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.
Mini Twix bars, but my favorite Hallowee treat would have to be my Dad’s homemade donut holes with cinnamon sugar. Yum!
Peanut butter pumpkins or candy corn. I love both and eat enough to make me sick! Congrats on being part of the cookbook.
Mmm the mini chocolate bars…love the variety the small size brings :)
Caramels. I know they’re not exactly “Halloween candy” but caramels always seem like an autumn candy, especially with apples. I also like the caramels that are rolled like tootsie rolls but with a flavored filling.
I don’t celebrate Halloween. But I still have a favorite candy- decadent Belgian chocolates. With a cup of steaming sweet coffee!
salt water taffy!
I love Dots! Especially when they come in the cute Halloween little boxes :)
Caramels and Peanut M&Ms
candy corn!
I consider it more of a fall candy….candy corn!!!!
cow tails
Ooooh! I hope I win this book. I would love to try the recipes in here. That’s so awesome that you’re featured, Bakerella! Congratulations! My favorite Halloween candy is Milky Way Midnight minis…yummm!!!
The candy corn pumpkins!!
Twix! Mmmm…
Love the classic snickers.
Three musketeers bites – boring but delicious!
Thats a tough question your asking…how can one choose between all the halloween candy goodness. My favs are reese PB cups, Nibs, kit-kat and caramels
Anything chocolate is my favorite! Mmmm……..my daughter won’t miss it, right?
Candy corn! And that cookbook looks amazing!
My favorite Halloween candy is Kit Kat! I’ve never liked them enough to buy a whole candy bar, but the miniatures are so perfect! Great giveaway, thanks!
I love Reese’s Cups and those little sugar pumpkins!
I am drooling over these pictures! I would LOVE a copy. My favorite halloween candy is candy corn – but only when mixed with salty peanuts – YUM.
Twix!
Mini Reese’s peanut butter cups and caramel apples. YUM!!
i absolutely love, love the smarties!
i know, they’re available all year long but i don’t know why, when i have a choice of candies to pick out of a trick-or-treat bag i go for those. when i was younger i use to think the actually made me smart! LOL
Dove choclate- plain or with caramel filling. Yummmm
Mars bars! Delish.
I love anything chocolate…especially the little bite-sized candy bars!
Anything Chocolate!
I always go for the Hershey’s Miniatures first. I remember sorting through my Halloween bag as a child and searching for those little treasures, they are the best!
Reese’s Pieces!!
I love smarties!
I would have to say Candy Corn!
reese’s anytime of year is always wonderful! but their colors are perfect for halloween/fall time. :)
My favorite Halloween treat is candy corn,and of course pupkin pie yummmmm!:D(
Anything chocolate!!!
snickers!
Smores candy bars! I think they’re Hershey’s brand – SO SO good.
Mallomars!
i love getting chips and chocolate :)
Mary Janes or peanut butter kisses! When I was little, the kids we got candy with never liked those and I would trade out every thing I had to get them. They thought I was being nice, but I was just getting the best part!!
I love the little packages of Starbursts, cause two are really enough. But sometimes four or six or eight or more can be good, too. ;)
Mini 3 Musketeers bars! :D Sooo yummy!
I’m not picky! Pretty much anything chocolate is good!
Smarties!! I’ve been wondering about you…
I sure hope you are getting better & back to your old self again!
Missing you…
XO
I’d love to win this book. Looks amazing. I am confused about one thing tho. How do you put a bowl over simmering water and whip the eggs n sugar without having it touch the water? Even with a low pan, the height of that plus my bowl plus a bit of space would make whisking difficult because I’m short. Do I have to stand on a stool to make these? Boy that would look funny! And how do you keep the bowl out of the water? Do you just hold it? That seems hard too. Hmmm…
My favorite halloween candy is the apple caramel lollipops. My favorite halloween chocolate is m&m’s.
bring on the peanut butter cups!
Those meringues look delicious – I love meringues but so far have just made plain. Why haven’t I thought of chocolate before?! My mum used to make us toffee apples every year and I loved them so probably they are my favourite BUT inspired by you I had a go at making toffee apple cake pops. Apple cake mixed with creme de leche butter icing. I dipped them in red melts and let it puddle around lots to look like toffee apple. The were so cute and so so delicious. So that’ll be my favourite Halloween treat from now on :)
Crabby Patties…Gummy Burgers from Sponge Bob!!…they have a new mixed bag with flourescent colored burgers regular ones and sour ones too….whooo hooo!
