Jenna is a self taught, home cook with a passion for baking. She gets her culinary inspiration by travelling abroad, and learning new culinary techniques.
Chunky soups are made by cutting up vegetables and meats into small bite sized pieces.
Chunky soups are made with both a vegetable base or cream based soup.
Chunky soup flavors have much more variety of tastes and foods in them than smooth soup flavors.
Try making your own chunky soups at home using these delicious recipes!
Minestrone Soup
Minestrone soup is full of vegetables, pasta, and kidney beans, making it a hearty, chunky soup that you’ll love!
Minestrone soup is made with celery, spinach, carrots, zucchini, green beans and potatoes that are cooked into a soup base.
Minestrone soup has bacon bits, and parmesan cheese added to it to make it full of salty flavor that balances out the soup since it’s packed full of vegetables.
Minestrone soup is best if served with a crusty bread for dipping into the soup with.
Smooth soups have a vegetable base, and are pureed to create the silky smooth soup texture.
Since smooth soups are packed full of vegetables, they are quite filling.
You don’t have to serve them with bread or scones since they are satisfying on their own.
Typically smooth soups use an immersion blender to blend the soups into a puree, but you could use a regular blender as well. Make sure to only blend for a few seconds, and take the lid off immediately to let the steam escape.
Butternut Squash Soup
Butternut squash soup is made by cooking diced butternut squash in a pot with the other vegetables and herbs.
After the soup has simmered, and the flavors have come out, the soup is pureed which creates a deliciously smooth soup to enjoy.
Pumpkin Soup
Pumpkin soup is made by adding pumpkin puree to a soup base.
The vegetables of pumpkin soup are cooked into the soup base, and then the whole soup is pureed to create a vegetable packed smooth soup.
Pumpkin soup has coconut milk as a thickener, therefore this soup is quite filling and satisfying.
Tomato Soup
Tomato soup is made with whole Roma tomatoes, and fire roasted tomatoes to give the soup a full-bodied flavor of tomatoes.
Tomato soup is thickened with cream, making it a heavy and filling soup.
Tomato soup is pureed at the end of the cooking process to make this soup a smooth, velvety textured soup.
The whipped cream adds a contrasting color to the mousse, making it look vibrant.
The velvety smooth vanilla whipped cream will add a rich flavor to your mousse.
Zest
You can add lime zest, lemon zest, or orange zest to the top of your mousse for a beautiful pop of color to your mousse. Only add zest to a fruit flavored mousse.
Compote
You can add a berry compote to both a fruit flavored mousse, or a chocolate mousse.
Compote is a sweet berry flavor that will compliment the flavors of your mousse to make it even more flavorful.
Salted Caramel Sauce
Salted caramel sauce is a sticky, sweet and salty flavor you can add on top of your mousse, depending on the flavor.
Salted caramel goes well with chocolate mousse to add a hint of sugar and a unique salty finish to your mousse.
Cocoa Powder
You can add a little dusting of cocoa powder to the top of chocolate mousse for an added decoration. Only add a sparing amount, because by itself, cocoa powder is quite bitter tasting.
Mint Leaves
You can arrange a few mint leaves in the whipped cream on top of your mousse, or beside a bit of fresh fruit for a pop of green color.
For a bit of added decoration, you can add dried rose petals to the top of the macaron shells, right after piping them. They will make your macarons looked eye catching with it’s textured look.
The filling is made by adding rose water, and melted white chocolate to a buttercream base frosting.
To decorate the macarons, you can add a little more melted white chocolate and streak it on the top of the macaron shells. You can add a few more dried rose petals or sprinkles that will stick onto the melted white chocolate.
The center filling is a cotton candy white chocolate ganache. Cotton candy food flavoring is added to hot cream and white chocolate to create this deliciously sweet and fun flavor of macarons.
Pancakes can be decorated with fresh fruit, caramel sauce, candied nuts, fresh mint leaves, chocolate sauce, powdered sugar, and whipped cream to make your pancakes look restaurant quality.
Pancakes have a buttery flavor to them. It’s best if pancakes are paired with sweet toppings to make them have a candied taste to them.
Try decorating your pancakes with these delicious foods to take your pancakes to the next level!
