Macaroon or Macaron
Do you know the difference between a 'Macaroon' and a 'Macaron'?
No... well, a macaroon is usually made from ground Almond or Coconut and usually baked on rice paper. A macaron is a meringue based confection made from ground almond, icing sugar, egg whites and food colouring.
1. Macarons
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Well, todays blog is going to be about the good old macarons, often confused with macaroons, but see definition and photos above.
A couple of days ago I was given a sample of my favourite 'petit fours' (bite sized after meal treats), the very colourful, very tasty Macarons.
Not just any macarons, macarons from a local, trusted store Yipsy Macarons here in my native Birmingham.
Angela, from Yipsy, who makes all the handmade macarons personal delivered these little pieces of heaven to my front door... bless her heart. So when i got home from work, i stuffed my face with these amazing treats.
'Handmade just for you...'
The package consisted of four macarons in a cute company bag with a business card pegged to it (see pic).
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| Front of bag with Yipsy business card |
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| Bag after business card has been removed, showing Yipsy logo, company colours and 'handmade just for you...' slogan |
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| Back of bag showing allergy advice- THEY CONTAIN NUTS!! |
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| Yipsy business card. |
Don't they look adorable?
So these four fantastic flavours are a bit of heaven. I ate 3 of the four (as of course, much to my dismay, i was made to share!!) :( heheh ;) So i can only review 3 of the 4 flavours.. which are a taste sensation by the way!
The shell (the outer baked part of the bite sized treat) was of perfect texture. It's crispy, not to the point of it being hard, but it's firm, like a macaron should be. and the filling, OMG... that was just pure bliss, i have no words. you have to taste it to believe it.
Although i only got to eat 3 of these, my sister's reaction when she was biting in to this food of the gods was ... "MMMM, these are nice man!" (yes, this is what she said verbatim.) (she ate the chocolate praline)
So, a huge HUGE HUGE thank you to the lovely Angela from Yipsy. This woman deserves an award for making food.. hang on let me correct myself... for making these beautiful desserts as tasty, as colourful and as healthy* as these!!
Yipsy was founded by Angela Yip, who left the world of financing as she had dreams of owning her own business.
Her goal was to create the perfect macaron which is the right amount of crispy, chewy, creamy and melt in your mouth goodness. Bursting with flavour and vibrant in colour, these macarons will not only brighten up your day, they are that little bit of joy you need, that bounce to make you smile. :)
From the company blog, to being featured in the Stay.com article of recommended places to have your sweets in Birmingham, the company is gaining popularity and forever growing.
There are many many macarons to choose from at Yipsy.
The 'Classic Collection' (£1.25 each) - Chocolate Praline, Vanilla, Cookies and Cream, Strawberry, Raspberry, Pistachio, Salted Caramel and Lemon.
Wedding favours and Macaron tower.
'Kiddies Corner' (£1.50 each) - Hello Kitty, Bunny rabbits, Little chicks and Teddy Bears.
or you can order personalised macarons with company logo, offering bespoke flavours and colours to match company brand.
or simply buy a box of 12 (classic collection) for £15. <--- my choice. ;) shhh.
Not only can you get personalised macarons from Yipsy, she offers delivery to anywhere in UK and beautiful gift wrapping with a message of your choice.
So pop over to the Yipsy Macarons site now for all information of the company and ingredients, flavours etc...
If you simply choose to look at the website to find out information, pop on over to twitter and say Hi to Angela on twitter or Facebook and tell her i sent you! ;)
Enjoy those Macarons people.
Thanks for reading, and until next time..
Take Care!
Kim xoxox
*Macarons are gluten-free, dairy free (on request) and less than 100 calories each so it would be rude not to have more!
