Pink Vanilla Meringues with Cotton Candy Whipped Cream

If you're a cotton candy lover like me, you've probably 

discovered how difficult it is to find a really good tasting 

cotton candy flavoring.  I've tried several different brands as

in this post and this post. One didn't smell like cotton candy 

at all and the other, which I loved, is now discontinued! 

That said, today I made cotton candy meringues using

 Cotton Candy Pink Vanilla Sugar,  and whipped cream

 filling using Bickford Cotton Candy Flavoring.

I was hoping that the actual cotton candy sugar would

impart that yummy fairground flavor, but alas, the

meringues basically tasted like I had used plain sugar.

(They did, however, have a pretty pink color!)

Sooo.... I googled Cotton candy flavoring and 

noticed a brand that I hadn't tried - Bickford.

I ordered that, and used it in my whipped cream

filling. I really liked it, BUT....(LOL) it still

doesn't taste like the real thing to me. It's

more like cherry vanilla. 

Before I began, I whizzed some of the cotton candy

sugar in the food processor. I just wanted to be sure

that it would melt quickly. I ended up with sugar that

was very fine, but not quite powdered. 

The meringues baked up beautifully! I was lucky 

to have any left by the time I made the filling

because my daughter mini pink kept eating

them!! You can't blame her though...wouldn't

pretty pink bite sized meringues sandwiched

with cotton candy whipped cream be a huge

temptation to any child?! Just saying.....

PINK VANILLA COTTON CANDY MERINGUES

INGREDIENTS:

3 egg whites

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

pinch of table salt (1/8 teaspoon or less)

1 cup powdered sugar or powdered 

vanilla pink flossugar, divided

drop of pink food gel (if) you don't use

vanilla pink flossugar

Wilton Spring Nonparils

1 cup heavy cream or whipping cream

remaining 1/4 cup powdered sugar or 

powdered vanilla pink flossugar
1/2 teaspoon cotton candy flavoring

drop of pink food color (if) you don't use

vanilla pink flossugar

DIRECTIONS: 

Preheat oven to 200 degreesF. Whizz

1 cup vanilla pink flossugar in a food 

processor until very fine. 

In a mixing bowl with a wire whisk

attachment, beat egg whites until frothy.

Add cream of tartar and salt and beat 

until you get soft peaks. Slowly add the

sugar and beat until you get stiff peaks.

Place mixture into a piping bag (I use

disposable bags) with a star tip (I used

Ateco 848 tip) Pipe shapes onto a 

parchment lined baking sheet and bake

for 2 hours, or until meringues become

crisp.

For the whipped cream, into a chilled bowl

with chilled beaters, Beat cream, sugar, cotton

candy flavoring, (and food gel if not using 

flossugar), until you get firm peaks. 

Place filling into a piping bag fitted with

any tip (I used a small star tip) and pipe

filling on half the meringues. Sandwich with 

the remaining halves and serve immediately.

The number of meringues you get depends

on how big you pipe them. I got around

60 meringues, which is 30 meringue

sandwiches.

or....you can do what I do and sample one!!

Now I'm gonna make myself and mini pink a cup

of Earl Grey, sit back and enjoy a couple of these

beautiful meringues!! Wish you were here!! xo!