Dusted Powdered Sugar
Powdered sugar (icing sugar) is a light, sweet sugar that you can dust onto your pancakes for an added sweetness.
Powdered sugar clumps together when it sits in a container over time. Use a sifter to remove the clumps, and gently dust the pancakes with a bit of icing sugar.
Fresh Fruit
Fresh fruit can be used to decorate pancakes using a variety of flavors. Make sure to have the fruit in bite sized pieces. You might have to dice or slice your fruit so it’s easily eaten with your pancakes.
blackberries
blueberries
raspberries
diced peaches
diced apricots
slices of nectarines
kiwi slices
banana slices
sliced strawberries
You don’t want to use fruit with too much water in them, as this can make the pancakes soggy. Avoid fruits like watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew melon.
Vanilla Whipped Cream
Vanilla whipped cream is a soft, creamy topping you can decorate your pancakes with. The velvety smooth vanilla whipped cream makes the pancakes have a rich flavor to them.
Salted Caramel Sauce
Salted caramel sauce is a sticky, sweet and salty flavor you can add on top of your pancakes.
Salted caramel goes well with pancakes to add a hint of sugar and a unique salty finish to it.
It’s best if you top your pancakes with both whipped cream and salted caramel sauce as a flavor combination that will have a candied taste to your pancakes.
Mint Leaves
You can arrange a few mint leaves in the whipped cream or beside a bit of fresh fruit for a pop of green color.
Candied Nuts
Candied nuts are made by coating nuts in a sugary syrup, and cooking them.
You can coat them a ton of different flavors like cinnamon, maple syrup, nutmeg, cloves, or vanilla extract.
Candied nuts add a crunchy texture, with a sugary coating which adds a ton of flavor to your pancakes.
Shredded Coconut
Shredded coconut is a powerful flavor that will add a nutty, tropical flavor to your pancakes.
Shredded coconut has a bit of a crunch to it, and it a textured food that will make your pancakes look beautifully decorated.
Chocolate Chips
You can add a sprinkle of chocolate chips to the top of your pancakes for a chocolatey, sweet finish to your pancakes.
Chocolate chips go well with strawberries or raspberries on top of pancakes.
The fresh fruit combined with the chocolate will make your plain pancakes burst with flavor.
Chocolate Sauce
Chocolate sauce is made by heating chocolate in a saucepan over medium heat with heavy cream, butter, and adding powdered sugar.
Vanilla extract is added to have hints of vanilla undertones to the chocolate sauce.
Chocolate sauce can be drizzled over the pancakes in a crisscross pattern to make for a decorated pancake.
Add a bit of dusted powdered sugar and fresh fruit to finish off the professional presentation of the pancakes.
Dipping your favorite fruit into a chocolate fountain is one of most mesmerizing feelings seeing the chocolate drip off of the fruit.
Creamy chocolate mixed with the flavors of sweet, light, refreshing fruit makes for a burst of flavor with chocolate undertones.
You can dip tropical fruits, sweet berries, and citrus fruits into your chocolate fountain for a full bodied aroma of flavors.
Bananas
Bananas are bit plain on their own. They don’t have a ton of flavor. Bananas dipped in chocolate takes them to the next level. You can even add a few nuts to the outside of the melted chocolate.
Kiwi
Kiwi when it’s ripe can be a delicate fruit to handle. It’s best to cut kiwi into slices that are quite thick so they don’t fall apart when you’re dipping them in the chocolate fountain. Kiwis are sweet, and packed with flavor, which makes them the perfect fruit to dip.
Strawberries
Strawberries and chocolate are a classic combination of foods. Strawberries are fresh, sweet, and medium in texture. It’s one of the most popular foods to dip in a chocolate fountain.
Pineapple
Pineapple is a sweet, hard fruit, that is acidic. It can be tangy on the mouth when you eat too much of it. When pineapple is dipped in chocolate the chocolate tones down the acid in the fruit, therefore it goes well together.
Grapes
Grapes have a ton of watery flavor, and go well with milk chocolate or white chocolate. You can even freeze grapes and then dip them in the chocolate fountain for a harder texture.
Honeydew Melon
Honeydew melon is a sweet, light melon that is juicy and soft. Honeydew goes well with dipped chocolate given its sugary, refreshing flavor.
