Jenna Atkinson

Valentine’s day is a day to celebrate the people we love in our life.

Valentine’s day macarons are the perfect gift for your mom, sister, brother, or your significant other.

You can decorate macarons using food coloring, edible markers, royal icing, chocolate or caramel.

You can pipe your macarons into teddy bears, or hearts for a specialty cookie for valentine’s day.

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Royal Icing

To decorate Valentine’s day macarons, you can make royal icing for some fine detail work. Royal icing will dry hard, and you can use piping tips to create small lines on your Valentine’s day macarons.

Royal icing can be hard to work with. If your icing is too runny, add a little bit more icing sugar to stiffen it up. Then you can write words with it, or make wavy lines for a beautiful look to your valentine’s day macarons.

Caramel or Chocolate Drizzle

To add caramel or chocolate drizzle, place your macarons on a large plate.

Put caramel or melted chocolate into a piping bag, fitted with #2 piping tip.

The flow will come fast, you won’t even need to squish the bag for the flow to come out.

Make one line on 1 half of the macaron. Continue making 2 more lines that criss cross a little to have an elastic band look to it.

You can add nuts or sprinkles to the drizzle to add a pop of color.

Paint

You can paint on macarons using either powdered food coloring or gel food coloring with a couple of drops of almond extract.

Using a food safe paint brush gently paint on your macaron. You don’t want to use too much almond extract. If you pour too much, the color will be more like watercolor paint.

If you just use a little almond extract, the color will be strong and easily painted on the macaron. The color will not run on the cookie.

For valentine’s day macarons, you can paint hearts, or write words on your macaron shells.

Edible Marker

You can draw on your macarons using an edible marker.

You can write words or draw pictures on your macarons for valentine’s day.

Edible marker’s come in all sorts of colors, it’s almost like using a felt pen to draw on cookies.

You don’t want to push too hard into the cookie, since they are quite delicate.

Piping Shapes

Macaron batter can be piped into shapes instead of just a circle for a beautiful gift for that special someone!

You can use a template to create heart macarons, or you can just free hand them.

Heart macarons can be colored pink, or you can have them as plain white batter as well.

If you’re wanting to color your macaron batter, use a little bit of pink gel food coloring to color your heart macarons.

Fill your piping bag with your macaron batter fitted with a 1/2” tip.

Begin by piping one of the round tops of the heart, drag the tip downwards in a diagonal. Continue piping upwards to end at the other round top of the heart.

Take a toothpick and gently guide the point of the bottom of the heart downwards to create a sharp point of your macarons.

Let them dry for 30 minutes, and then bake in the oven for the same time your recipe says.

Valentine’s day heart macarons should be 1.5″-2″ once you’ve piped them.

Teddy bear macarons are adorable to make for valentine’s day. You can color your macaron batter brown, or leave it as plain white.

Fill your piping bag with macaron batter fitted with a 1/2” tip.

Begin by piping a round circle for the head.

Add ears to the teddy bear macaron by piping the ear and dragging the macaron batter downward into the round circle. 

Add arms and legs to the teddy bear macaron by piping the batter in a “star” shape. Start piping the one arm, then drag the tip in an arc to one of the feet, then to the other foot, then to the other arm. 

Fill in the body of the teddy bear.

After you have piped all of your teddy bears, remove the air bubbles from the macarons by banging the bottom of the baking pan.

Add a small circle for the mouth of the bear on top of the round circle in the bottom half of the face. 

Bake the macarons, cool, and fill them.

Add the teddy bear macarons eyes, nose, and mouth using an edible marker.

Easter macarons are vibrant and beautifully colored. You can make shapes with your Easter macarons including bunnies, Easter eggs, and carrots.

You can also decorate your macarons to look like a bird’s nest, or robin’s egg using some food coloring, icing, and a couple of chocolate eggs.

Use your favorite macaron recipe and bake for the exact time in your recipe to make these enticing Easter macarons.

