Easy Strawberry Meringues

If you love crisp sweet meringues, you will love these strawberry meringues! These strawberry meringue cookies are piped into cute little hearts, which are perfect for Valentine's Day! All you need are four simple ingredients!

If you are looking to fancy things up this Valentine's Day, give this easy strawberry meringues recipe a try! These strawberry hearts will jazz up your Valentine's celebrations.

My kids had a lot of fun eating these strawberry meringue cookies. Meringue is whipped egg whites. We pulverized freeze-dried strawberries to add a rich sweet strawberry flavor to our cookies. You can also enjoy my vanilla meringues too!

Why these strawberry hearts are so great:

1. Meringues are really easy to make with just a few simple ingredients.
2. Freeze dried strawberries give this strawberry meringue dessert flavor and a beautiful pink color.
3. Make them as fancy as you like! You can pipe these meringues into hearts, or drop the fluffy meringue onto a cookie sheet with a spoon.

I saw your recipe a while back and had never made Meringue cool
Ike’s of any type before and wanted to make these for Valentines. I wanted to try a few test runs before the real ones but couldn’t quickly get any freeze dried strawberries nor raspberries quickly nor cost effectively to use in my practice rounds, so I used jello powder instead and it worked wonderfully well! I even gave a few batches away and the recipients loved them."

Debbie, blog commentor

Ingredient notes:

• Egg whites - I recommend size large or extra large eggs.
• Freeze-dried strawberries - You can find these at most stores. Do not use fresh or frozen strawberries or your meringue will not set.
• Cream of tartar - This is the magic stuff that helps your meringues set
• Sugar - Try to find a fine-grind sugar. If you can't regular sugar will work.

How to make strawberry meringues:

Step 1: In a food processor, grind ⅔ cup of freeze-dried strawberries. Grind it for 2 minutes until the strawberries are a dusty powder.

HINT: I LOVE this mini Cuisinart Immersion Stick. It not only is an immersion blender for soups, but it comes with a mini food processor attachment that is so much easier to use for small jobs!

Step 2: This is what your strawberry powder will look like.

Step 3: Add the egg whites to a standing mixer. You can also use an electric hand mixer. Whip the egg whites on high for 1 minute.

Step 4: Add in the cream of tartar, strawberry powder, and sugar. Whip 4-5 more minutes until the mixture forms still peaks.

Step 5: This is the star tip I used to pipe my strawberry meringues. You can use any tip you like. The star-style tips add some pretty texture to your piped meringue.

Step 6: Add the meringue to the piping bag.

Piping tips:

1. Fill your piping bag no more than ¾ full. If you over fill the bag, the meringue will squeeze out the top too, all over your hands.
2. Pipe the meringues in any shape you like. I did both styles of piping with the same tip!

Step 7: To make hearts, I traced a heart-shaped cookie cutter on parchment paper. I then flipped it over so the pencil marks wouldn't get on my meringue.

Step 8: Squeeze the piping bag and the meringue will come out. You can dot the meringue into star shapes around the heart outline, or squeeze and trace the heart with the meringue in one motion.

Step 9: Bake the strawberry hearts at 225º F for 45 to 55 minutes. Baking time will vary depending on how large and thick your meringue is piped.

Turn the oven off and allow the meringues to sit on the cookie sheet in the oven for another 20-30 minutes without opening the door.

Variations:

• Drizzle chocolate over the meringue, or dip the bottom in the chocolate.
• Use freeze-dried raspberries or blueberries for more fun colors!

Recipe FAQ:

More Valentine's Day Recipes:

• Gluten Free Red Velvet Sugar Cookies
• White Chocolate Fudge
• Raspberry Macarons
• Creamy Chocolate Custard

📖 Recipe

Strawberry Meringues

Sandi Gaertner

Deliciously crisp strawberry meringues. Pipe them in any shape like these strawberry hearts!

5 from 10 votes

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Prep Time 12 minutes mins

Cook Time 50 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 2 minutes mins

Course Gluten Free Dessert Recipes

Cuisine American

Servings 16 Meringues

Calories 91 kcal

Equipment

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  Standing mixer

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 4 egg whites
• ▢ 1 cup sugar
• ▢ ⅔ cup freeze dried strawberries
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar

Instructions

 

• In a food processor, grind ⅔ cup of freeze-dried strawberries. Grind it for 2 minutes until the strawberries are a dusty powder.
• Preheat the oven to 225º F.
• Add the egg whites to a standing mixer. You can also use an electric hand mixer. Whip the egg whites on high for 1 minute.
• Add in the cream of tartar, strawberry powder, and sugar. Whip 4-5 more minutes until the mixture forms still peaks.
• Choose a frosting star tip to pipe my strawberry meringues. You can use any tip you like. The star style tips add some pretty texture to your piped meringue.
• Add the meringue to the piping bag.
• To make hearts, I traced a heart-shaped cookie cutter on parchment paper. I then flipped it over so the pencil marks wouldn't get on my meringue.
• Squeeze the piping bag and the meringue will come out. You can dot the meringue into star shapes around the heart outline, or squeeze and trace the heart with meringue in one motion.
• Bake the strawberry hearts at 225º F for 45 to 55 minutes. Baking time will vary depending on how large and thick your meringue is piped.
• Turn the oven off and allow the meringues to sit on the cookie sheet in the oven for another 20-30 minutes without opening the door.

Notes

1. Do not use fresh or frozen strawberries in this recipe, your meringues will be mushy and not set. You need to be sure to use freeze-dried strawberries.
2. These meringues will keep for up to 2 days in an air-tight container. Note they will not stay crispy if you store them.

Piping tips:

1. Fill your piping bag no more than ¾ full. If you over fill the bag, the meringue will squeeze out the top too, all over your hands.
2. Pipe the meringues in any shape you like. I did both styles of piping with the same tip!

SPECIAL NOTE

Please know that every gluten free flour blend has a different starch to grain ratio. If you use a blend I didn't test, you may need to adjust your moisture levels in your baked goods.

Nutrition

Serving: 1meringueCalories: 91kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSodium: 13mgPotassium: 152mgFiber: 1gSugar: 19gVitamin C: 120mgCalcium: 3mgIron: 2mg

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