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    Vegan Meringues (Aquafaba Cookies)

    Published: Nov 18, 2019 · Modified: Jan 15, 2022 by Janelle Hama

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    Light, delicate and the perfect amount of sweetness. These vegan meringues can be enjoyed as is, crumbled onto other desserts or topped with your favourite toppings. Aquafaba cookies also make a wonderful gift.

    white vegan meringues on a black wire cooling rack
    Freshly baked vegan meringues

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    Jump to:
    • 😋Why you’ll love this recipe
    • ✔️What You’ll Need
    • ❓ What is aquafaba?
    • 🥘Ingredient Notes
    • 🔪Step-By-Step
    • ✔️Variations
    • 💭Pro Tips
    • 💡What to serve with?
    • ❓FAQ
    • 🥘Related recipes
    • Vegan Meringues (Aquafaba Cookies)

    If you love a light, dainty treat, then you will adore these vegan meringues. They are very straightforward to whisk up and require minimal ingredients.

    Vegan meringues go by a few names, including aquafaba cookies, aquafaba meringues, eggless meringues, chickpea meringues and vegan meringue cookies.

    These meringues are made with aquafaba and have been flavoured with rose water. You can however flavour them as you please. 

    Once baked into little clouds of delight, they just melt in your mouth. I just love how, unlike traditional meringues, vegan meringues are sans eggy flavour.

    chickpea meringue stiff peaks on a whisk

    😋Why you’ll love this recipe

    • Very easy to make
    • Gluten free
    • Aquafaba cookies make a great little gift

    ✔️What You’ll Need

    ingredients laid out

    ❓ What is aquafaba?

    Aquafaba is the combination of two Latin words ‘aqua’ and ‘faba’ which means ‘water’ ‘beans’, it’s essentially a nicer way of saying bean water. 

    Most commonly referred to as chickpea water, chickpea juice, chickpea liquid or chickpea brine.

    Though you can also you other bean water, think kidney bean.

    The easiest way to obtain aquafaba is to drain it from a can of organic chickpeas or beans. 

    Here's a list of aquafaba recipes to try, aquafaba isn’t only limited to making vegan meringues.

    two silver plates of aquafaba cookies

    🥘Ingredient Notes

    • Aquafaba - I prefer to use chickpea water from an organic can of chickpeas*. I find it fluffs up better than other beans. Room temperature aquafaba is preferred.
    • Rose water - I like to add Cortas, Rose Water* it is a light fragrant flavouring
    • Raw sugar is used to sweeten these, however you could make plain meringues if you wish.
    • White vinegar is used to help the chickpea water form stiff peaks.
    stiff peaks in a silver bowl with a green spatula

    🔪Step-By-Step

    Let’s get to how to make vegan meringues;

    Step 1 - In a bowl, add aquafaba, rose water and white vinegar. 

    Step 2 - Beat everything together until soft peaks form with either a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, an electric whisk or the old fashion way, just a whisk. 

    Once soft peaks have form, add raw sugar, one tablespoon at a time until all used up. Leave a 10-second gap between adding spoonfuls.

    Step 3 - Once stiff peaks are formed, (your beaten chickpea meringue is ready when the bowl can be turned upside down and the mixture does not slide or drip out of the bowl. It holds its shape), prepare your baking sheet tray. 

    If using baking paper add a dot of meringue in each corner and place the baking paper onto it. Or use a silicone mat laid onto the sheet tray

    Step 4 - Fill a piping bag with aquafaba meringue and pipe bite-sized discs onto the tray. Ensure each disc is evenly sized to maintain even baking.

    Step 5 - Place in a preheated (conventional setting) oven at 100C (210F), either ½ or ¾ down (not the top of the oven) for 90 minutes. Take the chickpea meringues out of the oven and allow them to cool down to room temperature.

    The vegan meringues are ready when they are easily peeled off the baking paper.

    stiff peaks held on a spoon

    ✔️Variations

    • Flavouring can be changed to suit, you can add flavours like vanilla, amaretto or coffee
    • Vinegar can be substituted with fresh lemon juice
    three stacks of meringues

    💭Pro Tips

    Utensils & equipment used to make aquafaba meringues should be spotless, a small amount of any type of residue can stop the meringues from rising.

    A piping bag* make is easy to achieve a round cookie shape, however you can just spoon out the meringue onto the tray, just make sure to try and get them as even as possible in size.

    Alternatively, if you don’t have a piping bag and want to use one, use a snap-lock bag and cut off the tip of one corner.

    A silicone baking mat* is super easy to work with and the chickpea meringues pop off so easily once they are cooled. I highly recommend buying one. Can be used with other baked goods too.

    Colouring - If you desire your vegan meringues to be coloured, add a drop or two into the vegan meringue.

    You can do this whilst whisking or you can fold this in once stiff peaks have formed to create swirls.

    Aquafaba meringues should be beaten just until it holds together, forms stiff peaks and doesn’t slide out of the bowl when turned upside down.

    Over beating or under beating can cause the chickpea meringues to collapse whilst baking.

    Oven should be set to a conventional setting and not fan-forced, as the fan can send these lightweight meringues into a flying mess in your oven.

    💡What to serve with?

    Vegan meringues can be enjoyed on their own, with fresh fruit or as part of another dessert. They can be crumbled and used to top off nice cream or a pudding.

