6 Easter Macaron Flavors

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Easter macarons are beautiful pastel colors. Easter macarons can be made into baby chicks, robin eggs, carrots, bunnies, and Easter egg shapes.

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Easter egg macaron flavors include chocolate ganache, mini egg ganache, creme egg ganache, and vanilla buttercream filling.

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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 in the vanilla extract mixture and flicking it onto the cooled macaron shells.

Robin egg macarons are filled with decadent chocolate ganache.

Easter Macaron Flavors

Mini Egg Macarons

Mini egg macarons are a personal favorite Easter flavored macaron!

Mini egg macarons are filled with a mini egg ganache.

You can make mini egg ganache by heating heavy cream, and pouring it over melted mini eggs. Mix the 2 together, and then blend them to remove any large shells in your ganache.

Let the ganache come to room temperature prior to filling your macarons. It’s easier if you chill the ganache before you want to use it. It’s easier to use when it’s firm.

Easter Macaron Flavors

Creme Egg Macarons

Creme egg macarons are a classic Eater flavored macaron. Creme egg macarons are filled by making a creme egg ganache.

Creme egg ganache is made by melting creme eggs over a double boiler, along with butter, milk chocolate, and heavy cream.

The ganache needs to cool, and be refrigerated prior to using. It’s best if you make it the day before, and then it has time to chill overnight and is ready for piping the following day.

Creme egg macarons are made “speckled” by using a bit of watered down gel food coloring, and then flicking it onto the cooled macaron shells with a food safe paintbrush.

Bunny Macarons

Bunny macarons are the perfect Easter macarons to give away to family and friends.

Bunny macarons are made by piping a circle for the head, and then 2 long ears.

You can use a toothpick to guide the macaron batter if needed.

You can color the macaron batter any color you like, or leave it white for a classic bunny coloring.

Royal icing is used to color in the inside of the bunny ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and whiskers.

Bunny macarons are filled with tasty vanilla buttercream filling.

Baby Chick Macarons

Baby chick macarons are cute little macarons that are almost too adorable to eat!!

Baby chick macarons are colored yellow for their body.

The nose and feet are made by coloring melted white chocolate with a bit of orange food coloring. The chocolate is piped onto the chick after the macaron has cooled.

The eyes are made by making a simple icing with just water and icing sugar. The icing is dyed brown with food coloring, and then the eyes are piped onto the macaron.

Baby chick macarons are filled with sweet white chocolate ganache.

Easter Egg Macarons

Easter egg macarons are full of vibrant colors for Easter.

Easter has the beautiful pastel colors – yellow, pink, blue, purple. Pick a variety of colors for your Easter egg macarons.

The macarons are made into an egg shape – more of an oval than a circle. Use your piping skills to create the oval – egg shape for your Easter macarons.

The Easter egg macarons are decorated with royal icing. Royal icing will harden onto the macaron so well that they can be stacked if needed.

You can put a couple of sprinkles on top of the royal icing for an added decoration to your Easter macarons.

Easter egg macarons are filled with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream filling.

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7 Halloween Macaron Flavors

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Halloween macarons are the perfect addition to a Halloween party dessert table.

You can make Halloween macarons using different shapes or drawing onto macarons.

Learn how to make Halloween shaped macarons.

Halloween macaron flavors are filled with sweet caramel, liquorice, candy corn, or pumpkin flavors to have you coming back for more!

Halloween Macaron Flavors

Caramel Apple Macarons

Caramel apple macarons are made with an apple flavored outer shell.

Granny smith apples are freeze dried, and then blended in a food processor to get a fine apple flavored powder.

The powder is places into the almond flour base and mixed into the macaron shell. Once the batter has been made and piped, a sprinkle of apple powder is dusted on the tops of the macarons to let them dry into the macaron shells.

The center filling is made with making a caramel sauce. There is an option of making the caramel sauce into a salted caramel sauce if desired.

Pumpkin Macarons

Pumpkin macarons are made with a flavored pumpkin outer shell. The outer shell is flavored with pumpkin spice bakery emulsion.