Candy Corn? Chocolate? PB Cups? I don’t know! But I do know that I like candy! ;) Maybe Kit-Kat!
The pumpkin shaped Reese’s peanut butter cups are my secret addiction. YUM!!! :)
Caramel apples for sure!!!! But I haven’t had one for so long because of braces :( but they come off next week, so I can eat plenty before Halloween!!
my family loves caramel apple lollipops : )
Kit kats!
Chocolate of any kind in any form!
everything reese’s!! cant pick just one lol, and oh boy i want somemeringue, now!
Anything chocolate!!
Fun Size Kit Kats!!!
My favorite halloween candies are those apple flavored caramel pops with the green wrappers. I haven’t had one in years, but I saw them at the store the other day and remembered how much I love them!
Candy Corn!!!! I can eat it until I get sick :(
Even though I seem to eat too many and get a bit sick, Candy Corn.
I have discovered that a mixture of candy corn and salted nuts (any kind) are a fabulous combination.
As a kid I loved Pixie Sticks. Now I think my favorites are Mary Janes!
Candy Corn!
But my kids would always give me their Mounds/Almond Joy because they don’t like coconut and I do!!!!!!!!
Great looking book. If I don’t win, I’ll probably buy one!.
Thanks.
Sparkle Cherry Laffy Taffy is my fave!
Favourite halloween candy? Anything chocolate! But if I had to choose, I guess it’d be… Reese’s peanut Butter cups!
Reeses pb cups.
My favorite Halloween candy is chocolate. I prefer dark chocolate so, I treat myself to dark chocolate covered pretzels or Mounds bars. Recently, Reese’s came out with a dark chocolate peanut butter cup. They now come in miniature…YAY!
My favorite halloween candy would have to be reese’s peanut butter cups!!!
It’s silly but I love the candy pumpkins!
Tootsie rolls!
I love those little pumpkin heads that taste like candy corn, but if I’m going to waste the calories, I’d rather have chocolate, so I’d pick Kit Kats….no wait…Snickers……..uh, M & M’s……..er, Peanut Butter Cups…………aw man, I can’t pick just one!!!!!!!!!!!
I love halloween themed oreos if those count as candy! There is just something about that orange filling :P. Although if i had to pick a candy candy i would have to go with fun size twix.
Kraft caramels
I LOVE the peanut butter taffys with the peanut butter in them. Everyone else I know hates those but me! mmm
Favorite candy specific to Halloween would be candy corn. Other anytime favorites: twix, snickers.
Smarties!
Oh gosh, I would so love that cookbook! My favorite halloween treat is DIRT! My mom always made it for our halloween parties at school :)
fav halloween candy would have to be m&ms. they’re just so addictive! :)
Personally,I’m not really fond of candies but I love Wonka Nerds rainbow one.
nestle crunch bar
Only one ;) Well I guess if I have to I would say Reese’s Peanut Butter cups…mmmmmm!!!
the candy pumpkins that come in the candy corn mix :)
Pretty much any type of chocolate. :)
peanut butter cups. I can never decide whether to buy them, and risk not having any candy for trick or treaters, or buy something else and wish I had them…
Caramel apples!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Caramel apples!!
My favorite Halloween Candy will forever be Ste. Catherine Toffee, because it is also so great to make yourself! It’s so easy to make and to share!
Definitely the orange pumpkins!
any of the mini candy bars…I used to think that was a treat getting those in my pumpkin…I always wondered why mom and dad had to ‘check’ my candy…..I know why now – because I do the same thing ;-)
Reese’s! Yum-yum.
I looooove reese pb cups and tootsie rolls!!! Yummy I can’t for Halloween!!!!
Milky Way Midnight!
I love all the mini chocolate candy bars, fun size!
I love Reeses peanut butter pumpkins!
I’m a big fan of candy corn or mellowcreme pumpkins. Or harvest mix! Yum.
My favorite Halloween candy is candy corn!
Reeses peanut butter cups mmmm chocolate and peanut butter :)
Who doesn’t love candy corn?! It is the very definition of Halloween.
