A rich, crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside chocolate macaron filled with caramel and toasted coconut. The flavors of a Girl Scout Samoa cookie dressed up for a macaron party.
The MacAttack challenge this month is to create something truly extraordinary, worthy of a special party to celebarte Macaron Day, March 20.
The Girl Scout Samoa cookie is only available once a year. They’re my favorite packaged cookie. A heavenly combination of cookie, chocolate, caramel and coconut that is irresistible. I incorporated these flavors into my macs for the macaron party.
I was a little nervous because I hadn’t made macs since last August. Would I remember just how the batter should flow? Would there be feet? I peered in to the oven anxiously waiting.
Fortunately, all the elements came together and little feet rose in the oven. These might be my most delicious macs yet. Perfect for a party.
Ingredients
- 100 grams powdered sugar
- 50 grams almond meal/flour
- 20 grams unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder, sifted
- 60 grams egg whites, at room temperature
- 40 grams granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 20 chewy caramels, unwrapped
- 1 tablespoon milk
- dash of salt
Directions
- Preheat oven to 310º. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and have a pastry bag with a plain tip (about 1/2-inch, 2 cm) ready. (Setting the pastry bag in a glass while you fill the bag makes it easier to fill.)
- Combine the powdered sugar, cocoa powder and almond meal. (Pulse in a blender or food processor to grind you almonds a bit finer. A mini food processor works best for this if you have one.)
- With an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until they’re foamy. While whipping, gradually beat in the granulated sugar and continue beating until egg whites are very stiff and firm, about 2 minutes. (To test to see if egg whites are ready, whip until the tip of the peak doesn’t fold over when you pull the beater out of the meringue.)
- Carefully fold the dry ingredients, in two batches, into the beaten egg whites with a flexible rubber spatula. When the mixture is just smooth and there are no streaks of egg white, stop folding and scrape the batter into the pastry bag. (You can put a spoonful on a plate to test it. If it slowly flattens out it’s perfect. If it just stays in a blob, give it a few more folds.)
- Pipe the batter on the parchment-lined baking sheet in 1-inch circles (about 1 tablespoon each of batter), evenly spaced one-inch apart. (I print out a macaron template to put underneath my parchment to help pipe uniform macarons.)
- Rap the baking sheet a few times firmly on the counter top to flatten the macarons. Leave out, uncovered for 15 minutes, then bake them for 15-20 minutes. Give the macs a gentle little shake with the tip of your finger to see if they’re done. You want them set but not firm. It’s better to undercook them a little so they are a bit chewy and not crisp.
- Let cool completely then remove from baking sheet.
- Preheat oven to 300º. Spread coconut evenly on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet and toast 10 - 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes, until coconut is golden. Cool on baking sheet, stirring occasionally. Set aside.
- Put the unwrapped caramels, milk and salt in a large microwave-safe bowl and cook on high for 1-2 minutes, stirring every 30 secons. When smooth, fold in toasted coconut with a spatula.
- Using two teaspoons coated in cooking spray, drop a rounded teaspoon of filling on to a macaron shell and gently sandwich another shell on top. Don't push to hard or the shell will crack.
There’s still time for you to make macs for Macaron Day. Visit Mactweets for more information.
More Macarons on Barbara Bakes:
Chocolate Strawberry Macarons
Candy Corn Macarons
Cinnamon Roll Macarons
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SUCH a wonderfully unique idea!
What beautiful macarons! The filling is just to die for.
Cheers,
Rosa
Good heaven, these macarons look awesome…especially the fillings! Slurppppp…
Hope you’re having a great day, Barbara.
Blessings,
Kristy
I think these are your best makes yet. My Bruce would love these. They remind me of German Chocolate cake (his favorite). I haven’t participated in McTweets for over a year, but your frilly little feet make me want to. Yum.
Wow, these are picture perfect! I love the flavor combination Barbara and your photos are amazing.
It is really amazing and extraordinary too.
Nice work Barbara, keep it up.
I am just in awe over this post. Samoas are my favorite girl scout cookie and packaged cookie as well, and this is just SO creative. I totally cheer for these cookies and this recipe!
Love these Barbara!
Meravigliosi!!!!!!!
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Desperate Macarons!
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These look seriously delicious!! I’ve eaten macarons several times, but have always been scared to make them.
These are gorgeous, what a fabulous treat!
i’ve never attempted macs before! these are quite the creative take on them, though. i am 100% completely obsessed with Samoas. hands down, BEST GS cookie flavor. Love these pictures by the way!
