I want to show you this new book from Williams-Sonoma.
It’s filled with delicious photographs and tons of recipes including …
Pretzels.
Pop Tarts.
And pies to name a few.
Are your taste buds warming up yet? Mine sure are. I could hardly stand to flip through the pages of this book without wanting to make everything in it.
Home. Baked. Comfort. Yes, please.
And guess what, else.
This book also includes recipes from several bakeries and bloggers across the country.
Like Smitten Kitchen, Tartine, Cannelle et Vanille, Flour, Baked…
And more.
Maybe even one from someone you know.
With all this yumminess, it was really hard to decide what to bake first. I flipped through the book several times before I finally decided.
When I saw that one of the featured bakeries was from Minneapolis, I knew right away that was the one to try since I’ll be in Minnesota and at Williams-Sonoma in about two weeks for a book signing. (Details here.)
And now, I may just have to stop by this bakery, too.
Salty Tart. Cute name.
And her recipe for Chewy Chocolate Meringues is delish.
And easy.
And better yet, only needs four ingredients.
Finely chopped bittersweet chocolate.
Five tablespoons cocoa powder.
Sugar and egg whites.
This photo kinda makes them look like egg yellows though.
Whisk together the egg whites and sugar over – but not touching – simmering water until dissolved.
Remove from heat and beat the egg whites until stiff and glossy.
Then fold in the chocolate and cocoa.
Scoop out the batter on parchment lined baking sheets and bake away.
You want to see cracks. That’s part of what I love about this recipe. No need to try and make anything look perfect. These are already perfectly imperfect.
And oh so good.
They are highly addictive, too. I don’t want to tell you how many I ate before I even finished taking photos…
…but let’s just say that this photo is missing quite a few.
I’m so glad I tried this recipe. I’ve never made meringues before because they never really looked all that appealing to me. But wow! These chocolate ones will be made again. And again.
Thanks Salty Tart.
Adapted from Home Baked Comfort. * I omitted the cocoa nibs because I didn't have any on hand and the cookies still came out beautifully.
Chewy Chocolate Meringues
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
The recipe says it makes about 2 dozen meringues, but I ended up with about 60 using a 1.5 inch scoop. I also used a scale to measure my ingredients exactly.
Home Baked Comfort by Kim Laidlaw
Photographed by Eric Wolfinger
Featured Bakeries
Baked, Brooklyn, NY
Floriole Cafe & Bakery, Chicago, IL
Flour Bakery + Cafe, Boston, MA
Huckleberry Cafe & Bakery, Santa Monica, CA
Pearl Bakery, Portland, OR
Salty Tart Bakery, Minneapolis, MN
Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop, Austin, TX
Tartine Bakery, San Francisco, CA
Featured Bloggers
Cannelle et Vanille
La Tartine Gourmande
Smitten Kitchen
and me : )
The book is available at Williams-Sonoma until February 2012. Then you’ll also be able to find it on Amazon.
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Until then, want to win a copy?
You do. I promise.
Leave a comment on this post answering the following random question.
- What is your favorite Halloween candy?
- Deadline to enter is Tuesday evening, September 27th at 6:00 pm ET. SORRY, TIME’S UP!
- One winner will be picked at random and announced sometime Tuesday evening.
Good Luck!
Disclosure: Giveaway sponsored by me. : )
And the winner is……
Myra – You’re gonna love this book.
Favorite Halloween candy?? Candy!!
Reeses’ Peanut Butter Cups (the big ones) AND Candy Corn Pumpkins (only by Brach’s, of course)! Mmm!!
I think it would have to be candy corn. I mean, it’s hard to choose just one but that’s the first one I think of when I think of the Fall season. YummY!
My favorite Halloween candy has always been the pumpkin shaped Resses cups! So much goodness.
Twizzlers!
Candy Corns!
snack-sized milky ways!!
Hershey’s and Kit-Kats. All that hard candy is just not worth eating to me. :)
candy corn!!!!!!!!
Dots!
I love candy corn and Twix bars!
Soft caramels! I always seem to eat half the bags before I make caramel apples.
This book looks fantastic! My favorite Halloween candy is the little fun sized Twix bars. Yum!
