French macarons are dainty and colorful sandwiches. They are popular in France and recipes had been perfected by many pastry chefs.
They make great desserts for a bridal shower. They are the ultimate bridal shower sandwich.
What are Macarons?
Macarons are meringue-like French cookies made with almond meal and egg whites, sandwiched around ganache, jam, or a cream-based filling (Chow Hound). macarons are usually filled using piping bags.
Macarons are expensive because they are extremely complicated to make. Many of their ingredients can be costly and/or hard to find.
Macaron shells are made by folding almond flour and confectioners sugar into a meringue (Baking Bites).
Macaron Calories
According to several recipes. One French macaron has about 45-50 calories.
This is good to know so that you’d have a game plan on how to eat these yummy treats and still fit into your clothes.
Do macarons have to be refrigerated?
French macarons are very sensitive. They react to moisture. They could easily spoiled if left at room temperature.
The max amount of time you’d want to leave macrons at room temperature is 24 hours.
If you plan to keep them for longer than a day, I would recommend refrigerating them.
Why Should You Include Macarons at a Bridal Shower?
Macarons are dainty, delicate and colorful treats and should be at a bridal bunch, tea party and wedding shower. There is a high-end treat that guests will love they also look great in pictures and make great decor.
A macaron tower could go with any bridal shower style or theme. They could be simple flavors like vanilla or complex flavors like peppermint. A macaron tower would be appropriate for any Miss to Mrs. event.
When to Include Macarons?
Because macarons are not very expense friendly, it will be good to have it as a necessity. Having a macaron tower has to be considered early on.
You want to make sure you could afford them along with the other bridal shower expenses.
If you have funds set aside for macarons or lucky enough to know someone that can make them, then go for it!
Creating a Macaron Tower For a Bridal Shower
Once you have about 50 macarons you will need a fabulous way to display them on the dessert table. This is where the tower comes in.
There are some places you could find a cute tower to display the bridal shower macarons. There is also an option to make your own macaron tower.
1 Easy DIY Macaron Tower
One idea for a DIY macaron tower is using the Styrofoam cone method. The materials you will need are:
- Styrofoam cone
- Toothpicks
- White frosting
- 1 wooden chopstick
- Unsweetened shredded coconut
- Macarons
- Pedestal to display and for serving
Directions:
Apply frosting to the Styrofoam cone. Make sure frosting is smooth and evenly distributed. Insert a wooden chopstick into the top of the cone.
This will help when carrying the tower. Apply shredded coconut around the cone on top of frosting.
Apply the macaron in the desired place on the cone and stick toothpick and through the macaron and the cone. Repeat until you have the desired look. Place on serving plate or pedestal.
For amore in-depth tutorial on this method, I recommend looking at Thirsty For Tea’s blog.
2 REALLY Easy DIY Macaron Tower
Buy a macaron tower from Amazon. Most of them are clear and come in 6- 10 tier options. Once you have the tower, all you have to do is arrange the macaron to your liking.
There are different patterns and arrangements you could use. Take a look at our Pinterest page for inspiration.
Macaron tower stand
A macaron tower stand is very affordable. A 6 tier round tower could hold about up to 90 macarons. A 10 tier round macaron tower holds over 200 macarons. The amount may vary depending on the size of the macaron.
More Macaron Tower Ideas
There are so many ideas for a macaron bridal shower. If you decide to make macrons the theme, you could use invitations with pictures of macarons on them and other details.
You could also get a some cute macaron cardholder for the tables. There are more ideas in the gallery above.
3 Macaron Tower with Flowers
To add more detail to the macaron tower, including flowers would be the best thing to do. The flowers make nice accents to the macaron tower and will look very professional and pretty.
The flower should go alone with the color scheme of the macaron tower so they complement each other.
4 Macaron Wedding Favors
Macarons make excellent wedding favors. It is a seet gift that keeps on giving. the guess will definitely be impressed and please to take macarons home.
5 Favorite Macaron Recipes
If you are a pastry chef or willing to take on making your own macarons here are the links to some popular recipes.
Conclusion
Enjoy having these dainty sandwich and make them look great at the shower. How will you be making your macaron tower? Will you be using any of the methods in this post?
I would love to hear what you have in mind. On Instagram post pictures of your finished macaron tower and tag out me in it @bridalshower101! I want to see and comment!
XOXO,