Orange Slices
Orange and chocolate are two flavors that are just a burst of flavor in combination. Orange is a citrusy flavor that will make your taste buds dance on your tongue. Creamy chocolate with a burst of orange is absolutely incredible. Try to use mandarin oranges in your chocolate fountain, since they have the skin on the pieces of orange.
Apricot Slices
Apricots are a sweet, soft fruit that finishes with a hint of tartness. The tangy flavor of apricots pair well with chocolate and make for a delicious chocolatey finish to the fruit flavor.
Pears
Pears can be sliced or diced to dip in a chocolate fountain. Pears have a fresh, earthy, sweet flavor that goes particularly well with chocolate.
Watermelon
Watermelon is a soft food with a delicious flavor. Small pieces of watermelon go well with chocolate given the unique flavor of the combination of the 2.
Apples
Apples can be sliced or diced to dip in a chocolate fountain. Apples are neutral in flavor, and have a hard texture to them. Apples are already full of sugar, and pairing them with chocolate makes it a sweet dessert to have.
Cherries
You can use regular cherries, or maraschino cherries to dip in your chocolate fountain. Regular cherries can be kept on the vine so they can be lowered into the chocolate fountain with ease. Maraschino cherries should be placed on a toothpick and then dipped. They are much more sweet, and can be overwhelming for some people with them being too sweet.
Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe is a watery, fresh fruit that is lovely to eat on a hot summer’s day. Cantaloupe dipped in a chocolate fountain has a rich and tantalizing flavor.
Honey is drizzled onto the brie and baked together in the oven to give the cheese a sweetened taste. After it comes out of the oven, the brie is topped with fig jam, rosemary, and walnuts, giving it an earthy flavor.
If you’re serving your baked brie with a homemade crostini, after the toasted bread comes out of the oven, rub it with a sliced half of garlic to give the bread a hint of garlic flavor.
Cranberry pecan baked brie is made by topping the brie with chopped pecans, dried cranberries, and rosemary.
Honey is drizzled overtop of the baked brie toppings, and it’s baked until it’s soft and easily spreadable.
Once it’s baked, sprinkle a bit of salt on top of the brie right before serving. You can serve your baked brie with focaccia bread, crackers, or a few sliced apples to use for dipping.
Begin by making candied walnuts using a bit of butter, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a frying pan over medium heat. Cook until the walnuts are shiny and shimmering. Let them dry on a silicone baking mat.
The blackberry compote is made by cooking blackberries with honey, lemon, orange zest, thyme and vanilla extract until it becomes a thickened blackberry sauce.
Break up the blackberries to make them release their invigorating flavor into the compote.
Bake your brie until it’s velvety smooth, then top the brie with the blackberry compote, candied walnuts, fresh blackberries, and pomegranate arils.
You can serve your baked brie with fresh baguette slices and artisan crackers.
Roasted Garlic and Pesto Baked Brie
Roasted garlic and pesto baked brie is made by roasting garlic in the oven until soft and tender.
Squeeze out your pieces of roasted garlic from the shell of the garlic and set aside.
Strawberry basil baked brie is made by combining sliced strawberries with a drizzle of honey and balsamic vinegar. The coating will seep into the strawberries while the brie bakes.
Bake your brie until it’s velvety and smooth.
Add slices of fresh basil and and chopped pecans to the strawberry mixture.
Top your brie with the strawberry mixture and serve immediately.
Serve your strawberry basil baked brie with freshly made crostini’s and artisan crackers.
We recommend using complimenting flavors to lemon so it will bring out a mesmerizing flavor for your lemon tarts.
Here are a few of our favorite ways to decorate lemon tarts!
Pastry Art
Pastry art is easy to do with some leftover pastry dough from making your lemon tarts.
Roll out your leftover tart crust. The thickness of your pastry art dough should be ~1/4”
Using cookie cutters, carefully cookie cut the tart dough into shapes you want to top your tart with.
Bake the pastry art when you’re cooking your lemon tart. Usually cooking them for 5-8 min until they just begin turning color on the edges. Do not overbrown them or they will be overcooked.
Once your tart has finished cooking and cooling, arrange the pastry art on your lemon tart.
