A few years ago, cupcakes. Recently, frozen yogurt and gelato. These dessert food trends have hit us like a natural disaster; they have destroyed our most precious belongings, taking our money and causing heavy damage on our health (mostly weight).
But are new desserts making way to replace the the seemingly innocent, sweet temptations? I’m talking about macarons and cakeballs (or otherwise known as cakepops). We’ll talk about these interesting cake lollipops on another day. But what are these macarons?
And why the hell are they pronounced “maca-roon”? I don’t see two “o”s in there.
Upon first look, they look like swollen Oreo cookies that have puffed out from trying to eat its own filling. That’s essentially what they are: buttercream (or jam) filling between two cookies. And they come in many, many different flavors – from raspberry to pistachio to more “basic” flavors like vanilla and chocolate.
Why are they so popular though? That’s quite easy to answer. First off, they taste good. The combination of the filling and the shells create a mouthwatering crunchy chewiness, as contradicting as it sounds. But hey, people love contradictions. Remember when black light was a trend?
Secondly, you can’t deny how damn cute they look! They’re like little, baby, dessert hamburgers!
And they have quite the history. Hopefully Sam can talk about that. *Nudge, nudge* But really though, as a sneak peak the word “macaron” is very similar to “macaroni” even though they’re different food thingies. I wonder why…
