meringue and some chocolate sauce for the ice cream

sunday i attempted to make some of my mom's chocolate sauce. it turned out ok. i think that it could use a little work but it was still good. in a failed attempt i tried to make some meringue. i did 2 batches and the first one i left in the oven too long, thinking that is what would make it hard. instead i over cooked it, plus there was not enough sugar in there. the second batch was better, not cooked as long, but should have come out a little earlier. was sweet enough but there was something missing, not an ingredient but i did something wrong because it did not turn out the way i would have liked it to.