Chocolate Hazelnut Meringues

Preheat your oven to 140°C and line a tray with baking paper. Whisk the egg whites to stiff peak stage. Slowly add the sugar to the egg whites and whisk until a fluffy thick meringue has formed. Add the vanilla and whisk briefly to combine.  Stir 100g NoMU Hot Chocolate and 80g toasted hazelnuts into the meringue mixture.

Sift the NoMU Cocoa into the mixture only folding in twice to create chocolate streaks. Dollop big spoonfuls of the mixture onto a lined baking tray and sprinkle with the remaining toasted hazelnuts. Bake at 140°C for 1 hour. Turn off the oven and leave to cool in the oven.

Makes 8 large meringues

Tips and serving suggestions:  You can also add a pinch of ground cinnamon to the chocolate hazelnut meringues before baking. Replace the hazelnuts with roughly chopped pistachios. Sprinkle plain meringues with NoMU Sweet Rub before baking. Dip a metal skewer into pink food colouring to create gorgeous swirls through your meringues.