The Lightest Desserts

This dessert is so light it’s basically made of air! Experimental food design studio Bompas & Parr created ultralight meringues for an exhibition in Saudi Arabia. A meringue is a fluffy confection made by beating together egg whites and sugar.

 To make the airy treats, the designers partnered with engineers in Germany who specialize in aerogels. An aerogel is made by removing all the liquid from a material and replacing it with a lighter gas. By making the meringue into an aerogel, they created a dessert that weighs less than a feather! “Meringues look like clouds, and aerogels look like the sky,” says Rian Coulter, who works at Bompas & Parr. “And we’re trying to tie all these elements together.”