Peppermint Macaroons

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 egg whites (at room temperature)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 (14 ounce) packages sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300'.
• 2 line 2-3 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl add egg whites and salt and mix on medium high until foamy (or add in a large bowl and whisk with a hand whisker, the egg whites and salt together until foamy about 2 minutes)
• 4 add in condensed milk and vanilla extract.
• 5 fold in coconut, chocolate chips and crushed peppermints.
• 6 using a 1 1/2 inch ice cream scoop or a rounded teaspoon, drop dough onto the prepared baking sheets.
• 7 bake 20 minutes or until coconut just begins to brown.
• 8 let cool on pan for 10 minutes.
• 9 remove and cool completely on wire racks.
• 10 note: to crush the peppermint candies, add candy to a plastic baggie and roll with a rolling pin over the candy until crushed. or add candy to a food processor and grind until lightly crushed.