These little baby’s are my arch rival, I just can’t make a perfect macaroon to save my life. This next recipe is as good as its going to get, they’re a little bit bumpy, but these baby’s have feet, whoooooohoooooo, finally they have feet, no not the type of feet there going to get up and walk out on me but a little bubble foot like all good macaroons should.
Every time I try to make them something goes astray, it probably has something to do with my inability to follow the instructions, after the first three batches you would think I would learn but sadly no. I was telling one of my most loyal readers that I just couldn’t make them, and the next thing I know she had bought me a cookbook on Macaroons (Thanks G) So after reading through that I have learn’t a few secrets and worked out a recipe that some how miraculously worked. The secret is italian meringue and man oh man do I love the Italians for this one. If you make macaroons with an italian meringue, by pouring hot liquid sugar into the egg whites rather that using sugar straight out of the packet, it works. Well it works for me and as the saying goes if it can work for me it can work for you.
I did read that chocolate macaroons are the hardest and trust me to want chocolate ones, but really who can resist chocolate?
Mmmm! So chocolate and sweet! They are perfect!
Thanks Elen, you have a great blog.
Wow. What a great combination.. That caramel looks so creamy and thick.. LOVE!
Hi Mr & Mrs P,
Thank you!! I hope your having a fabulous time in Paris, I wish I was there.
OK, I’ve been putting off making macaroons for yonks. About time I got brave as I simply can’t resist this, thanks for sharing.
Yeah be brave if all else fails you’ll have a story to tell! I’m sure these will work for you. Let me know if you make them.
Sophia xx
Your blog is absolutely amazing, Sophia, there is such a feeling of mystery in your pictures…I will try these macaroons for sure.
Thats so lovely, sweet and kind of you, thank you so very much. Let me know how you go.
Hi Sophia
Well for one that has had problems in the past you seem to have mastered the technique. Your macaroons are (excuse the pun) picture perfect!
You know I dont bake much these days and I never tried the macaroon that is why I had that little book on how to.
I just love them they are a great coffee in the afternoon treat and they usually arrive along with my sister in a bag!
I am glad they worked out for you.
Always G XX
Hi G,
Thanks for the book, I finally made them and they worked hooray! They are a great for an afternoon treat, not to big but sweet enough.
Looks like your macaroons turned out great to me, but I don’t even dare to try to make macaroons. Love the flavor combination of chocolate and caramel!
You should try, it needs to go on your bucket list 🙂
Hi Sophia,
I’m only mentioning this since you said you’ve struggled with macarons. I noticed in your recipe that your macaron shell ingredients are measured in cups. Because macarons can be so temperamental, all the experts stress the importance of always measuring your macaron ingredients by weight. The majority of recipes are in grams or ounces (I usually see grams and feel they’re slightly more accurate). This way the ingredients are exactly the same each time, and with each baker. Cups bring in a whole set of measuring variables, and tend to get hopeful macaron bakers into trouble :\
These chocolate caramel macarons look pretty delicious, though! Just thought I’d try to pass along some advice to help you master these tasty treats. I did a TON of research on methods, myths, tips and tricks, and it was a huge help in determining what steps were crucial to success (and which ones don’t seem to be worth the effort when looking at/tasting the final product).
Good luck!
Andrea
Hi Andrea,
Thank you so much for sharing your advice. I think I need to invest in some electric scale as mind aren’t very easy to read so I always use cups. I will take your advice next time I make them though, I’m sure there will be a next time. There seems to be so many rules to making macaroons, so many things that can go wrong, I guess thats why they’re highly sought after.
Macarons, not macaroons, my dear 🙂
Petra
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