Caramel Apples and Candy Corn! =0)
The merengues look fabulous!! I can’t wait to try them myself! My favorite halloween candy though? Hmm…soo many to choose from! Definitely Milky Way bars. Snickers are a close runner-up though!
Chocolate! I can’t decide which one though! I’ll go with Twix.
I am a peanut butter and chocolate junkie! Peanut Butter cups are my fave!
Mine has always been candy corn. So addictive!
I love all candy, especially chocolate. I raid my kids bags for the good candy and leave them the rest.
Would love the cookbook. I love meringues – I have only made candy cane ones though.
Hmmmm.. I would have to say Tootsie pops:)
Without a doubt… candy corn is my favorite Halloween candy! It is the only time of year that feels right stealing a few of these treats!
Candy corn and peanuts mixed together…..addicting!
I enjoy receiving fruity candies like Starbursts for Halloween. And making caramel apples, oh my goooshh, Caramel Apples. (:
My favorite Halloween candy has got to be SWEDISH FISH! They are oh so very underrated :)
Peanut Butter Eyeballs ~ it’s basically a peanut butter ball that looks like a halloween eyeball. The kids love the way they look and everyone loves how they taste!
Homemade popcorn balls for sure…………YUM. Love those sticky little devils.
love me some candy corn but any halloween candy will do…
love the chocolate mini candybars!
Anything chocolate
So hard to pick, but I guess I will go with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.. yum!!
Kit-kats!
I love chocolate, so anything made from chocolate :)
My favorite Halloween candy is pretzel or peanut m&m’s. Yum…
It’s not original, but anything chocolate. The kids can keep their sour, chewy, fruity what-nots – give me the chocolate!
I love 97% of all candy, but I guess my favorite for halloween would be snickers. It kind of covers all catagories of candy. Also I make meringues cookies all the time, except I don’t put in cocoa powder, but put alot of chocolate chips. They one of me and my sisters favorite cookies!
I love anything sour! Especially Sour Patch Kids!
Candy corn. Definitely.
Twix!
Definitely a fan of candy corn! It’s the first candy I think of when Halloween is mentioned : )
Candy Corn
Traditional candy corn is my favorite! Thanks for the chance to win the book, it looks fantastic.
My favorite Halloween candy is any chocolate mini candy bar – especially Snickers!
Twix! caramel, chocolate, and a cookie… mmmm!
Candy corn, I’ve loved it since I was a kid.
Candy corn!
Candy corn with peanuts mixed together!
M&M’s with peanuts!!!! Who needs more than that!!!!
candy corn!!! and the pumpkin candy corn- the best!!!
Candy Corn!!
Those meringues look divine. Congrats on the feature!
I might be weird…but I love the chewy peanut butter kisses that come in the black and orange wrappers! ^_^
I like the mini chocolate bars.
Candy corn and peanuts mixed together!
Candy Corn Baby!!!
My favorite Halloween candies are miniature peanut butter cups. But honestly those are probably my favorite year round, they just come in orange foil at Halloween:)
Snickers. Rolos. Caramel Apples drizzled with chocolate. Are you getting a theme here – caramel and chocolate!
dark chocolate milky way bars are by far me FAVORITE!!!! :)
CANDY CORN!!! :)
My favorites by far have to be candy corn and candy pumpkins!
i know they are so old but skybars are just awesome! in case you dont know what they are, they are chunks of fudge, chocolate, peanut butter, and caramel coated in melted chocolate! trust me- they make your mouth water! oooh! im getting hungry just thinking about them!!! :) thanks for another “sweet” giveaway!
I love to make Halloween Candies and Treats! Especially Caramel Apple Cupcakes!! But I don’t like to eat them, only share :)
My favorite Halloween candy is candy corn.
My favorite Halloween candy is candy corn ;)
Oh, the past few years Hershey’s has made candy corn kisses and those were my FAVORITE. However, they did not make them this year – boo. So, I guess my favorite would have to be a bag of autumn mix! All this talk of meringues and candy makes me want to stop at the store on my way home for both!
mini snickers, of course!
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My favourit is gummy bears , scary ones XD
The candy I like best is whatever one I get to sneak when the kids aren’t looking…nothing tasted so good when you’re eating it in the pantry with the door closed!
