Aquafaba Meringues

1 cup aquafaba (best if cold) 1 cup sugar 3/4 tsp cream tartar 1 1/2 tsp vanilla

I’ve made merengue’s with aquafaba many times but decided to try out this recipe for a change - unfortunately it did not go well for me! I don’t usually set the oven as high as 250 and these were burning within 20 minutes. Not sure what went wrong but I’ll be sticking to longer, lower bakes in the future.

Made with aquafaba leftover from making chickpeas at home. I didn’t love the flavor but they looked great. I may try again without the almond because I enjoyed the “batter” flavor before that was added. Maybe vanilla would be better.

To my knowledge, meringues need to be thickened on Bain-Marie after whipping. I followed this recipe to the letter and mine collapsed in the oven. So much for my fast meringues.

Home cooked chickpea aquafaba worked. I presoaked for 24 hours because they are large, and tossed liquid, as usual. These swell to 3x volume. I used 1:1 ratio with plain water in Instant Pot on high, 15 minutes, natural release. Drained completely, refrigerated aquafaba overnight. I added extract and cream of tartar to liquid, added sugar slow in mixer. I only have two baking sheets, so I did the rest on parchment in a food dehydrator overnight, which also worked. Humidity will kill these.

The aquafaba whipped into meringue consistency very easily and held its shape in the oven. But the taste was very, very bad. I rarely give two-star ratings, but this tasted so bad I would be embarrassed to serve it to someone.

Wooo, I have no idea what I did wrong. All of these collapsed. I did two trays - one on the bottom, one on the top - and the bottom was burnt TO A CRISP. The top was about half overdone and half gummy. Only marginally edible.

I tried adding 1 tsp instant coffee as someone suggested, and I do not recommend -they spread out instantly in the oven and were ruined.

The tip to add 1/2 tspn Cream of Tarter before beginning to whip fluid was useful. Would reduce amount of sugar by 1/4% and a bit less almond flavoring. Only needed 1.5 hours of cooking.

Made this out of curiosity and didn’t expected much, and these were really good. Only got 2/3 cup liquid from my can, so I reduced the sugar to 2/3 cup. I followed the advice of others and put in some cream of tartar at the start. I also used a stronger flavour than almond extract from a fear of a beany under taste. I dissolved a teaspoon of instant coffee in a teaspoon of vanilla. I was really happy with the result, but recommend you eat these same day. They were ok but not great day 2

These turned out fine in the sense that they looked good and held up well (no collapsing). However they melted immediately in the mouth like cotton candy and so had a very unlike-meringue texture and feel. They also had a strange aftertaste that, while not terrible, didn’t do it any favors. I’ll stick with traditional egg white meringues.

Ugh - I thought I had cream of tartar but couldn't locate it. After whipping for 15 minutes I thought they were fine but when I looked in the oven after an hour they were collapsed and totally liquified. I MIGHT try again once I get cream of tartar since there wasn't much actual work to it, but disappointing and a mess to clean up!

Parchment paper is essential. Tried without and they cracked when I wedged a spatula underneath

I made these with a 1/2 tsp of Cream of Tartar, Black Walnut Extract, Vanilla extract and Stevia. I dipped the bottoms in Semi Sweet Chocolate and crushed walnuts. Delicious and mostly guilt free.

Opted for lemon extract in lieu of almond. Would recommend 200*F for oven temperature. Meringues at 250 had too much browning.