    Or try dipping these vegan meringue cookies into melted chocolate and sprinkle your favourite nuts on top. Pop them into the fridge for a few minutes until chocolate hardens.

    Or have one with a warm cup of herbal tea using this herbal tea recipe.

    aquafaba cookies dipped into chocolate and pistachio

    ❓FAQ

    How long does aquafaba meringue last?

    You can store your vegan meringues, once completely cooled in an air-tight container or snap-lock bag in the pantry for up to 2-3 days. Ensure there is no moisture, as this will dissolve the aquafaba meringues

    white vegan meringues on a blue plate

    🥘Related recipes

    Another vegan snack to try is chocolate covered rice cake with peanut butter.

    • a round yellow sfouf cake with two pieces cut out of it
      Sfouf Lebanese Turmeric Semolina Cake (Vegan)
    • a stack of three rice cakes topped with chocolate, peanut butter and nuts
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    pink cookie held by a hand
    blue plate full of chocolate coated meringues
    white vegan meringues on a black wire cooling rack

    Vegan Meringues (Aquafaba Cookies)

    Light, delicate and the perfect amount of sweetness. These vegan meringues can be enjoyed as is, crumbled onto other desserts or topped with your favourite toppings. Aquafaba cookies also make a wonderful gift.
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: French
    Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes
    Servings: 24 pieces
    Author: Janelle Hama

    Ingredients

    • 120 ml Aquafaba Canned chickpea water
    • ¾ teaspoon Rose Water or flavouring of choice
    • ¼-⅓ cup Raw Sugar
    • ¾ teaspoon White vinegar
    Metric - US Customary
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    Instructions

    • In a bowl, add aquafaba, rose water and white vinegar. 
      Beat everything together until soft peaks form with either a stand-mixer with a whisk attachment, an electric whisk or the old fashion way, just a whisk. 
      Once soft peaks have formed add raw sugar, one tablespoon at a time until all used up. Leave a 10 second gap between adding spoonfuls.
      120 ml Aquafaba, ¾ teaspoon Rose Water, ¾ teaspoon White vinegar, ¼-⅓ cup Raw Sugar
    • Once stiff peaks are formed, (your beaten chickpea meringue is ready when the bowl can be turned upside down and the mixture does not slide or drip out of the bowl. It holds its shape), prepare your baking sheet tray. 
      If using baking paper add a dot of meringue in each corner and placing the baking paper onto it. Or use a silicone mat laid onto the sheet tray
    • Fill piping bag with aquafaba meringue and pipe bite sized discs onto the tray. Ensure each disc is evenly sized to maintain even baking.
    • Place in a preheated (conventional setting) oven at 100C (210F), either ½ or ¾ down (not the top of the oven) for 90 minutes. Take the chickpea meringues out of the oven and allow them to cool down to room temperature.
      The vegan meringues are ready when they are easily peeled off the baking paper.

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    Notes

    ✔️Variations
    • Flavouring can be changed to suit, you can add flavours like vanilla, amaretto or coffee
    • Vinegar can be substituted with fresh lemon juice
     
    💭Pro Tips
    Utensils & equipment used to make aquafaba meringues should be spotless, a small amount of any type of residue can stop the meringues from rising.
    A piping bag makes it easy to achieve a round cookie shape, however, you can just spoon out the chickpea meringue onto the tray, just make sure to try and get them as even as possible in size.
    Alternatively, if you don’t have a piping bag and want to use one, use a snap-lock bag and cut off the tip of one corner.
    A silicone baking mat is super easy to work with and the chickpea meringues pop off so easily once they are cooled. I highly recommend buying one. Can be used with other baked goods too.
    Colouring - If you desire your vegan meringues to be coloured, add a drop or two into the vegan meringue.
    You can do this whilst whisking or you can fold this in once stiff peaks have formed to create swirls.
    Aquafaba meringues should be beaten just until it holds together, forms stiff peaks and doesn’t slide out of the bowl when turned upside down.
    Over beating or under beating can cause the chickpea meringues to collapse whilst baking.
    The oven should be set to a conventional setting and not fan-forced, as the fan can send these lightweight meringues into a flying mess in your oven.
     
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    N.B., nutrition info is an estimate based on an online nutrition calculator. This will vary based on the specific ingredients you use

    Equipment

    stand mixer
    piping bag

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 8kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 1mg | Sugar: 2g | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg

    N.B., nutrition info is an estimate based on an online nutrition calculator. This will vary based on the specific ingredients you use.


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    1. Farah

      May 21, 2021 at 11:25 am

      Hello, do you think I can use maple syrup instead of sugar?

      Reply
      • Janelle

        May 21, 2021 at 11:53 am

        Hi Farah,

        I don't think so, I think the liquid will break it up.

        Good luck!

        Reply
    2. Rebekah

      August 16, 2020 at 7:51 am

      Hi Janelle, I just found your website and I'm so excited to try some of your recipes this week! About how many meringues does this recipe make? I have a big family, so I wonder if I need to double or triple it 🙂

      Reply
      • plantbasedfolk

        August 18, 2020 at 11:11 am

        Hi Rebekah,
        Thanks for stopping by 🙂
        This will make you approx. 35 medium bite sized meringues.
        Enjoy!
        J

        Reply
    3. Minnie

      August 11, 2020 at 1:15 pm

      5 stars
      I had no idea this is even possible. it's really cool. I made these and they worked out just great.

      Reply

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