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Double Chocolate Meringues
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Want to ensure crisp meringues? Bake them on a dry day. Humid weather causes lower volume and less-crisp shells. If meringues soften, heat them in 200°F oven until crisp.
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Double Chocolate Meringues

Celebrate with little indulgences--a little ice cream, a little sauce and lots of flavor.
Prep Time:20 min
Start to Finish:4 hr 50 min
makes:8 servings

3egg whites
1/4teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4cup sugar
1/4cup finely chopped hazelnuts
1cup fat-free hot fudge topping
1quart fat-free chocolate ice cream or frozen yogurt
1.Heat oven to 275ºF. Cover cookie sheet with heavy brown paper or cooking parchment paper.
2.In medium bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar with electric mixer on high speed until foamy. Beat in 3/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time; continue beating until stiff and glossy. Do not underbeat. Fold in hazelnuts. Drop meringue by 1/3 cupfuls in 8 mounds onto paper. Shape into circles, building up sides.
3.Bake meringues 1 hour. Turn off oven; leave meringues in oven with door closed 1 hour 30 minutes. Finish cooling at room temperature, about 2 hours.
4.Heat hot fudge topping in microwave as directed on container. Fill each meringue with scoop of ice cream. Serve with warm topping.

Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 300 (Calories from Fat 25); Total Fat 2 1/2g (Saturated Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 140mg; Total Carbohydrate 64g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 46g); Protein 6Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 10%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 15%; Iron 2Exchanges: 2 Starch; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 4 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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