**unpopular opinion** I’m not the hugest candy fan, I’d much rather have actual dessert…like cake, cookies, cake pops, etc:) Think those’ll fit in my bucket? But, if I had to choose, I love Lindt chocolate truffles….mmmmmm…
Reese’s peanut butter cups! Oh, and candy corn :).
I love 3 Musketeers, but I eat them all year round, so it isn’t much of a Halloween candy. I remember trick or treating as a little one and my favorite candy was ANYTHING I got FULL SIZED! Now that was a treat!
Growing up I always liked the smarties in my bag on Halloween. It was nice because my siblings never wanted them so I always had extra. I still like them today…:)
My favorite Halloween candy is Butterfingers! Actually, most anything but Candy Corn! That would be my husbands favorite! ha!
Definitely Twix. I steal them from my kids’ trick-or-treat bags when they aren’t looking. I’m doing them a favor really…too much chocolate isn’t good for them. :)
Most definetley Haribos!!
I love them especially when i go trick or treating!
<3
OMG Candy Corn of course!!
That cookbook looks amazing and congrats on being featured! My favorite ‘specialized’ Halloween candy would have to be candy corn. I really only allow myself to eat it around Halloween-time. It keeps it special :) But my favorite to get while trick-or-treating (or taking from the bags of kids I trick or treat with) are Milk Duds. Yum!
This books looks perfect, love it. I can’t just choose one Halloween candy because I love them all. I do love caramels and anything with peanut butter inside.
I love anything chocolate, Halloween or not!
I really like candy corn, but can’t have candy anymore as it hurts my sensitive teeth! In which case, I love pumpkin seeds! they taste great baked at home, it takes a while to scoop them out of a fresh pumpkin but it’s worth it ! :)
Hands down – candied apples :) especially if sprinkled with some chopped peanuts.
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups! I love them. I ran a daycare for many years. The older kids would always bring me Reeses the day after Halloween.
I love all candies, my favorites may be kit-kat and M&M’s
That book looks so great!!!!
Favorite Halloween candy is probably the pumpkin shaped peanut butter cups. However, the best Halloween treat is by far homemade popcorn balls…just can’t be beat!!
Halloween hold so many great memories for me; homemade costumes and soooo much candy. My friends and I would always end up swapping candy like it was baseball cards .The one candy that I loved and getting couldn’t get enough of was Bit-O-Honey!
Chocolate candy corn or those peanut butter wafer candies!
Autumn Mix!
My fav is candy corn!
carmel flavored candy corn (and anything chocolate, of course!)
Peanut Butter Cups!
Candy corn is the best.
hands down…peanut butter m&m’s. they are heaven!
My favorite Halloween candy is caramel apples!
don’t know if caramel corn falls into the candy catagory but thats my weekness. malted milk balls too!!!
I love mini – peanut butter cups for Halloween. Another favorite is candy corn mixed with peanuts. This cookbook looks fabulous — fingers crossed that I win :). Thanks.
My favorite Halloween candy would have to be candy apples or caramel apples. But it has to be granny smith apples dipped in the caramel or candy! So Yummy!!!
Snickers, or pretty much anything chocolate, who am I kidding. I have to wait until the last second to buy our halloween candy or I eat it all, or I have to grudgingly buy some that I hate so Im not tempted.
PS: Do you have any plans on book signings here in Bakersfield? and if not what book store do I need to harrass to talk you into coming! :)
Green cotton candy posing as toe jam:)
Today I’m eating my favorite Halloween candy, York peppermint patties, and the inside is orange. Perfect.
Sour gummy worms!!
I love peanut M&Ms! As much as I only like little bits of candy, I just love making sweet treats for others! This cookbook sounds yummy!
My favorite Halloween candy is candy corn. Whenever I see them, they always remind me if Halloween. They also remind me of the fun times I had trick-or-treating with my sisters before we all grew up and went our separate ways.
the book looks awesome. my fav candy is really the mini chocolate bars. pretty much all of them. lol
Halloween candy isn´t really a thing in Holland, so I´ve never had any. But I imagine I would love candycorn and I´m a sucker for sour candy.
Anything chocolate!
Gorgeous! And candy corn!
