Ivy Manning is a Portland, Oregon-based award-winning food writer and author of 10 cookbooks. She is a regular recipe tester and editor for Eater as well as for restaurants and appliance brands.
Choose your own adventure with this classic meringue recipe. You can pipe the meringue to resemble mushroom caps and stems, glue them together with chocolate, and arrive at a platter full of very life-like meringue fungi to decorate your bûche de Noël for a true forest-themed masterpiece. (They're time consuming, but are a traditional part of the bûche de Noël experience -- and they never cease to garner applause and delight from dinner guests.)