Candy Corn…Every year I buy lots of bags just to have even after Halloween….
I love the Reese’s pumpkins!!
Meringues are so tasty and easy! I love making big ones in bowl shapes and then filling them with summer berries. As for my favorite Halloween candy, Caramel Apple pops all of the way. While not necessarily available only during Halloween, I have many fond childhood memories of getting these while trick or treating around the neighborhood and enjoying their wonderful sweet and sour apple taste.
Rockets! I love the flavour, texture and colours!
chocolate. anything chocolate.
definately Reese peanut butter cups. They were my Dad’s favorite too- he used to sneak all mine from my candy bag…now I do the same to my kids.
Love love loveee reeses, especially when they’re shaped like cute little pumpkins :)
I love Halloween Kisses…..many do not and I always snag them from my kids treat bags first thing…they actually give them to me…BUT they have to be fresh!!! A close 2nd is snack size Oh Henry bars (Canadian chocolate bar!!). Yummy!!!
i thinks its a tie between candy corn and sour patch kids :)
chic-o-sticks, caramels and candy corn.
Jujy Fruit or Kit Kat.
Twix, Snickers, Three Muskateer’s, Rolo’s, Butterfinger, Reeses, HOw can I pick just one? :)
Wow, I live in the Minneapolis area and I’ve never heard of Salty Tart. I’ll have to check it out. My favorite Halloween candy is Runts.
Reese’s cups :D
I’m good with pretty much anything from the Hershey family…
Looks like such a yummy book! I would love to try some of these recipes.
Wow! That book looks amazing!
My favorite halloween candy is the same as my all-year round favorite candy … Reese’s Peanut Butter BIG cups (the chocolate to peanut butter ratio is much better in the big cups!) :o)
Full-size Snickers bars! :)
I’m really embarrassed to say that I love those little twix bars. I wish I could say I don’t sneak any of my kids candy but I always sneak, or ask :), for those.
Book looks good!
candy corn… i eat way too much every year but it is so good.
My favorite Halloween candy would have to be reeses pumpkins. They have more peanut butter than the regular cups!
Hands down Candy Corn! You eat a handful- feel sick then five minutes later you need another handful!
Got to be…..MILKY WAYs !!!
Anything chocolate.
Reese pumpkins!
Congrats on being in the book! This recipe looks delish! I love anything with toffee so I’d have to say either Skor or Symphony with toffee.
It’s gotta be Halloween Peeps for me! YUM!
I looove the Reese’s pumpkins! They always seem to taste better when shaped as pumpkins!
the cheap caramels that have peanut butter in the middle, like mary janes but softer! They come in black and orange wax papers….what’s their names??!!
Candy Corn!!! I love it… all year round :)
I love candy corn!!!! There is no other candy quite like it. YUM
Candy corn and caramel apples!!
Really would love to win this! my favorite halloween candy would be Kit Kats…they are very addicting.
Candy Corn!!!! i hope i win, it’s my birthday this week :-)
I love caramel apples!
My favorite Halloween candy has got to be 3Musketeers! ooh, and your meringues look delish~ ;) I need to learn from you.
My favorite Halloween candy is the caramel apple lollipops. They are so easy to find around Halloween, but so very hard to hunt down any other month buy October. That is if one excludes the internet as a “shop”.
I like the mini Mr. Goodbars. This book looks amazing!!!
Anything chocolate! If I had to pick one, however, I’d probably pick peanut butter M&Ms.
My favorite Halloween candy would probably be M&Ms- preferably in dark chocolate! Yum!
Smarties! First, I stack the tiny boxes and look at them for a little while, then I become impatient and devour several. Hey, there are only about 4 in each box!
My fav Halloween candy is candy apples!
Any kind of dark chocolate is my favorite! I’m a chocoholic and those cookies you made look divine!
love all halloween candy but esp love butterfingers and snickers! yumm!!!
Reese’s pumkins. Mmmmm – my mouth is watering now!
CANDY CORN! Nothing says Halloween more….and they are fat free! LOL !!!!
candy apples, and reese’s peanut butter cups
I love candy corn, and also the pumpkin mallow (is that the right word?) creams that come out. Do I have to pick one? I guess the pumpkins because they are special for Halloween.