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

I absolutely love to bake and cook, but decorating/presentation is not where I shine. I feel like I get in a rut and just blank out on ideas. I get tired of plain macaron shells and am always looking for ways to spruce them up a bit. I know the usual ways of multi colored, sprinkles, chocolate drizzles, graham crackers on cheesecake flavors, pistachios on pistachio flavor, dried fruit on fruit ones, cocoa powder on tiramisu, gold leaf, etc and all are beautiful choices. I am just looking for something else I guess. My question is do any of you have any non traditional ideas that you use? Any places you go to get inspiration? I feel like I have seen all Pinterest has to offer. Would love some new ideas! Pics of examples.

Hello, I’m new and love baking macarons just need more work with perfecting.. hope this group helps ❤️

Hello to all!! I'm new here and trying to perfect my Italian method macarons ! They always come out half hollow. I don't seem to get the perfect macaron. I'm aiming to troubleshoot my oven perhaps ? I'm also trying to unlock the recipe! I appreciate all the comments and likes in advance ! 💜

I tried making strawberry cheesecake flavored macarons! For the filling I mixed butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and freeze dried strawberries then decorated the edges with graham crackers 😁😁