Recipe - Chocolate Meringue Puffs

CRUST
1 One fourth cup Graham cracker crumbs
One fourth cup Sugar
1/3 cup Melted butter

PUDDING
14 ounce Package chocolate pudding
mix
2 cup Milk
One half cup Chocolate chips

MERINGUE
4 Egg whites,; room
temperature
One half teaspoon Cream of tartar
Pinch of salt
One half cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350. Pour chocolate pudding into pie crust. Cover with
plastic film and set aside. Meringue: beat egg whites and cream of tartar
until frothy. Increase mixer speed to medium and add salt. Beat just until
very soft peaks begin to form. Quickly add sugar, a tablespoon at a time,
and continue beating. Add vanilla and beat on medium speed until mixture is
smooth and has soft, fluffy peaks. Spoon meringue over pie and spread out
until edges are sealed. Swirl meringue into peaks using spoon or knife. In
lower third of oven, bake pie about 20 minutes or until meringue is golden
brown. Set pie on wire rack to cool to room temperature. Chill, covered,
for a few hours. To slice pie, dip knife in warm water before each cut.
Recipe By :THE DESSERT SHOW SHOW # DS3062

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #270

Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:59:57 0500

From: Meg Antczak meginny@frontiernet.net