I’m the only person in my house that loves candy corn, and that’s exactly how I like it. I get the whole bag to myself. Sweet heaven! :D
Candy Corns! I can never get enough of them.
Caramel apples with toffee bits! Yum!!! and candy corn and peanuts, they fast just like a slated nut roll. So good! SOrry I couldn’t pick just one!
Mounds bar – love chocolate and coconut!
Peanut butter cups… and not the mini ones, the regular sized or the pumpkin shaped ones. They have more peanut butter :)
My favorit candy is…. almost all kind of chocolate.. ;) I just love chocolate <3
Do Caramel apples count??? If not… Then I’ll go with mini almond joys!
Reese’s and caramel apples. Add some cider and I’m set.
hello for me would be a pumpkin pie with a pumpkin cake pops
thanks
Reese’s Pumpkins!!!!!!!!!!
dark chocolate milky ways :)
I love Jelly Belly’s sour fall mix….the little sweet and sour pumpkins are the best!
I don’t think I have a favorite Halloween candy. However, my favorite Halloween (fall) treat is Caramel Apples. Yum!!
I love Halloween! The dressing up, the smell of cider, candy and the fall leaves. I think its one of my favorite holidays!! Candy, that’s a hard one! I love several, usually go for the twizzlers first. But I think my favorite is carmel apples that are dipped in nuts and popcorn balls (remember those?). That just brings me back to when I was a kid and trick or treating with my sister in my plastic costume. Awe the memories!!
Thanks for sharing another delish recipe!
Candy Corn is my favorite halloween candy!
M&Ms and pumpkin bread!
“Maybe even one from someone you know.”
That statement made me laugh! :P My favorite Halloween candy is Snickers!!! I would always raid my sister’s stashes and “borrow” their Snickers pieces. LOL!!
my favourite halloween candy is twix… mmmmm!
Candy Corn. Hands down the best candy during halloween.
Candy corn, and the little pumpkin-shaped candy corn things! XD Unf, my mouth is watering, just thinking about them.
Oh, and teeny butterfingers. X3
Fun sized twix! Just enough to satisfy the craving but not enough to pack on the pounds! ;-)
Hmm mini tootsie rolls for me. *crosses fingers.*
Candy corn always tastes so much better during Halloween!
anything chocolate!!!!!
I love the caramel sour apple suckers. They’re very autumn to me.
Candy corn!
I love Twix bars! Thanks for the chance to win!
Hmm.. I don’t eat much Halloween candy. Cookies and pies, however, now we’re talking!
Pumpkin Spice Hershey Kisses! YUM!
Just one candy??? Make it candy corn;-)
twix!!!
I love the Nestle variety!!
My favorite Halloween candy is Babe Ruth!
Candy corn!!
Reese’s peanut butter cups! Nothing beats the classic :)
We don’t have a tradition of celebrating Halloween here in Norway since the last few years, but I once got a pumpkin cupcake from an American friend of mine, and it was the best cupcake I’ve ever tasted!
Brach’s Candy Corn! No other like it
Caramel apple lollipops!!
I cannot walk by candy corn without eating it…I. JUST. CAN’T.
Fun sized M&M’s! Those small little packs are perfect for a mid day pick-me-up!
Candy corn… especially the white tips!
I love candy cornnn :)
Twix, Take Five and Twizzlers!
DOTS!!!! yum.
candy corn taffy!
Chocolate, anything chocolate!!!!!! But, candy corn is a close second! :-)
Halloween jelly sweets on sticks. :)
I love the little “Krackel” bars. I swear I only see them at Halloween!
peanut m&m fun size :) side note…i love the “smell” of the halloween candy bag…if you haven’t done so already DO THIS!! you’ll never forget the smell!!! TRUST ME!! When you have your kids bag of halloween treats that they just received…put your face to the bag and take a big whif…iIT’S UNBELIEVABLY DELISH!!! THANKS for the chance Bakerella!
Reeses peanut butter cups! No matter of they’re shaped like an egg for Easter, a tree for Christmas or a pumpkin for Halloween I LOVE these candies and always manage to sneak a few out of my daughter’s Halloween Basket! :)
I am somewhat ashamed to admit it, but I love candy corn! Even though I know it’s probably terrible for me..
