A Macaron Tower for Hallowe’en

October 30, 2013/20 Comments/in Blog, Bonus Macarons /by Jill Colonna

We’ve had such fun today. I love it when it’s Hallowe’en and the girls are on mid-term school holidays. We end up doing all sorts of mad things, like making chocolate spider macarons this time.

Lucie insisted on chocolate, even if aesthetically speaking spiders are not chocolate. This was the first time the girls made their own macarons from start to finish! OK, I’ll be dead honest: they did have a couple of ‘mummies’ around, just to keep an eye on them…

Spiders’ legs were made by unwinding liquorice spirals (ahem, Julie loves them so much we didn’t have much left for cutting them up!) and sticking them into the dark chocolate ganache before assembling them with their macaron shell tops. We covered a polystyrene cone with a witches hat and pierced halved cocktail sticks through it, so that we could stick on the macarons.

Update: the sugar eyes were bought at New York Cake in NYC – I just stuck them on the macarons using some melted chocolate, deliberately making the chocolate underneath ooze out a bit for a black-eyed effect. I see they’re also available online on Amazon (Wilton). You can make your own candy sugar eyeballs, but it’s just as easy using mini smarties or M&Ms and drawing black dots in the middle of them using a black food colouring marker pen.

One for the family album?

It’s not finished yet but this is just a quick peek for you before we attack it all tomorrow for Hallowe’en. I feel like sticking on more spiders and lollypops – and changing that head? Och, I’ve stopped being a perfectionist. We’ve had a ball.

Have a fun and deliciously spooky Hallowe’en!

With the back finally on the mend and the house project becoming slightly more manageable, I’m looking forward to being back in action again next week. A bientôt!

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Yamila says:
October 12, 2014 at 4:58 am

Hi ! I want to make these for this year ! how do you do the eyes? thanks !!!
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- Jill says:
  October 12, 2014 at 1:32 pm
  
  Hi Yamila, I bought them but you can easily make them using mini smarties and using a food colouring pen, draw in the black dots! I’ve updated the post for you with more details above. Have delicious fun making these Hallowe’en macarons!
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https://www.macaronstore.com says:
November 11, 2013 at 3:34 pm

Those spider macarons are awesome.
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- Jill says:
  November 11, 2013 at 6:31 pm
  
  Merci beaucoup!
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Nami | Just One Cookbook says:
November 8, 2013 at 2:04 am

Love macarons are not food anymore and now a creative food art! SUPER cute. My kids will love the macaron spiders
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- Jill says:
  November 11, 2013 at 6:30 pm
  
  Arty spiders but still great to eat, Nami. My kids loved them and there weren’t any left to take any photos! Hope your kids had a wonderful Hallowe’en.
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Helene D'Souza says:
November 1, 2013 at 5:14 pm

Aww how adorable! Your girls are coming after their mama for making such perfect macaron. Belated Happy halloween to you and your family Jill. =)
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- Jill says:
  November 6, 2013 at 8:06 pm
  
  Mama mia! Merci, Helene. Hope you enjoyed yours!
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Jamie says:
November 1, 2013 at 3:42 pm

Ha ha ha this is great! Macarons having fun and celebrating Halloween, who would thunk? I love it!
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- Jill says:
  November 6, 2013 at 8:06 pm
  
  Thanks, Jamie – yep, macarons need to have fun too 😉
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Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.) says:
October 31, 2013 at 1:21 am

Jill this is AWESOME and I love that the girls made their own macarons. It must be in their blood 😉 Glad to hear you are feeling better too!
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- Jill says:
  November 6, 2013 at 8:07 pm
  
  Macaron blood? Now there’s a thought for next year, lol. Thanks, Mardi, for the kind words.
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Tonessa says:
October 30, 2013 at 11:35 pm

Those are so cute!!!

I would love to make these for my grandkids.

Thanks so much for sharing those.
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- Jill says:
  November 6, 2013 at 8:10 pm
  
  Hope you managed to make them for your family – they’re fun to make, Tonessa!
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Jean-Pierre says:
October 30, 2013 at 10:53 pm

Love the goggly ‘black’ eyes! Enjoy Halloween, Jill!
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- Jill says:
  November 6, 2013 at 8:07 pm
  
  hehe – these are my favourite bits too, Jean-Pierre.
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Vicki Bensinger says:
October 30, 2013 at 10:50 pm

This is darling I’m sure your kids had fun creating it. I hope they have a fun time trick or treating!
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- Jill says:
  November 6, 2013 at 8:08 pm
  
  Thanks, Vicki. Yep, they had fun. The treat bags are getting trickier – and bigger!
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Liz says:
October 30, 2013 at 10:22 pm

You are definitely a fun Mum!!! This is an adorable Halloween project…and how wonderful that your girls are now baking their own macarons 🙂
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- Jill says:
  November 6, 2013 at 8:09 pm
  
  Thanks, Liz. Yes, it’s great fun that they’re making macarons now. I can just leave them to get on with it! (must stop being the French Police ;-))
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