Last week, I visited the team at Bakers Bodegga Express. They are located in socal and sell all kinds of baking supplies to bakeries and the general public. I sat down with Manny and Phil to talk about my journey as a small business owner and a little bit of my life. If you’d like to hear about that, please CLICK HERE for the podcast!

I had quite an adventure making these meringue pops during my trip- long story short, we got an airBNB and I was going to make my meringue pop samples in the apartment the morning of my interview. I brought stuff with me from home: ingredients, hand mixer, baking sheet, straws, etc. I did not factor in the possibility that I would only have access to a compact oven, and that I couldn’t find mixing bowls. Two trips to the store, 5 failed meringue attempts, and 1 trip to a friend’s house to borrow a stand mixer later, I had my meringue. Essentially, I was breaking my meringue in all previous attempts- the meringue did not fluff and keep its shape; instead, it stayed runny like marshmallow creme that you’ve stirred a few times.

But it all worked out in the end, and I got to chat with the Bakers Bodegga guys, learn about them, share my perspectives and do the meringue demo, which you can watch HERE.

If you’d like the recipe for our meringue pops (or drops, you don’t have to use sticks), you can download the recipe in PDF form HERE.

Notes:

• You can buy a bunch of different types of cute paper straws on Amazon
• I use a variety of large piping tips such as Wilton 1M- THIS is my preferred set for piping meringues
• Piping bags- buy from from our shop, or from Amazon
• Food color: lots of great gel food colors on Amazon, my favorite brand is Chefmaster
• Get an oven thermometer, please. You have to bake these low and slow or else you’ll burn them- if your oven runs too hot or too cold, we’re gonna have problems!
• baking sheets, I like to use aluminum baking sheets, I find they conduct heat the most evenly
• baking liners: I prefer silicone mats (MIU brand specifically), but you can also use parchment or teflon
• flavoring: make sure you stay away from oil-based flavors: fat will deflate your meringue. I like LorAnn’s flavorings

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