Mint Keto Meringue Cookies for St. Patrick’s Day

For an easy and tasty keto snack try this mint keto meringue cookies recipe. You only need a few ingredients to make these low calorie, low carb cookies. And with a little green coloring and mint flavor they would be perfect for St. Patrick’s day. This meringue recipe makes 95 small cookies and 10 of them have only 10 calories and 0.2g net carbs.

You might also like these mint matcha keto coconut candies for St. Patrick’s Day.

I came across an old recipe for meringue cookies on the blog and realized I really needed to redo it. And I will. But first I made caramel flavored sugar free meringues and they were so good that I keep making them in different flavors.

So today I made this mint keto meringue cookies recipe for St. Patrick’s Day. It really is so easy and what I love is that this recipe made 95 little cookies. And for 10 cookies, it’s only 10 calories and 0.1g net carbs!

While my meringue cookies are not beautiful, they are easy, sugar free, low carb, gluten free, low calorie and only require a few ingredients. So I highly recommend trying them if you have a sweet tooth.

Ingredients I used.

All you really need to make sugar free meringue cookies is egg whites, Swerve sweetener, cream of tartar and a pinch of salt. I also used peppermint extract and green food coloring to make these St. Patrick’s Day friendly.

However you can vary the extract flavors, coloring or play around with shapes to make all different kinds of meringues. It’s really quite fun to play around.

A note about piping the meringue.

I fully admit that I am not very good at using an icing bag. I bought this Pampered Chef icing decorator at a party and used it for the first time. I have to say I love that it’s easy to use and much less messy to clean than an icing bag but I am not that good at it…yet.

Below you can see that my cookies are different sizes and not all that beautiful but rest assured they taste great and are so low in calories and carbs that I don’t care what they look like. 😉

If you don’t have an icing bag, you can spoon the meringue into a ziplock baggie and cut the corner off. You could also just spoon it out on a cookie sheet but they won’t look as nice.

Let’s make some mint keto meringue cookies!

Keep in mind that these are not hard to make but they take a bit of time to cook because you are using low temperatures to cook and dry them out. Don’t let that intimidate or stop you from trying them.

1. Preheat the oven to 250°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
2. Separate your egg whites one at a time into a little bowl and then pour into the mixing bowl of a standing mixer. You can use a hand mixer as well but it might take longer. By separating the eggs one by one you are less likely to get any yolk in the bowl and have to throw all of the mixture out.
3. Add the cream of tartar and salt and begin beating the eggs.
4. Then add the Swerve sweetener a spoonful at a time. You want it to be well incorporated into the eggs so let them beat on high and slowly add the sweetener.
5. When all of the Swerve has been put in, beat on high until the egg whites are nice and glossy and stiff peaks form. You don’t want to over beat them but they should be able to stay in the bowl if you turn it over. See the photo below for what it should look like.
6. Now add the extract and food coloring if you want. Just mix on low to incorporate the two items.
7. At this point we are going to pipe the meringues onto the cookie sheets and bake them.

How long should you bake meringue cookies?

You should bake the meringue cookies at 250°F for 18 minutes then turn the heat down to 200°F and bake for 15 more minutes. After that, turn off the oven but keep the cookies in the oven for 2 hours. By then they should harden and be finished.

This recipe made 95 small cookies for me but if you make larger ones cooking times may take a bit longer.

Recipe Tips & Notes

• Make sure the bowls, spatulas, whisks etc. are all clean and dry. Grease and water could hinder the out come of the cookies. Also if it’s especially humid out they might not come out right. I personally have never had any problem and I am not a meticulous baker.
• Breaking the eggs in a separate cup, one by one, will help you to not get any yolk in the mixture which will ruin it. I have broken them straight into the mixing bowl and had to dump them all out in the past so this is the better way to go. Don’t throw the yolks away. Instead make a big batch of these keto microwave mug cakes.
• You want to beat the eggs on high to form stiff peaks. This took me about 5 minutes to achieve with my Kitchen Aide standing mixer. It took longer when I used a hand electric mixer.
• Don’t be intimidated to try these. Mine are not beautiful but they worked every time I’ve made them and they taste great! It’s a rather easy sugar free recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Using a hand mixer.

Above you can see the results of the marshmallow flavored meringue cookies I made with my hand mixer. It took longer to beat but it still worked.

Also my batter didn’t get as stiff as it should have but let me tell you that tasted great. So don’t worry so much about how they should look and just enjoy them.

Try different extracts for more flavors.

I bought a bunch of these OliveNation extracts (marshmallow, maple, butter and apricot) and was impressed with their selection. So if you find you enjoy making these keto cookies you might want to try some.

Also Aldi has a nice selection of extracts as does Walmart so check there as well.  Even if you use just vanilla extract they will be delicious.

Well I really hope you give these keto meringues a try. Can you tell I’m excited about them? I just like how relatively easy they were to make and that they are low carb and low calorie which is perfect if you are on a low carb diet.

The nutritional information for 10 cookies is:
10 calories / 0g fat / 0.2g carbs / 1.5g protein = 0.2g net carbs

More resources for making meringues.

Here are a few good resources to try if you want to learn more about making meringue cookies. This website has a great video, Swerve sweetener’s recipe and the Kitchn’s post.