Onesie shaped macarons with a marshmallow fluff filling

These were purely an experiment to see how they'd turn out (I had a search on the internet and couldn't find any). They're a little fiddly but great for a baby shower!

I just printed a "onesie" template from the internet and went from there. They're pretty hard to pipe so I ended up piping a "T" shape and using a toothpick to push the mixture to the edges - you need to make sure you get a thick enough layer of batter or you won't get "legs" around the whole onesie.

Happy Easter Bunny Macarons!

These have been done by others before me, but I thought I'd make some with my own twist.

To get the bunny shape, I printed some bunny templates that were simple enough to pipe out.

To make them look more like bunnies, I used a skewer and some black food dye and painted on some eyes and a nose (I attempted some whiskers on some but it was a little over the top)

Because I made them grey (this has been questioned by many who have eaten them), I added some sprinkles on the ears to add some colour.

They took the same amount of time to bake as usual (13 mins)

And I sandwiched them with banana marshmallow ganache and packaged them in cellophane bags as an alternative to easter eggs this year...

Valentine's Day Macarons - Pink Marshmallow Hearts

This year for Valentine's day, I thought I'd re-visit the heart shaped macarons from last year. I had to make these in a hurry (at about 9pm on a Wednesday night) so I used my trusty quick macaron recipe (AKA French meringue method) and whipped these up in a couple of hours. The only downside of the French meringue method is that you don't get many macarons for the ingredients you put in...

These are made with a marshmallow filling (see previous post for recipe).

White marshmallow macarons

This time, I used more marshmallow and less chocolate - probably only about 40g of white chocolate, just to break the marshmallow bonds up a bit (they're really sticky!)

Marshmallow Macarons

For the ganache:
100g cream
50g pink marshmallows
70g white chocolate
~5 white marshmallows (chopped into small pieces)

Heat cream, melt pink marshmallows into the cream, add white chocolate and whisk until melted and combined. Fold through the chopped white marshmallows and refrigerate until cooled.