Melt white chocolate, then place the chocolate in a piping bag fitted with a narrow round tip. The chocolate comes out fast so you have to work quickly.
Pipe your chocolate in lines, or intersecting lines to give the tart a beautiful decoration.
Fresh Fruit
Fresh fruit can be used to decorate lemon tarts with a bit of arrangement.
Place blackberries or raspberries face up with the flat side down so they don’t fall over or move around.
You can also drizzle a little melted white chocolate on the top of the fresh fruit for a creamy finish to your lemon tarts.
blackberries
blueberries
raspberries
kiwi slices
sliced strawberries
Mint Leaves
You can arrange a few mint leaves on the tops of your lemon tarts for beautiful green color against your yellow tarts.
Mint is a powerful flavor, and it will tone down the lemon flavor in the tarts.
Chocolate macarons are made by adding cocoa powder to macaron batter to create a creamy and rich macaron shell.
Chocolate macarons can be overwhelming if they are filled with a chocolate center, therefore using a complimenting flavor for the filling will be much more palatable.
Flavors that go well with chocolate macarons are fillings with a cream cheese base, vanilla buttercream, coffee buttercream or marshmallow.
Try out these chocolate macaron filling ideas to make your own flavor combinations at home.
Hot cocoa is added to a buttercream base to create the chocolate flavor.
Marshmallow fluff is added to the buttercream icing for the marshmallow flavor. Marshmallow fluff is a spreadable cream that tastes just like marshmallows.
Hot chocolate macarons are topped with melted chocolate and a few mini marshmallows.
Eggnog Macarons
Eggnog macarons are filled with eggnog buttercream icing. Nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and eggnog are added to a buttercream base icing.
After the chocolate macarons have been piped, a sprinkle of cinnamon is added to the tops of the macarons prior to baking.
The combination of chocolate and eggnog will make these macarons heavy and decadent.
Mocha Macarons
Mocha macarons are made by adding a small dusting of coffee grounds to the tops of the chocolate macaron shells right after piping them.
Mocha macarons are filled with coffee cream cheese buttercream icing.
Add the coffee in slowly to your filling, you don’t want the flavor to be too overpowering, or too thin of an icing to pipe.
With the chocolate outer shell, and coffee buttercream inside, this mocha flavored macaron will be unforgettable!
Caramel sauce is made by cooking sugar in a saucepan and waiting for it to crystallize into an amber color.
Once you’ve reached your desired color, heavy cream is added to the sauce to make creamy and delicious caramel. Butter is added to thin out the caramel sauce and make it more of a rich caramel flavor.
Top the turtle macarons with melted chocolate and pecans.
Add a little chocolate on one half of a pecan and stick it to the top of the macaron.
Add drizzled melted chocolate over the pecan to make it look eye catching and complete the turtle flavor of pecans, chocolate, and caramel.
Macarons can filled with a burst of flavors including citrus, fruit, tea, herbs, dessert, tea or beverage flavored.
Macarons are unique in that you can fill them with chocolate ganache, flavored buttercream icing, jam, or curd.
Fill your macarons with fruit and citrus flavors if you’re looking for an explosion of sweet flavors.
If you’re looking for a creamy, warm memorable macaron you can go with London fog, eggnog, hot chocolate or coffee flavored macarons.
For more of a beach flavored macaron you can fill your macarons with mojito, piña colada or champagne flavored macarons.
Fruit and Citrus Flavored Macarons
Kiwi Macarons
Kiwi macarons are made by adding green food coloring to macaron batter.
Kiwi macarons are filled by making your own kiwi jam using fresh kiwi, lime juice, a sugar syrup, and gelatin to thicken it up.
Peach Macarons
Peach macarons are made by adding a bit of orange food coloring to the macaron shell batter.
Peach macarons are filled with peach jam.
To create the look of a real peach, paint the outside of the macarons using milk and orange coloring, and another container with milk and red food coloring.
Immediately after painting the outside of the macaron, dip the shells into sugar to coat it. Add 2 mint leaves and stick them into the jam.
Watermelon macarons are filled with a cream cream frosting that has watermelon flavoring added to it.
The outside of the macarons can be painted with a black edible marker to create the look of seeds on your pink macarons.
You can even paint the edges green for a full watermelon macaron look.
