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Bubblegum French Macaron Cookies

4.67 from 15 votes
I am about to dive face-first into a batch of these Bubblegum French Macarons and say "screw you, diet!"
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 12
Course: Death By Dessert
Calories: 160
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Cookies
  • 4 oz. confectioners sugar
  • 2 oz. almond flour I recommend Bob’s Red Mill
  • 1 oz granulated sugar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2 oz. egg whites roughly two eggs at room temperature
  • 8-10 drops bubblegum food flavoring
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp pink GEL food color
Ganache
  • ½ cup white chocolate chips
  • ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
  • 3-4 drops bubblegum food flavoring

Method
 

For The Cookies
  1. First, weigh out all of your ingredients.
  2. Next, sift together your almond flour and powdered sugar in a large bowl and set aside.
  3. Add your egg whites to the bowl of your mixer and start mixing on a medium speed until they get frothy. Add in the salt.
  4. Gradually add in your sugar to the egg whites and mix on a medium speed until you get a soft peak consistency. Add in the food color and flavoring to the meringue mixture before adding in dry ingredients.
  5. After the egg whites are the right consistency, add about 1/3 of the dry mixture to the egg whites and fold in until there are no dry spots left.
  6. Add in the remaining dry mixture to the meringue and fold in until there are no dry spots. Begin to check for the “ribbon” stage, where the batter falls off in ribbons and you can make a figure 8 without it breaking off. Once you get to this consistency stop folding.
  7. Prepare your piping bag with a medium round tip. Place your bag in a large cup to make it easier to add your batter. Slowly add in your batter.
  8. Place the macaron template under a silicon mat on a baking sheet.
  9. Hold your piping bag completely vertical when piping and lift straight up. Making about 1 1/2 to 2 inch circles.
  10. After you have piped all the batter, bang the baking sheet on the counter 10-20 times (seriously) to remove all air bubbles. Use a toothpick or something sharp to pop them.
  11. Now it is time to let them dry. Leave them sitting on the counter for 30-60 minutes until you can touch them and you can feel a “shell” form over them. No batter should come off on your finger.
  12. Preheat your oven to 300 degrees and bake your macarons for 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned. When you touch the top of the macaron it should not wiggle around on the “feet”.
  13. Allow them to cool COMPLETELY before taking them off the baking sheet.
For The Ganache
  1. Place the white chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream in a microwave safe bowl and melt in thirty second increments until fully melted.
  2. Mix bubblegum flavoring into chocolate completely.
  3. Allow to sit for 10-15 minutes until thickened. You can also put the ganache in the fridge to speed up the thickening process.
  4. Once the ganache is ready, place in a piping bag with a star tip, and pipe a generous amount on half the macaron shells.
  5. Sandwich them with the remaining macaron shells.
  6. Keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 24-48 hours to allow them to “mature”.
  7. Enjoy!