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Chocolate Meringue Nests with Salted Caramel Sauce and Cacoa Nibs
November 8, 2015 by Laura 5 Comments
Chocolate Meringue Nests with Whipped Cream, Salted Caramel Sauce and Cacoa Nibs are a delicious, restaurant worthy dessert that is perfect for special occasions and much easier than you think! Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing.
The first dessert I made for Sammy’s birthday was also the best. Well… tied for the best, with the Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes. Those were also awesome. But I was prouder of these Chocolate Meringue Nests, just because the final result was more unique and therefore exciting to me. I thought maybe it would be over the top–I don’t usually like too many…
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