Pumpkin macarons can be shaped exactly like a pumpkin using a template. Another option would be to color the macarons a vibrant orange and add a couple round lines to each side of the macaron to give it a pumpkin look to it.

The filling of the pumpkin macarons is made with a buttercream flavored with pumpkin puree and cinnamon for the perfect Halloween macaron.

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Cookies and Cream Macarons

Cookies and cream macarons are made by dusting the tops of the macaron shells with cookie crumble.

The buttercream based filling is made by adding vanilla extract, crushed Oreo cookies, and Oreo cookie crumble.

The mixture is blended until smooth and piped into the macaron shells.

Halloween Macaron Flavors

Black Praline Macarons

Black Praline Macarons are made by adding chopped cacao nibs and small pieces of hazelnuts to the tops of the macarons right after piping them.

The filling is made by making a hazelnut praline buttercream frosting. Praline is a nutty, earthy flavor that is one of the most flavorful nut macarons you can make.

Dark Chocolate Ganache Macarons

Dark chocolate ganache macarons are rich and full of chocolate creamy flavors.

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.

Candy Corn Macarons

Candy corn macarons are made by making orange colored macaron shells.

The filling of the macarons is a candy corn white chocolate filling.

The ganache is made heating together cream, white chocolate and candy corns. Mix them together thoroughly and let it come to room temperature.

Pipe the filling in the center of the macarons and enjoy!

You can even roll the macarons in a few orange sprinkles, and the filling with adhere to the sprinkles, making them have a little bit of a fringe to them.

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Black Liquorice Macarons

Black liquorice macarons are made by adding black gel food coloring to the macaron shells.

The filling of the macarons is a black liquorice ganache.

The ganache is made by heating heavy cream, and adding a couple of drops of black liquorice flavoring to the pot.

Honey is added to sweeten the cream, and then the mixture is poured over melted white chocolate.

Once the ganache is mixed until combined, a little more whip cream is added to thin out the ganache.

The ganache can sit until it reaches room temperature, and can be refrigerated until it’s ready to pipe onto the macaron shells.

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3 Savory Cheese Macaron Recipes

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Macarons can be filled with savory fillings like soft cheeses such as pimento, cream cheese, or goat cheese.

Soft cheeses absorb the flavors of the spices and combine the other ingredients together to make the filling of the macaron easily pipeable.

You can make your own cheese macarons at home using these savory macarons as an inspiration.

Goat Cheese Macarons

Goat cheese savory macarons are made with a fig compote. The figs are chopped, heated, and then cooled.

The filling is made with mascarpone cheese, goat cheese, and black sesame seeds creamed together.

To assemble the goat cheese savory macarons, pipe a ring of the creamy goat cheese mixture around the edge of the macaron shell.

Add the fig compote to the center of the macaron. Top with the other macaron shell and sandwich together.

Pimento Cheese Macarons

Pimento cheese savory macarons are made with a mixing pimento cheese with heavy cream in a food processor until fully combined.

You can even make your own pimento cheese at home for a more intense flavor for your cheese macarons.

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Tomato Basil Feta Macarons

Tomato basil savory macarons are made by making macaron shells, followed by a cream cheese filling.

The filling is made by creaming together cream cheese, feta cheese, basil leaves, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste. Diced tomatoes are folded into the cream cheese savory macaron filling.

The macarons are assembled by placing 1 macaron shell, then adding a basil leaf, the cream cheese filling, and another macaron shell to sandwich the savory macaron together.

6 Savory Macaron Flavors

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Savory macarons are made by using foods that are spicy and salty for filling macarons with.

Savory macarons can be filled using soft cheeses (pimento, cream cheese, goat cheese) to bring the flavors of the savory macarons together.

The soft cheeses absorb the flavors of the spices and combine the other ingredients together to make the filling of the macaron easily pipeable.

Smoked Salmon Savory Macarons

Smoked salmon savory macarons are made with chives or dill on the tops of the macaron shells.

The filling of the smoked salmon savory macarons has a base of Boursin cheese, smoked salmon, lemon juice, chives, dill, and pepper to taste.

