Snowmen Meringue Cookies

November 29, 2016 By Melissa Huggins / 32 Comments

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These snowman-shaped Vegan Meringue Cookies will be a hit at your next wintertime gathering. They are sweet, crisp, airy, and completely adorable!

It's time to start off the Christmas craziness with these festive Vegan Meringue Cookies. Yep, they are shaped into snowmen with cute little carrot noses. Who can resist?

I first saw these Snowmen on Taste of Home and I just had to veganize them! These little snowy guys are pillowy, soft, crispy, and sweet all-in-one cookies.

There's just something dreamy about biting into a puffy cloud of sugary goodness, and this time of year is the perfect time to do it. If you leave these cookies out for Santa with this Chocolate Hazelnut Milk, you might get an extra present or two.

If you celebrate Hanukkah, just swap out the red and green ribbon for blue, white, or silver. Snowmen cookies can brighten up any holiday with their chocolate smiles and frosty face.

What's in Vegan Meringue?

Well, there's a new sheriff in town and it's chickpea water. Yep, you've read that right...it's bean water! In the vegan world, we know it as aquafaba. It sounds fancy and all, but it’s just that water we’ve dumped down the drain for years! If we only knew!

This magical bean water works exactly like egg whites do when whipped up. It gets fluffy, white, pillowy, and glossy. It's seriously what dreams are made up of! You won't taste bean flavor either because the sugar will take care of that and make everything beautifully sweet.

Believe it or not, this vegan fluff will cook up the same, too. Your Vegan Meringue Cookies will be crispy on the outside and slightly chewy on the inside. You'll be biting into a cloud of heaven!

How to make Vegan Meringue Cookies

Along with the aquafaba, you’ll need vanilla extract, sugar, and cream of tartar. Now the cream of tartar isn’t 100% necessary, it just helps the meringue hold its shape better. You can find it in the spice aisle at your local grocer.

One essential item you'll need is a stand mixer or a hand-held electric mixer. That bean water doesn't stand a chance with the whipping power of one of these. I wouldn’t attempt it by hand, because you might not be able to move your arm afterward, and that might hurt your cookie-eating skills.

You'll also need 2 decorating bags (or regular Ziploc bags) to pipe the snowmen's bodies. Cut a little hole in the bottom and fit them with a Wilton #3 and #12 (or something similar).

For the little carrot noses, you'll need 1-2 drops of food coloring. Just reserve ⅓ cup of the meringue and mix in the color. Don't overdo it because the meringue could become runny.

To create the eyes, mouth, and buttons, I melted vegan chocolate chips and painted them on with a fine-tipped paintbrush. I'm sure a toothpick can be used too.

You can totally get creative with the snowmen scarves. I used ribbon, but vegan rope candy or sour candy strips can be used, too.

Some other ideas to try

1- Dip the back in chocolate and sprinkle crushed candy cane on top.
2- Sprinkle a bit of granulated sugar on the wet meringues to give a sparkly effect (you can buy sparkly sugar too).
3- Make these into cookie pops. Just pipe the meringue on a lollipop stick and bake the same way. When cooled, dip the back in chocolate and add crushed candy cane, if preferred.

*Step-by-step photos starting left to right.

I’d love to hear from you

If you make this recipe, I’d love to hear what you think in the comment section below. It would really make my day. You can also follow me on Instagram and share your creation with me. Just tag me @veganhuggs and hashtag #veganhuggs so I don’t miss it.

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