Famous Macarons in History for Macaron Day – Mactweets Challenge #27

by Lora Wiley-Lennartz

World Macaron Day is March 20th. To commemorate the occasion Those fun and thoughtful gals Jamie and Deeba over at Mactweets challenged us to come up with an idea to celebrate the Macaron’s special day. I actually got inspired by the Mactweets blog logo and thought to breathe some life into these cookies. It sounds strange to call macarons cookies, no? They seem to be in a class all by themselves.

So because I’m nuts and weird things inspire me, I thought what better way to celebrate than to highlight some of the most “famous” macarons in history?

I set out full of passion and ideas for my creations. Unfortunately they turned out looking like a chimpanzee made them. Someone with much better artistic skills could have taken these to a whole other level. So I’m giving myself points for my creative idea but for the result, not so much but here they are…

Marilyn Macroe
Bob MacMarley

Andy MacWarhol
Billie Holidaymac
Albert MacEinstein
(No, it’s not a sheepdog. Husband suggested I take
my inspiration from the tongue out picture)
Barmac Obama
I made a half batch each of both plain and chocolate macarons and added powdered flesh color to the plain ones. They were all filled with vanilla buttercream. Royal icing was used to decorate them along with sprinkles and edible pearls. Barmack’s ears are made of chocolate fondant. This post obviously is not about flavor so if you are looking for some incredible macaron recipes to try, I suggest you have a look at the Mactweets archives or some of my own fun creations on the Macarons tab above.
So that’s my entry. A big thank you as always to Jamie and Deeba for keeping the Macspirit going month after month no matter how busy they are. And don’t forget to check out the round up at Mactweets on March 20th with all the fabulous creations of other brilliant Mactweeters.

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19 comments

RollerScrapper March 27, 2012 - 3:44 pm

Awesome! You have the most creative macs!

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sugarswings March 22, 2012 - 11:51 am

oh man! i can't even do plain o' macarons and you have bob macmarley and friends??! awesomely awesome!

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Mira March 21, 2012 - 8:45 pm

Lora, these are absolutely amazing! So inspired and creative. I just love the MacEinstein one :).

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Emma March 20, 2012 - 3:44 pm

This is hilarious! What would Andy Warhol be but a face made of soup!? Too funny:)

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Deeba PAB March 17, 2012 - 11:37 am

You are the maddest hausfrau I have ever met and I ♥ you to bits! I can just imagine the FUN you had making these. You are at your creative best Lora. I love Bob Marley and am singing on the top of my voice! Lady, yo are inspiring, entertaining and TALENTED! As always, just wonderful to have you at MacTweets! Hugs!

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Jen March 15, 2012 - 9:16 pm

I love the Bob Marley macaron!

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HI Cookery March 15, 2012 - 8:25 pm

Oh my!!! These are the most creative macs ever! Serious edible art, Lora!!!

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C&C Cakery March 15, 2012 - 7:36 pm

The Andy Warhol with the soup can face cracked me up. So did that little Obama – He looks horrified. Probably because someone is about stuff him in their maw. Love it all!

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Jamie March 15, 2012 - 2:31 pm

OMG Lora you are the best! Your macs are always so creative and full of imagination but this series must be the best yet! I love them! Love them! I agree with Jill that you are an inspiration! I am so happy to have you baking macs with us at Mactweets! Happy and lucky, indeed!

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Jill Colonna March 15, 2012 - 2:07 pm

Lora! You are an inspiration to us all. Loving it and cracking up with Bob MacMarley – no, ALL of them are fabulous. A macaron hall of fame. I'm sharing this with my macaronivore friends. You are so funny!

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simple baking March 14, 2012 - 11:43 am

Super like. Love the Marilyn Macroe.

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Sue March 14, 2012 - 3:01 pm

Ha ha, You are so clever, and funny:) These macs are fabulous! If I had to pick, my favorites are Obama and MacMarley…love all their names too!

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Ruby March 14, 2012 - 1:03 pm

LOL!!! I love the ears on poor Barmac Obama. These are hilarious!!!

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Mardi @eatlivetravelwrite March 14, 2012 - 2:48 am

These are INSPIRED! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!!!!

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Choc Chip Uru March 13, 2012 - 8:21 pm

Your macarons are so cute! What better way to celebrate this fun day 😀

Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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SprinkleBakes March 13, 2012 - 2:31 pm

OH, how FUN! I knew them all immediately. Fabulous!

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shaz March 13, 2012 - 7:50 am

Oh Lora, you are so super, duper creative. I just LOVE them all, my favourite is Billie Holidaymac. Superb effort, bravo! I'm hoping if I get a chance to bake tonight I might just make the deadline 🙂

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ciketon fazya March 13, 2012 - 12:23 am

Oh no Lora…this creation is super creative…

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Paula March 12, 2012 - 10:56 pm

You are killing me! I love your imaginative and creative flare. Love It!

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