightly greased baking sheets, pipe forty-two 1-in.
  • circles.
  • Press a chocolate kiss into the center of each. Pipe meringue around
  • each kiss in continuous circles from the base to the top until kiss
  • is completely covered. Dust with cocoa.
  • Bake at 325° for 15-18 minutes or until the edges are lightly
  • browned. Immediately remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an
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Triple Chocolate Kisses (continued)

Directions (continued)

  • air-tight container. Yield: 3-1/2 dozen.
Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (2 each) equals 76 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 2 mg cholesterol, 13 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.
© Taste of Home 2013