r/macarons Aug 04 '14

Pro-tip Macarons vs. Macaroons. Yes, it matters.

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r/macarons Oct 19 '22

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r/macarons 14h ago

Help How did I do?

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How did I do? Not my first time but first time being successful!


r/macarons 14h ago

Help Macaron business questions?

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I really enjoy baking these things! And I would love to start selling at farmers markets eventually once I perfect things!

Has anyone transitioned from home baker to a business? Would love to get your input and advice!

Thanks


r/macarons 1d ago

First time making Macarons

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I wish lol. 2.5 weeks of work to get consistent like this.

Vanilla ganache 2.5:1 parts ratio filling.

So hyped to eat these after maturing.


r/macarons 1d ago

Help Piping Issue?

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Do you guys think this is a piping issue? With some coming out perfect and some tilted/lob sided makes me think it’s my piping.


r/macarons 1d ago

Painting Macarons

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Hi Guys!

I’m wanting to paint in my macarons-I’ve got 3 questions

1st question is- I’m seeing that in order to make the food coloring paint consistency I have to use alcohol- is that right? And a silly question- does the taste then taste like that? Is there any alternative liquid I could use

2nd question- can I use powder coloring as well or only the gel coloring

3rd question- how can you keep it from staining your mouth lol. I tried edible markers and those stained when eating


r/macarons 3d ago

Strawberry lychee and chocolate mint macas!

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r/macarons 3d ago

Pics While baking i got my first double yolk! Looks like a butt

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20 Upvotes

Macarons turned out yummy despite the heat


r/macarons 3d ago

Help so frustrated with this heatwave.

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My buttercream that wouldve otherwise been stable now melts faster than i can put them in the fridge to stabilize. really annoying. Plus the humid weather


r/macarons 3d ago

Help 'Bread' themed ideas?

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My friend is having a milestone birthday and she asked for a bread themed party. She also loves macarons. So, I was hoping to come up with some bread adjacent flavors? Any thoughts? I'm hoping to make 4 flavors. Ideas i have so far...

Gingerbread

Cinnamon roll or monkey bread

Strawberry short cake?


r/macarons 3d ago

Help Help! Hollow shells from the bottom

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Any idea why my shells are hollow at the bottom? They seem to be super fragile around the feet and they sometimes stick to the mat even though they are fully cooked. I tried to let them even 5 minutes more they end up a little bit burned but still hollow at the bottom.
Recipe is : 50g egg white 50g sugar 65g almond flour 65g powdered sugar.

22 min at 280F (oven running hot)

Same recipe I always use but now it’s giving me problems.

Thank you so much for any insight you can have 🙌🏼


r/macarons 5d ago

Help Hollow Shells

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Hey guys! Hoping someone out there can help me. I have a recurring issue with having hollow shells. Made some lemon macarons (with a lemon curd middle and lemon buttecream ring), they taste great but are a bit hollow. I have this problem a lot.

I do the Swiss method, 1:1 egg whites and sugar, 1.2X that weight for the almond flour and powder sugar, and I bake at 305 for 15 minutes, rotating half way through. I bake on silicon mats. Any tips?

Photos attached for reference


r/macarons 5d ago

Scale

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Send me your favorite scale recommendations. Mid sifting mine deciding to stop working.


r/macarons 7d ago

Jelly tip macaron

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42 Upvotes

Raspberry compote, chocolate flake in vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream filled Italian macarons. This was fun!


r/macarons 7d ago

Pics Brown Butter Spiced Peach

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54 Upvotes

r/macarons 7d ago

M-i-c-k-e-y-M-o-u-s-e!

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I felt a little crazy because I thought Mickey's Buttons were yellow. But apparently more often than not, they're white?

Anyways, I love simple designs with big impact and I was super pleased with these easy Mouse Ears!


r/macarons 7d ago

Help Switching methods

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Over the years I've become decently proficient at French method macarons and thats usually my go to. I have some upcoming "time at home" to kill, so i thought I'd give one, or both, of the other methods a try. I honestly kinda just to say I've tried it. Would my French method recipe transfer over one to one, or would anyone have any suggestions or tips on if I'd need to make tweaks or adjustments. Thanks in advance.


r/macarons 8d ago

Pics Macarons with pistachio ganache, Beetlejuice themed ✨️

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49 Upvotes

r/macarons 8d ago

Help Macaron characters

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Any one have any tips on doing macaron characters?? It seems as though the videos I’ve watched they are almost piped like sugar cookies. I’ve seen conflicting things where it says to under macronage but The batter seems like it needs to almost be over macronaged to get through the little tiny hole so I’m conflicted! Would love any tips!

Examples below: NOT MY WORK- just a huge fan of this baker! She’s so inspiring!


r/macarons 10d ago

Pics Fruity peb macarons, first batch in “new” oven.

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63 Upvotes

I underbaked one of the trays and had about 10 lost shells this batch, but over all not awful!


r/macarons 10d ago

Toothless Macarons

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101 Upvotes

r/macarons 10d ago

Macaron Cake

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229 Upvotes

Haven’t baked macarons in quite a while and decided to make my daughter a macaron cake for her second birthday. She loved it 😊

I usually would use a Swiss buttercream for the filling but was getting tired of how overly sweet that was in combination with the macaron shell. This time I used a white chocolate ganache with mascarpone and lemon zest. It was delicious and held up the layers perfectly.


r/macarons 10d ago

Pics I need a cool name for these

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24 Upvotes

I usually just call them by their main ingredients, but wouldn’t a fun name be better? Any ideas? This one is Biscoff, caramel, brownie


r/macarons 11d ago

Pics Butter Beer Macarons

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34 Upvotes