Discussing the 3 types of meringues commonly used Making meringue is not as easy as it looks. Everybody knows the little spiral-shaped white or pink, crunchy and ultra-sweet pastries. They are all cooked through and through. When you follow a couple of crucial but basic steps, you can make them yourself with the added advantage that you can make them with that heavenly gooey, chewy center. You can however mess up the result in the stage of preparation, before baking and/or during the baking process.