What's with the modern obsession with macarons?

I see them all the time on the web. It's making me curious about what they are like...

>>8673697
They taste like sugary disappointment.

>>8673672
Because it takes skill, concentration and effort to make one that is perfectly smooth, a pleasing curvature, a high and perfectly level foot with a clear separation line, the top and bottom halfs the exact same size and both perfectly round.
Also, the filling requires a bit of fingerspitzgefühl and unless you want a very dry filling they have a short shelf life once assembled.
>taste
Like an almond merengue. Because that's what it is. With whatever other flavour the baker chose to put in it.

>>8673672

There has always been a desire to eat them, because they're delicious, tedious to make and comprised of expensive ingredients.

>>8673709

Most people enjoy sweets once in a while.

I don't know. I just don't know. I hated them thirty years ago. And I hate them still.

>>8673672
overrated, can be good but still not worth the hype it gets since a couple years

colorful meme food that people post on pinterest or whatever the fuck

>>8673672

That is a McChicken

>>8673826
Thought the same thing for a minute.

>>8673744
Why don't they just have a factory make them?

>>8673789
...just like cake pops. I have never had one of those either... but im now curious about trying one of those too..

>>8673896
It's increasingly common

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Overrated garbage that photographs well.

Basic white broads don't buy food to eat it, they buy it to put on Instagram and then purge into the toilet 20 minutes later.

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I've been making macaroons for years.

If you've never had a macaroon, it's a coconut-covered meringue cookie, usually dipped in chocolate.

But now when I tell people I'm making macaroons, they look at the final product and become disappointed.

So fuck macarons.

>>8674022
Yeah I originally (when I first started seeing them everywhere) was thinking similar - expecting to see the little coconut piles and instead seeing these weird little cookies.

>>8673697
>>8673744
>>8673754
OP here - They taste good, don't get me wrong. But they are nearly $2 at most any place I've seen them and they are about the size of a Double Stuff Oreo. The texture is unique but I agree with the people saying it's mostly just for show. They are pretty but most of the taste seems to be in the cream filling.

>>8673903
A cake pop is - I'm assuming - most likely just cake center inside fondant. You are paying for nearly a slice of cake and getting no more than a bite or two. Why those are popular - aside from the aesthetic appeal - also escapes me.

>>8674022
Not your fault fucking idiots don't know the difference between the "oo" and "o" sound

>>8673672
i thought also it was bc theyre made with almond flour

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How fitting, just bought some today and took a nice pic of it.

AMA

I'm fucking obsessed, just wish they were out of the ass expensive.

They are relatively easy to make, I look forward to learning how.

>>8675155
*weren't so out of the ass expensive

>>8673709
>disappointment

This. Was in a "French" style bakery that was pumping these things out like mad for years, tried one, it was a sad cookie.

That bakery has stopped churning them out, and this city sticks with trends until they die hard, so I think the fad has passed.

>>8674022
Got a good macaroon recipe? I love those things. Haven't seen them anywhere around here (deepest darkest Asia).

>>8673903
>>8675009

A cake pop is nothing more than cake blended with a mild tasting frosting until reaches a smooth, dough-like consistency on the end of stick with some form of coating.

>>8675244
So these things here ? >>8675155

>>8673697
they taste like

crispy oreos

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DALLOYAU's macaroon is tasty.
It certainly is sweet but elegant taste.
And very cute.
I want to eat It!

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It's just small almond meringue sandwiches with some garbage cream. For the price of one you could get vastly superior confectionery, like a truffle.

>>8675155
Why do you make pictures of your food?

>>8674022
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOONS, BLACK MACAROONS

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>>8675709
I took the picture to leave a nice review on their website.

Next question.