Nutty Meringue Sticks(?!)

I had an absolute shocker in the kitchen yesterday. Don't mind admitting. Thought I'd try my hand at a seemingly simple recipe for nutty meringues... and well, they turned out to be more of a nutty-cakey-biscuity ball. The flavour is still yummy, they just look and feel nothing like they're supposed to. Scott thinks I shouldn't have said anything about what they were meant to be and pass them off as is. Hmm, I'm actually just perplexed as to how I could go so wrong. Over-beating of the egg whites is possible. But these do prove that anything looks reasonable with chocolate slapped on top.

Nutty Meringue Sticks(?!) 

3 egg whites

3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar

1 1/4 cups (120g) hazelnut meal

1 1/2 cups (185g) almond meal

1/4 cup (35g) plain flour

100g dark eating chocolate

Preheat oven to 160 degrees (140 for fan-forced) 

Grease oven trays, line with baking paper

Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer until foamy

Gradually beat in sugar, one tablespoon at a time, until dissolved between additions

Transfer mixture to large bowl

Fold in nut meals and sifted flour

**At this point it all went horribly wrong for me... mixture wouldn't pipe... so the balls were born!**

Spoon mixture into large piping bag fitted with 1.5cm plain tube

Pipe 8cm sticks onto trays

Bake about 15 minutes

Cool on trays 5 minutes

Drizzle sticks with melted chocolate