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Bunny Macarons

Bunny macarons are made with plain macaron batter. You don’t need any food coloring added to the macaron batter if you’re making a white colored bunny.

To pipe your bunny macarons, begin by piping a small circle ~ 1″ in diameter.

Pipe one ear off to the side of the circle on the top. You’ll want to drag the macaron batter upward, and then let the batter drip back on to itself to create one ear. Repeat on the other ear.

Use a toothpick to guide both of the ears of the bunny into a point.

Let the macarons dry for 30 minutes.

Bake your bunny macarons for the exact same time it says in the recipe you’re using, and let them cool. Fill your macarons.

Add eyes and eyelashes with an edible marker. Draw 2 wavy lines to create the eyes, then add small lines outwards to create the eye lashes.

Add 2 “U” shaped lines to create the mouth.

Add 2 whiskers on each side of the bunny face.

Use pink powdered food coloring and a little almond extract together to make a paint. Paint the pink color on the inside of the ears of the bunny, and a triangle or round nose using a food safe paint brush.

Carrot Macarons

Carrot macarons are made by coloring your macaron batter with 1/4 tsp of orange powdered food coloring, or a little bit of orange gel food coloring on a toothpick.

To pipe your carrot macarons, begin by piping in a line, and then drag the batter back on to itself.

Guide the end of the carrot into a point by using a toothpick. Push the batter into a point to give it a sharp end.

Next you’ll want to have a very small end on your piping bag.

You might need to move the batter into a new piping bag with a small tip on the end. Your initial carrot macrons you’ve piped should sit for about 15 minutes, then you can start the detail work on them.

Go back to your carrot macarons and pipe a curved line starting at the thick end of the carrot. Pipe curved lines all the way down the carrot.

Let your macarons dry for 15 minutes.

Bake your macarons, and fill them.

Use green powdered food coloring and a little almond extract together to make a paint. Paint the green color on the top of the carrot using a food safe paint brush. You can make a triangle shape a couple of times to create the green part of the carrot.

Easter Egg Macarons

Easter egg macarons can be shaped piped into an oval to look like an egg. You can also just make them into a regular circle if desired.

To decorate Easter egg macarons, you can make royal icing for some fine detail work. Royal icing will dry hard, and you can use piping tips to create small lines on your Easter egg macarons.

Another option is to decorate your Easter egg macarons with an edible marker, and draw lines on the cookies.

To make your Easter egg macarons full of color, you can make your own paint using powdered food coloring and almond extract.

Paint your Easter egg macarons using a food safe paint brush.

Criss-crosses, circular lines, triangles, circles, all look beautiful to make your Easter egg cookies.

Nest Macarons

Nest macarons are made by making royal icing, and coloring the icing brown.

Using a large star tip, pipe the icing in a round circle to make the nest on top of the macaron.

Place 3 colored chocolate eggs into the nest, and they will dry into the nest so they will stay put.

Let the nest dry for at least an hour before storing your nest macarons.

Robin Egg Macarons

Robin egg macarons are made using a sky blue color to make your macaron shells the perfect robin egg color. You don’t want it to be too colored, just a hint of blue is ideal.

After the shells have come out of the oven and cooled, mix together brown food coloring and vanilla extract.

Create the “speckled” robin egg by using dipping a food safe paint brush into the vanilla extract/food coloring mixture and flicking it onto the cooled macaron shells.

Carrot macarons are adorable cookies you can make using orange macaron batter.

Carrot macarons go well alongside bunny macarons, and can be made for a child’s birthday party, or brought to Easter as a specialty dessert cookie.

Carrot macarons are decorated using green powdered food coloring, almond extract, and a food safe paint brush.

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You’ll need to pipe the carrot macarons using 2 piping bags.

One piping bag should have a larger end on it (half inch piping tip), and the other should have a narrow tip on it (quarter inch piping tip).

