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Chocolate Meringue Easter Nests

Chocolate Meringue Easter Nests are crisp chocolate meringues with soft centers, filled with lightly sweetened cream and topped with mini eggs for a festive Easter dessert.
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Author: Sandra Myers

Ingredients

For the meringue

  • 100 g dark chocolate finely grated
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 6 large egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 400 g caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional

For filling and decoration

  • 300 ml double cream
  • 1 tablespoon icing sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 120 g mini eggs
  • 2 tablespoons dark chocolate curls or sprinkles

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 100°C fan or 225°F and line baking trays with paper.
  • Finely grate dark chocolate and mix with cocoa powder.
  • Whisk egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff peaks form.
  • Add sugar gradually, then vanilla, whisking until glossy and smooth.
  • Gently fold chocolate mixture into the meringue.
  • Pipe or spoon meringue into nest shapes on trays.
  • Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes, then cool completely in the oven.
  • Whip cream with icing sugar and vanilla to soft peaks.
  • Fill nests with cream, decorate with mini eggs and chocolate, then chill.