Raspberry Macarons
Raspberry macarons are made by adding a bit of food coloring to the macaron batter to make them either pink or red.
Raspberry macaron filling is made by adding raspberry jam to a buttercream base filling.
Raspberry jam is much more concentrated in flavor, therefore it flavors buttercream much better than using crushed raspberries.
Lemon Macarons
Lemon macarons are made by adding 1/4 tsp of lemon extract to the macaron shell batter.
The filling of the lemon macarons are made by adding lemon zest and lemon juice to a buttercream base frosting.
Lemon macarons are tart, tangy, with a little sweetness from the frosting.
Pineapple Macarons
Pineapple macarons are made by adding a bit of yellow food coloring to the macaron shell batter.
The center filling is made by creating a puree using pineapple chunks.
The pureed pineapple is mixed with rice flour and coconut flour over the stove for a few minutes until it thickens.
Once it’s cooled down, it’ll ready to be piped onto the macaron shells.
Banana Cream Macarons
Banana cream macarons are made by creating the shells of the macarons first.
The filling of the banana cream macarons is vanilla custard, and a slice of banana. The bananas have a bit of lemon juice squirted on them to prevent them from turning brown.
The banana cream macarons have a small bit of meringue piped on top of them, that are torched to cook the meringue.
Mango Macarons
Mango macarons are made by creating the macaron shells, and adding a bit of yellow or orange food coloring to the macaron batter.
The filling of the mango macarons is made by adding mango puree to a buttercream base frosting.
Coconut Key Lime Macarons
Coconut key lime macarons are made by adding shredded coconut, coconut extract, toasted coconut, and green food coloring to macaron batter.
Coconut key lime macarons are filled with key lime buttercream frosting. Key lime buttercream frosting can be made by adding fresh lime juice, and lime zest to the base of buttercream icing.
Passionfruit Macarons
Passionfruit macarons are made by adding a bit of purple food coloring to the macaron batter.
You can add a bit of freeze dried raspberries to the tops of the macaron shells if desired.
The filling of the macarons is made by adding passionfruit curd, passionfruit juice, and melted chocolate together.
The filling needs to be chilled for a few hours prior to piping onto the macaron shells.
The grapefruit filling for macarons is made by adding grapefruit zest and grapefruit juice to a buttercream base frosting.
Cherry Macarons
Cherry macarons are made by adding red or pink food coloring to the macaron batter.
Finely chopped cherries are added to a buttercream base frosting for the cherry macaron filling.
Cranberry Macarons
Cranberry macarons are made by adding a little vanilla extract to the macaron shell batter.
The filling of the cranberry macarons is made by first making a cranberry puree.
The cranberry puree is added to a lime custard base and is cooked until it’s thickened.
The lime cranberry curd needs time to cool, therefore it’s best if you make the cranberry macaron filling the day before you make your macaron shells.
Beverage Flavored Macarons
Hot Chocolate Macarons
Hot chocolate macarons are made by adding cocoa powder to macaron batter to create a chocolate macaron shell.
Hot chocolate macarons are filled with a marshmallow chocolate buttercream icing. Hot cocoa is added to a buttercream base to create the chocolate flavor. Marshmallow fluff is added to the buttercream icing for the marshmallow flavor. Marshmallow fluff is a spreadable cream that tastes just like marshmallows.
Hot chocolate macarons are topped with melted chocolate and a few mini marshmallows.
Mojito Macarons
Mojito macarons are made using your favorite macaron recipe, and then adding a hint of green food coloring to the macaron batter.
The first is a mojito ganache, made by adding rum bakery emulsion flavoring, lime oil, fresh lime juice, chopped up fresh mint leaves to a white chocolate ganache base.
The second filling is a lime center made of sweetened condensed milk, fresh lime juice, and lime zest.
The ganache is piped in a ring around the edge of the macaron shell, while the sweet lime center is piped in the middle of the macaron shell.
Piña Colada Macarons
Piña colada macarons are made by adding a little coconut flour to the macaron batter.
After the macarons have been piped, a sprinkle of shredded coconut is added to the tops of the macaron shells.
The filling of the piña colada macarons is made by adding rum extract, pineapple juice, and coconut cream to a buttercream frosting.