Brilliant!! Love them so much.
These macarons look incredible, Barbara! It’s been well over a year since I made a batch of my own, time to remedy that! P.S. Samoas are my favorite too. Sadly the 1 box I allowed myself to purchase a few days is gone.
YUMMMM!!! I need some of those!!!
Would you believe I’ve never tasted Samoas? However I have no doubt that your macarons taste even better than the cookies.
Oh heave Samoas are my fav!! They are stunning, perfect pics!!
Now aren’t you just real clever. You are a true talent in the baking arena. How many people do you make deliriously happy each week?
These are beautiful! Awesome idea!
Look at the feet on those babies! They’re perfect!
omg Heavenly!!
Thyese macarons are absolutely amazing!
Such beautiful macs!! Love the filling recipe!
B E A U T I F U L.
Ohhh, MYyyy. x
You make it look so easy! I have had wins and losses with macarons and yours look simply perfect and mouthwatering!
Oh these look delicious….YUMMMMMMMY:)
Barbara these macarons look delicious. I have yet to make a macaron. I need to try!
Wow, that’s a unique macarons, they looks sooo delicious. It makes me hungry just looking at it..
Thanks for sharing the recipe! I never make it before! I can’t wait to try to make it at home!
Wow, they look perfect! And the combination of caramel and coconut sounds very interesting!
Super
Je te souhaite un beau vendredi
Valérie.
GORGEOUS!!!!! I love the flavours Barbara!
What a creative and beautiful way to change-up the traditional macaron! I love the contrast between the samoa filling and chocolate caps – so tempting… I am featuring this post in today’s Friday Food Fetish roundup (with a link-back and attribution), so please let me know if you have any objections. It’s always a pleasure following your food…
Barbara! They’re gorgeous! I love anything with coconut, caramel and chocolate. I have to try these! My birthday is on March 20th, so maybe I’ll make macs instead of a cake this year.
Oh my gosh, thanks so much for posting this!! I just made chocolate macarons and had some leftover shells, now I know what to do with them!! Plus, I bought Samoa ice cream, with literraly 3 samoas all together in it, so disappointments. So now I have an idea for macaron filling and ice cream topping!!
These are gorgeous! How creative to convert samoa cookies to macarons. Love it.
These macarons look PERFECT with terrific coconut filling!
Those look amazing! I’m picking up my girl scout cookie order from my granddaughter tonight. I wish I had time to make some of these for her before I leave!
i can’t think of a more perfect macaron flavor!!
Samoa Macarons! What a sumptuous filling for your fantastic macs. They are irresistible!
I didn’t know it was possible to take macaroons to THIS level. Oh my yum.
I absolutely love these Barbara! I’m so excited to try them as I’ve just started have macaron success AND Samoa’s are my favorite. Thanks for sharing!
PS- Did you draw on your own piping template?
Thanks Audra! No I found the template online. It’s such a fun design but the link quit working and I was glad I had saved it as a pdf.
these look delish!
Seriously Barbara, these are UNREAL!!!! Samoas are my favorite girl scout cookie too!
These are gorgeous!! I want to eat one.
You, without a doubt, completed the “something extraordinary” task with flying colors. These are beyond gorgeous, Barbara!
They look amazing, Barbara..I want one! My daughter was just telling me tonight that the Samoas are the top selling GS cookies of all time…they are definitely my favorites and they translate perfectly into these Mac’s…love it! You have will to try recreating all of the girl scout cookies like this!
Barbara, these look amazing! I am soooo impressed. Samoas are my all-time favorite Girl Scout cookies, and you just took them to a whole new level. Amazing!
Barbara, you hit macaron pay dirt with these! The minute I saw them, I wanted them so bad, I pulled out two eggs and separated them to age! These are just indescribable perfection. I love samoas. but these, in my opinion, are better than samoas by a long shot! If there was a macaron of the year..these would be it!
You don’t know how happy it makes me that you made these and thought they were as fabulous as we did. Probably should change the title.
Thanks!
Cheers to MACTWEETS!
Barbara, What a great idea! They turned out perfectly!
OMG OMG I didn’t know macaron day was this month and only in 10 days!!! I’ve gotta go buy myself some macarons then hehe
YUM! These look amazing! I’ve never heard of Samoa flavoured desserts but if it’s coconut and caramel i’m sure i’m gonna like it!
Your macarons are sooooooo perfectly piped and are so cute