I love the mini boxes of milk duds and mellow creme pumpkins!
I was fortunate to grow up three doors down from my Grandmother, and every Halloween she made the most amazing Popcorn Balls and wrapped them up in plastic wrap. It may not exactly be candy, but to me it was the best thing I could ever get on Halloween! hmmm, I guess I think I just got the inspiration to get my blog started again. Thanks. : )
CHOCOLATE!!!
Mini 3 Musketeers . . .
ARE YOU KIDDING? How do I pick just one? Candy corns, and anything chocolate.
My favorite is candy corn!
Twix…YUM!
Anything Chocolate, my son usually lets me have some of his.
mmm twix :)
Have you ever tried candy corn & peanut m&m’s together? Cause you should! The perfect ratio is 2 candy corns to 1 peanut m&m. Just sayin….
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups hands down! There was also these chewy taffy pops that I can’t remember the name of that got stuck in your teeth. Coffee Crisp was another favourite, but they always disappeared after my parents “inspected” my trick or treat bag!
candy corn. the end. :)
Mini Twix Candy Bars! :)
I LOVE those pumpkins that are like candy corn, only better! I’m sure they’re terrible for you too :)
I love all the pumpkin flavored candies and candied corn!
Mm. ^^
Candy corn
My favorite candy bars are Snickers. Yummmmmm
Definately candy corn!!!
Reeses peanut butter pumpkins! Love Love Love them!!!!!
I *loved* those terrifying wax lips that you got to clinch in your teeth and then eventually chew, as if they were some type of bizarre bubblegum. I haven’t seen them in years though. I wonder if they still taste as wonderful?
Candy Corn! Definitely Candy Corn! Or any variation of candy corn….indian corn, pumpkins. etc. YUM!
I always take the 100 Grand bars out of my kids treat bags!
Smarties. I just like that it comes in a cute little box and I feel like it lasts longer than the other mini chocolates :)
Great book, thanks for the contest!
Candy corn, my absolute favorite. I try not to buy too many bags… but I bought my first one of the season this weekend. I’m already addicted and it’s not even October!
I love Twix, Almond Joy, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and M&M’s! I love the mini/snack size because I can eat several and not feel bad! :)
candy corn, little pumpkins and tootsie rolls
My favorite candy is the Reese’s PB pumpkins!
I love candy corn!!
I’m embarrassed to admit … banana flavored laffy taffy!
The meringues look delicious! Your photos are always amazing – you even make cocoa powder look great!
Halloween candy … Hmmmm … I love the fall colored peanut M&Ms. :)
I always liked getting the lifesaver lollipops with the swirl.
Reese’s Dark Chocolate Peanut butter cups are my fav but really any “fun” size candy is yummy to me!
The Starburst two packs, silly I know…..but it’s what I like.
The mini Bit-o-Honey’s. Only at Halloween.
My favorite Halloween candy is my favorite candy… Butterfingers. I allow myself one at Halloween and that is it for the year.
Candy Corn mixed with party peanuts…a nice quick snack that’s TOTALLY addictive :-)
I am addicted to candy corn pumpkins!! Ps. Love your blog/site :D
Sour Patch Kids! Most people give out chocolates for Halloween, but I’m more of a fruity type candy person so I was always excited to find those in my Halloween basket.
Candy Corn! Thanks Bakerella and congratulations on your featured recipe!!
I love candy corn mixed w/peanuts – tastes kind of like a Pay Day. I’m also a sucker for any “mini” or “bite sized” candy bars (especially Snickers!). It makes me feel less naughty!
Yum! This book could keep me busy for awhile! As for Halloween candy…anything with chocolate is good with me. :-) Reece’s pumpkins come to mind… :-)
Halloween or not Halloween: Reeses Peanut Butter Cups!
I love those chewy molasses candies in the orange and yellow wrappers!
I just love candy corn …I wait until Halloween to eat it!
I like apple candy so much
Mine is Rockets!
I will also be making some of your Goodie Goodie Gumdrops in orange & black(purple) for Halloween this year!
Congratulations for having your recipe chosen for the book!
There’s so many sweet treats to choose from so I’m just gonna say anything chocolate and definitely Caramel, Dark Choc. covered Apples.