Eggnog Macarons
Eggnog macarons are made by adding vanilla extract and a pinch of nutmeg to macaron batter.
After the macarons have been piped, a sprinkle of cinnamon is added to the tops of the macarons prior to baking.
Eggnog macarons are filled with eggnog buttercream icing. Nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and eggnog are added to a buttercream base icing.
London Fog Macarons
London fog macarons are made by adding lavender extract to macaron batter. You can also sprinkle a bit of culinary lavender to the tops of the macarons if desired.
Earl grey buttercream icing is the filling for these delicious macarons.
Add vanilla extract, and a full bag of Earl grey tea leaves to the base of a buttercream frosting.
Taste test, you might need to add more tea leaves or vanilla extract to get the taste just right.
Coffee Macarons
Coffee macarons are made by adding a small dusting of coffee grounds to the tops of the macaron shells right after piping them.
Coffee macarons are filled with coffee cream cheese buttercream icing.
You can add in your coffee flavor by adding a small amount of strong coffee, espresso, or using a pack of instant coffee with a bit of hot water.
Add the coffee in slowly to your filling, you don’t want the flavor to be too overpowering, or too thin of an icing to pipe.
Champagne Macarons
Champagne macarons are made by adding a hint of champagne into a buttercream base frosting.
Cookie dough macarons are made by making edible cookie dough to fill the macarons with.
Edible cookie dough is made without eggs, therefore you can eat it right away. You can use chopped up chocolate chips if you don’t have mini chocolate chips for your edible cookie dough macarons.
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Macarons
Dark chocolate peppermint macarons are made by adding peppermint oil and green gel food coloring to macaron batter.
Chocolate ganache is rich, creamy, and goes well with the complimenting flavored peppermint macarons.
Tiramisu Macarons
Tiramisu macarons are made by adding a dusting of coffee grounds to the tops of the macaron shells after they have been piped.
The filling of the tiramisu macarons is made by adding mascarpone cheese, espresso, and cinnamon to powdered sugar and a bit of heavy cream.
Tiramisu macarons have a ton of flavor!
Red Velvet Macarons
Red velvet macarons are made by adding cocoa powder, and vanilla extract to the macaron shell batter. Red velvet is a flavor that has both chocolate and vanilla flavors, making it truly memorable.
The filling of the red velvet macaron is a vanilla cream cheese icing. The cream cheese icing with the chocolate flavored macaron shells makes this flavor of macaron creamy and rich.
Gingerbread Macarons with Cream Cheese Icing
Gingerbread macarons are made by adding gingerbread spice to macaron batter and brown gel food coloring.
Cream cheese filling for macarons is made by creating a cream cheese buttercream icing with vanilla extract. Melted white chocolate is added at the end of making the icing to give it a sweet chocolatey finish.
S’more Macarons
S’more macarons are made by adding ground up graham crackers to macaron batter.
There are 2 fillings for s’more macarons that you’ll need to make. There will be one layer of milk chocolate ganache.
The other layer is a buttercream frosting made with marshmallow fluff.
The combination of graham cracker flavored shells, marshmallow buttercream, and milk chocolate ganache, makes these macarons irresistible.
Turtle Macarons
Turtle macarons are made by substituting some of the almond flour for pecan flour to macaron batter.
The turtles are filled with freshly made caramel sauce.
Caramel sauce is made by cooking sugar in a saucepan and waiting for it to crystallize into an amber color.
Once you’ve reached your desired color, heavy cream is added to the sauce to make creamy and delicious caramel. Butter is added to thin out the caramel sauce and make it more of a rich caramel flavor.
Top the turtle macarons with melted chocolate and pecans.
Add a little chocolate on one half of a pecan and stick it to the top of the macaron.
Add drizzled melted chocolate over the pecan to make it look eye catching and complete the turtle flavor of pecans, chocolate, and caramel.
Vanilla Bean Macarons
Vanilla bean macaron shells can be flavored with the contents of a vanilla pod into the macaron batter.
The filling is made by adding vanilla bean paste to cream cheese frosting. You can add in vanilla extract if you’re wanting a stronger vanilla flavor.
For a bit of added decoration, you can add dried rose petals to the top of the macaron shells, right after piping them. They will make your macarons looked eye catching with it’s textured look.
