A friend of mine owns a local Pilates studio and absolutely loves macarons. I call her my macaron hype girl because all throughout the process of learning I would text her pics and she would oh and ah over them. Her daughter absolutely loves them too and I would periodically drop some off for them. A couple weeks ago she asked me if I would consider selling them at her studio. The thought of selling had flown through my mind a time or two, but never thought I could really do it or have the opportunity I guess. Well, I thought about it and decided why not? I dropped them off yesterday and am patiently waiting to see if anyone will buy them. Absolutely SO nervous. I feel like they are my little macaron babies and it may break my heart if no one wants them. I did a tray of 9 for $20, a tray of 4 for $10 and an individual Dubai one by itself for $3. I would love any constructive feedback you all may have. I plan to swap out flavors weekly. This week I did Red Velvet, strawberry cheesecake, Birthday Cake, Salted Caramel with a salted caramel center, raspberry buttercream with a lemon curd center, pistachio, vanilla bean Russian buttercream, banana pudding and Chocolate brownie.

theyre actually made with bergamot flavoring because seeping earl grey in cream doesnt give it a lot of flavor, so ig the title is misleading. I didnt use crystals recipe and im trying to unlock it because my shells are only like 70% full

Decorating macarons may be one of the hardest parts. I just go blank. Mine are usually multi colored but I still feel like they are missing something if I don’t do something to them. Strawberry cheesecake may be the only one that’s easy for me. 😂

My oldest daughter had her junior prom last night and I was in charge of dinner for her and her group of friends. Her lunch table are my macaron flavor “taste testers” and the girls all wanted my macarons for dessert. Each girl picked their favorite flavor and I got to work. I made over 250 so I could send some home with them the next morning. (All the girls stayed at my house last night too.) They are still not perfect, but Crystals recipe gave me so much more confidence going into this weekend and I’m so thankful. Flavors were: Pina Colada buttercream with Mango Curd Birthday Cake Buttercream Key Lime Pie Lemon buttercream with raspberry curd Banana Milkshake White Chocolate Ganache Cotton Candy buttercream Peanut Butter buttercream with brownie batter center Wild blueberry white chocolate ganache with lemon curd center

Hi all! I’m new here and super excited to learn more about the art of macarons. These were my very first attempt at Macarons about a year ago. They were good but a little hollow and a lot of them stuck to the mat. So far I have had some successes and some more fails. I am hoping to learn more so I can make them perfect and add them to my Christmas Cookie boxes this year!