The top of the carrot is the detail work, which is piped after the base of the carrot macaron has dried for about 15 minutes.

Recipe for Carrot Macarons

You can use your favorite macaron recipe and bake for the exact time in your recipe to make these carrot shaped macarons.

You can color your macaron batter by adding 1/4 tsp of orange powdered food coloring, or a little bit of orange gel food coloring on a toothpick.

How to Make Carrot Macarons

1. Make your macaron batter. You’ll need to add orange food coloring to the macaron batter to make the carrot color. You can add 1/4 tsp of orange powdered food coloring, or a little bit of orange gel food coloring on a toothpick and add it to your egg whites when making your almond paste.
2. To pipe your carrot macarons, begin by piping in a line, and then drag the batter back on to itself.
3. Check to see how the carrot macaron looks. If it has a nice point to it, you can make your next carrot. If you need to make the batter into a point for the end of the carrot, guide it by using a toothpick. Push the batter into a point to give it a sharp end.
4. Pipe all of your carrot macarons in the same way.
5. Remove the air bubbles from the macarons by banging the bottom of the baking pan.
6. Next you’ll want to have a very small end on your piping bag. You might need to move the batter into a new piping bag with a small tip on the end. Your initial carrot macrons you’ve piped should sit for about 15 minutes, then you can start the detail work on them.
7. Go back to your carrot macarons and pipe a curved line starting at the thick end of the carrot. Pipe curved lines all the way down the carrot.
8. Pipe all of the lines on the carrot macarons.
9. Let your macarons dry for 15 minutes.
10. Bake your carrot macarons for the exact same time it says in the recipe you’re using, and let them cool. Fill your macarons.
11. Use green powdered food coloring and a little almond extract together to make a paint. Paint the green color on the top of the carrot using a food safe paint brush. You can make a triangle shape a couple of times to create the green part of the carrot (see video below).
12. Let dry for 20 minutes. 
13. Store your carrot macarons in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days, or in the freezer for up to 1 month.

Bunny macarons are adorable cookies you can make with plain macaron batter.

You can make colored bunny macarons by adding brown, grey, or black food coloring to the macaron batter if desired.

Bunny macarons can be made for a child’s birthday party, or brought to Easter as a specialty dessert cookie.

Bunny macarons are decorated using an edible marker, pink powdered food coloring, almond extract, and a food safe paint brush.

See video here.

Recipe for bunny macarons

You can use your favorite Italian method macaron recipe to make bunny macarons.

You can bake them for the same amount of time in the recipe you use for macarons. Just make sure the total size of the macarons are about 1.5-2″.

How to Make Bunny Macarons

1. Make your macaron batter. You don’t need any food coloring added to the macaron batter if you’re making a white colored bunny.
2. To pipe your bunny macarons, begin by piping a small circle ~ 1″ in diameter.
3. Pipe one ear off to the side of the circle on the top. You’ll want to drag the macaron batter upward, and then let the batter drip back on to itself to create one ear. Repeat on the other ear.
4. Use a toothpick to guide both of the ears of the bunny into a point.
5. Pipe all of your bunny macarons in the same way.
6. Remove the air bubbles from the macarons by banging the bottom of the baking pan.
7. Let the macarons dry for 30 minutes.
8. Bake your bunny macarons for the exact same time it says in the recipe you’re using, and let them cool. Fill your macarons.
9. Add eyes and eyelashes with an edible marker. Draw 2 wavy lines to create the eyes, then add small lines outwards to create the eye lashes.
10. Add 2 “U” shaped lines to create the mouth.
11. Add 2 whiskers on each side of the bunny face.
12. Use pink powdered food coloring and a little almond extract together to make a paint. Paint the pink color on the inside of the ears of the bunny, and a triangle or round nose using a food safe paint brush.
13. Let dry for 20 minutes. 
14. Store your bunny macarons in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days, or in the freezer for up to 1 month.