The filling is made by adding rose water, and melted white chocolate to a buttercream base frosting.
To decorate the macarons, you can add a little more melted white chocolate and streak it on the top of the macaron shells. You can add a few more dried rose petals or sprinkles that will stick onto the melted white chocolate.
Dark chocolate ganache is made by adding hot heavy cream to dark chocolate melting wafers. Once the chocolate is fully mixed into the heavy cream, a little bit of butter is added to the ganache. The butter adds a smooth, velvety flavor to the ganache.
The ganache needs to cool prior to using. If you make it before baking your macaron shells, this will give it some time in the fridge to harden up and be ready to pipe into your macaron shells.
Birthday Cake Macarons
Birthday cake macarons are made by sprinkling a few rainbow sprinkles on top of the macarons after piping so they have the beautiful rainbow color on the top of the white macaron shells.
Birthday cake macaron filling is made by adding vanilla cake mix to a vanilla buttercream icing. You can add food coloring to the filling of the macarons if desired.
Peanut Butter Macarons
Peanut butter macarons are made by mixing marshmallow fluff and peanut butter together to create the delicious peanut butter filling.
You could chop up peanut until they are very fine and blot them dry, to add them to the tops of the macaron shells if desired.
Cookies and Cream Macarons
Cookies and cream macarons are made by adding crushed Oreo’s and cookie crumble to a buttercream base frosting.
You can add a sprinkle of cookie crumble to the tops of the white macarons for a little added decoration, right after you’ve piped the macaron shells.
The center filling is made with a cream cheese buttercream icing. To add a little bit more sweetness, there is a caramel sauce filling to the center filling as well.
Mint Chocolate Chip Macarons
Mint chocolate chip macrons are made by adding your favorite green food coloring to your macaron batter. You can also add some peppermint extract to the batter if desired (1/4 tsp of peppermint extract).
After you’ve piped your macarons, add tiny chopped up pieces of chocolate chips to the tops of the macaron shells prior to them drying.
Once the macaron shells have baked, you can fill them with mint chocolate chip buttercream icing. To make your mint chocolate buttercream, add dark chocolate chips and peppermint extract to your buttercream icing.
Marshmallow Macarons
Marshmallow macarons are made by adding marshmallow fluff to a buttercream base frosting.
The center filling is a orange zest infused dark chocolate ganache.
Orange dark chocolate macarons have a rich and citrus flavor.
The outer shell is colored with orange gel food coloring or powdered food coloring to give it the vibrant orange color against the dark chocolate filling color.
Sugar and water are combined in a saucepan white it crystalizes and forms an amber color.
Heavy cream and butter are added to give the caramel sauce a rich and buttery taste while it thickens.
Once the sauce has thickened up, salt is added to give the caramel sauce a salty finish to the sweet caramel. When filling the macarons, a little goes a long way!
The center filling is a cotton candy white chocolate ganache. Cotton candy food flavoring is added to hot cream and white chocolate to create this deliciously sweet and fun flavor of macarons.
Blueberry cheesecake macarons are filled with 2 different fillings. The first is a white chocolate cream cheese buttercream icing. Melted white chocolate is added at the end of making cream cheese buttercream icing to make the icing extra sweet and tangy.
The second filling is a blueberry compote. Blueberry compote is made by making a sugar syrup with blueberries, and thickening it with corn flour or cornstarch.
The macarons are assembled by piping a ring of white chocolate buttercream around the edge of the macaron shell. The center filling is a spoonful of blueberry compote.
All sandwiched together these blue macarons have a burst of blueberry and cream cheese flavors.
Tea andHerb Flavored Macarons
Lavender Macarons
Lavender macarons are made by adding ground up dried lavender to macaron batter.
The filling is a honey buttercream frosting.
You can add more ground up dried lavender to the honey buttercream if you want even more lavender flavor in your lavender macarons.
Earl Grey Macarons
Earl grey macarons are made by adding ground up earl grey tea leaves to macaron batter.
Early grey macarons are filled with earl grey buttercream icing.
Early grey tea leaves are added to a buttercream icing base to create this mesmerizing tea macaron flavor.
Taste test, and add more tea if necessary to have a punch of earl grey flavor.
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