Favorite candy is def candy corn- the pumpkins….sooooo yummy. Favorite fall treat is caramel apples though!
I love candy corn!! Especially mixed with salty peanuts. The perfect combo!!
I absolutely LOVE the bags of multi flavored tootsie rolls!!!
Sweet tarts are a must!
Halloween is all about chocolate and caramel apples for me. The snack sized bars of Kit Kats, Snickers, and Almond Joys get me every time.
I love caramel apples! and twix bars :)
I LOVE those candy pumpkins and the candy corn that has the brown on it. Anything chocolate will also do, but given my profession, I pretty much have that area covered most of the time! I can’t wait to check out this cookbook – looks great!
DOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Candy Corn!!
reese’s cups… perfect. every.single.time. :)
Candy corn is at the top of a long list … maybe I shouldn’t admit that.
Can’t get enough candy corn. On its own or mixed with peanuts and red hots!
I really love the baby Snickers! That is the only time I eat them is Halloween and the have to be the small size!! But, Oh so good!!
Reese’s mini’s…..YUM!
I love ALL Halloween candy!!!!
I LOVE caramel apples! And also the candy corn pumpkins!…anything sweet really, have a bad case of the sweet tooth. :)
I love anything chocolate, but I also love candy corn with peanuts!
mini snickers and twix…I don’t feel bad eating them since they’re small, or maybe I can eat more…
My favorite Halloween Candy is Caramels. Any kind of candy with Caramel also. one of my favorite times of the year!!!!
Those meringues look delicious!!!
My fav. Halloween candy would probably be candy corn. Or bite sized Butterfingers :)
Candy corn. I eat it until I am sick!
I love mini Twix!
Anything chocolate, but what I love the most about Halloween is that it starts the time when I can go nuts making everything pumpkin. :)
Candy corn is my favorite but iit has to be the brachs brand!!
Snickers!
I love anything chocolate…but my favorite would have to be Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
My favorite candy is candy corn and Marshmallow Pumpkins.
Favorite Halloween Candy? That’s something to think about, but I’d have to say homemade witches finger cookies. They’re sugar cookies shaped into fingers with almonds as the fingernail. I make them every year for the kiddies but really they’re my favorite. :)
Peanut butter M&Ms
Last year I found some amazing gummy eyeballs – so realistic they were pretty gross, but amazing floating in some punch!
A toss up between mini Snickers and mini Twix….
mini haribo gummi bears!
Reeses peanut butter cups!!!!!!!
candy corn but it has to be made my brachs…
Mini dark chocolate milky ways. frozen. perfection!
Candy corn!!!!
OOOOOO! I love Williams-Sonoma ANYTHING! And I love cooking and baking books!
I love the autumn holidays and the mallowcreme pumpkins (from the “Autumn Mix”) are my favorite halloween candy! I always buy a big bag and savor them!
I love the candy pumpkins! My mom would always make cupcakes with the candy pumpkins on them in a little “patch” of green frosting for my birthday, since it’s in October. A great idea for a 5 year old… or a still for a college student like myself, haha.
I love snickers
I love Reeses Peanut Butter Cups!
Hmm, Its hard, we dont really eat halloween candy! Though I like toffee apples ;) At least you get the feeling of being healthy when you eat the apple ;)
(Ps, Do you mean meringues instead of cookies?!) :)
M&M’s and snickers, can’t resist either of them!
Smarties!
Oh, I have no idea what a typical halloween candy is, nither have I ever tried one… maybe you can show your favourite candy to all those foreigners, who are reading your blog. I would be highly interested!
I love Snickers! Yum! :)
Definitely the ‘Halloween’ colored Peanut M&Ms…I think when they are seasonal colors, they taste better!
I love all things sweet. :) Halloween=best holiday ever!
candy corn candy corn!
I love those peanut butter chews with a little dab of peanut butter in the middle. I think they’re called mary janes? And I always have to buy a few big bags of mallowcreme pumpkins for my husband. He LOVES them.
I love the huge bags of Halloween-colored candies like M&Ms. They don’t taste any different but look awesome!
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups!!
Favorite Halloween candy?…I guess I’d have to pick just about anything sour. I also love classic candy apples if those count.