Ultimate Guide to Buying Meringue Powder in The Grocery Store

Royal icing or frosting, meringue powder is essential for decorating those beautiful cookies. But if you don’t know where to look for it, I will help you find meringue powder, both online and in-store.

You are having a hard time finding the store-bought powder. A question may arise, what is the substitute for meringue powder? You can make meringue powder at home by mixing egg whites (one-week-old eggs are preferable) and confectioner sugar.

Here is a quick chart for you-

What to look for before buying meringue powder?

Flavor: some company adds flavors such as vanilla or strawberry to their meringue powder. It would help if you kept in mind your purpose.

If you are making a chocolate cookie, adding strawberry-flavored meringue would be too much for the nose.

Allergy: Meringue powder is mostly made of egg-white powder and sugar. It also contains cream of tartar and gum. Look out for which ingredient may cause allergy in you.

 A person with an egg allergy should stay steer clear of meringue powder.

Brands: As the popularity grows for homemade bakery, meringue powder has become very popular. So you will find a wide range of brands, new-old, fake-authentic. Buy the powder from authentic stores. And inspect the brand logo.

Which aisle is meringue powder in?

Every grocery stores have numerous aisles in them. I know it’s fun to look at new products. But if you are in a hurry not knowing which aisle to look for can be very stressful.

Looking for meringue powder and searching it on the sweet and candy aisle just because it tastes sweet will not help you out.

As meringue powder is a bakery-related item, you will find it in the bakery section. You may find it with readymade cake mix, baking soda.

It’s powder-based, so look in the good dry items carefully.

If your store has no distinct baking aisle, you may find it in the cooking section altogether.

Where can you buy meringue powder?

Amazon

There isn’t a single baking item you won’t find on Amazon. This includes meringue powder too. Various brands are there. I would recommend Chefmaster meringue powder. It works as a great stabilizer. It also got most of the good reviews.

Celebakes by CK Products Meringue Powder is also a good one.

I would recommend Judee’s Meringue Powder Mix if you are in a hurry. It is a readymade mixture of sugar and meringue powder. It also offers a super easy meringue cookie recipe in the packet.

However, I am not sure of how it will work as royal icing, as it got mixed review.

Walmart

If online stores don’t suit you, then give a quick look at your nearby Walmart store (surely you can buy from Walmart via online too). Wilton meringue powder is a pretty common one in Walmart, also very cheap.

Walmart is a very common and popular grocery store, found in every state. So it is very rare to not find meringue powder there.

Kroger

Check on the bakery aisle. Wilton meringue powder is available here too.

Costco

Costco usually offers the most cost effective products. Go to the pantry and dry good aisle, check on flour and baking essentials. You may find meringue powder there.

Safeway

Although safeway is not the cheapest available options for you, given on your situation you can always give it a chance.Condiments, spice, and bake departments have meringue powder in them.

Instacart

Instacart is an online version of your daily grocery store. You can order groceries via either their mobile app or website. In their pantry aisle, I have found Kosto meringue powder. You can give it a try.

They also offerOver the Top meringue powder. It comes in a small amount, you you don’t have to worry about wasting them.

Kosto meringue powder is another one I found in their website. You can do royal icing and everything with this powder.

King Arthur Flour Co. Meringue Powder and Lorann Oils Meringue Powder are also available here.

Niblackfoods

Niblackfoods has Loranns MP company’s meringue powder. Less expensive and offers a huge amount. You can give it a try if you have a tight budget.

H.E.B

 This supermarket is mainly based in Texas. It has over 340 stores in US. HEB has that common meringue powder, the Wilton, in their baking ingredient section.

Stop and Shop

Stop and Shop also has meringue powder in their baking and cooking aisle.

Michaels

Michaels is an art and craft store, but it also offers meringue powder in their baking section. You may find wiltons meringue powder there.

As you can see, finding meringue powder is a bit tricky but not a difficult job. Amazon offers the most brands, whereas most other grocery stores have the Wilton brand in their stock.  Now you can buy any meringue powder according to your choice and preference.