Shelly's Recipe

IRISH KISS COOKIES

Category: Cookies

3 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Pinch of salt
3/4 cup sugar
4 drops green food coloring
1/4 tsp mint extract
1 (6 oz) package miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375. Grease and lightly flour two cookie sheets.

Beat egg whites with cream of tartar and salt until foamy. Gradually beat in sugar 2 tbsp at a time, until soft peaks form. Stir in food coloring and mint extract. Fold in chocolate chips.

Drop meringue by tspfuls, 1 inch apart, onto prepared cookie sheets. Place in preheated oven. Turn off heat. Let meringues set in oven 8 to 12 hours.