Snake Meringues

Ingredients:

• 4 egg whites
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornflour
• blue food coloring, to tint
• soft eating licorice
• miniature M&M's chocolate candies, to decorate

Steps:

1. Beat whites in a small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tblsp at a time, beating until dissolved between additions. This process will take about 10 minutes. Beat in cornflour and tint mixture with food colouring.
2. Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a 1cm-fluted nozzle. Pipe 16cm-long snake shapes, 4cm-apart, on oven trays lined with baking paper.
3. To decorate snakes, cut forked tongues from licorice using a small sharp knife and lightly press into front of meringue heads. Lightly press M&M's on top of heads for eyes.
4. Cook in a very slow oven (120C) for about 40 minutes, swapping trays halfway through cooking, or until firm to touch.
5. Cool trays in oven with door slightly ajar.