The filling is quite thick, therefore you can use the star piping tip to pipe the filling into a fancy design for your savory macarons.

Savory Macaron Flavors

Tomato Basil Feta Savory Macarons

Tomato basil savory macarons are made by making macaron shells, followed by a cream cheese filling.

The filling is made by creaming together cream cheese, feta cheese, basil leaves, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste. Diced tomatoes are folded into the cream cheese savory macaron filling.

The macarons are assembled by placing 1 macaron shell, then adding a basil leaf, the cream cheese filling, and another macaron shell to sandwich the savory macaron together.

Savory Macaron Flavors

Smoked Salmon and Wasabi Savory Macarons

Smoked salmon and wasabi savory macarons are made with a cream cheese based filling.

The wasabi powder is mixed with a small amount of water to emulsify it.

Next, the cream cheese is beaten until fluffy, and then the wasabi paste mixture is added to it.

Soy sauce, milk, and green onions are added to the cream cheese base to make this savory macaron filling.

To assemble the smoked salmon and wasabi savory macarons, the cream cheese filling is piped onto the macaron shell, and then is topped with a strip of folded smoked salmon. A small amount of cream cheese macaron filling is piped on to of the smoked salmon for the other macaron shell to hold it closed.

These macarons are not able to be frozen, and it is recommended you assemble them right before serving.

Goat Cheese Savory Macarons

Goat cheese savory macarons are made with a fig compote. The figs are chopped, heated, and then cooled.

The filling is made with mascarpone cheese, goat cheese, and black sesame seeds creamed together.

To assemble the goat cheese savory macarons, pipe a ring of the creamy goat cheese mixture around the edge of the macaron shell.

Add the fig compote to the center of the macaron. Top with the other macaron shell and sandwich together.

Pimento Cheese Savory Macarons

Pimento cheese savory macarons are made with a mixing pimento cheese with heavy cream in a food processor until fully combined.

You can even make your own pimento cheese at home for a more intense flavor for your savory macarons.

Bacon Savory Macarons

Bacon savory macarons are made with a buttercream based filling.

Butter is creamed with powdered sugar, and then a hint of maple syrup and vanilla extract are added.

Mix in chopped pieces of bacon to create your savory macaron filling. Pipe inside your macaron shells and sandwich together for a savory bacon macaron.

10 Wedding Macaron Flavors

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Wedding macarons are beautiful and intricate cookies that can be filled with luscious flavors like champagne, white chocolate rose, salted caramel, and red velvet.

Wedding macarons can be served on a 3 tier stand, or as a macaron tower on a dessert buffet table.

Wedding Macaron Flavors

Wedding macarons can be flavored with a variety of flavors including adult beverages (champagne macarons), or dessert flavors (white chocolate ganache macarons).

Wedding macarons can be colored white, gold, or made to be a specific color to match your wedding colors.

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You can even color them blue for a “something blue” theme.

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Champagne Macarons

Champagne macarons are made by adding a hint of champagne into a buttercream base frosting.

Champagne macarons can be decorated with a bit of gold dust to make them shine bright.

Wedding Macaron Flavors

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.

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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.

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White Chocolate Rose Macarons

White chocolate rose macarons are made by adding vanilla bean paste to the macaron shell batter.

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.

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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.

White Chocolate Ganache Macarons

White chocolate ganache macarons are full of sweet, creamy chocolate flavor.

You can make white chocolate ganache macarons by heating heavy cream, and pouring it over white chocolate melting wafers.

Make your chocolate ganache the day before, and let it sit in the fridge overnight, prior to filling your macarons.

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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.

Wedding Macaron Flavors

Salted Caramel Macarons

Salted caramel macarons are made by creating a caramel sauce using the “wet” method.

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!

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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.

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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.

Lemon Raspberry Macarons

Lemon Raspberry Macarons are flavored packed with a burst of lemon and a hint of raspberry taste.

Lemon Raspberry Macarons are made with lemon extract, lemon juice, lemon extract, and raspberry jam to create this sharp sweet flavored macaron.

Lemon Raspberry Macarons can be colored with red, pink, or yellow food coloring.

Wedding Macaron Flavors
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