Chocolate Almond Meringue Bar

When I saw the pictures accompanying this recipe, I knew I had to make it. Meringue? Check. Chocolate? Check. Nuts? Check. No matter how much I love a good brownie, there's only so many times you can eat them before craving something different.

These bars were not too sweet, but still had a nice chocolate hit to them, with the almonds-meringue top providing a nice crunch to it.


Seriously, how could you not think "GET IN MAH BELLY!" when you see these?

Okay, enough teasing, and on to the recipe.

Chocolate Almond Meringue Bar
Adapted from Godtopus Eats.

Batter:
4 tablespoons of butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, very very very lightly packed
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 160C and grease an 8-inch square baking pan.

Cream butter and brown sugar. Add the egg and the vanilla, and beat well.

Mix together flour, salt and baking powder, before adding to butter mixture and combining.

Stir in the chocolate morsels and spread onto the prepared pan.


Meringue:
1 egg white
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped nuts [I used almonds]

Beat the egg white until it stands in stiff peaks, then continue beating as you add the sugar.

Fold in the nuts if you’re using them.

Spread the meringue over the batter.


Bake for 25 minutes or until the top is slightly cracked and lightly browned.

Let cool and inhale.