After having Christmas at our house last year, the hubby was pretty keen to host it again pretty well deciding that day. So the hunt began for a new dessert to top the Bûche de Noël from last year. I toyed with a couple of different “trees”, being macaron or meringue as well as a cake decorated with fondant from the front of the Creative SugarCraft magazine. Given the hubby’s immense dislike of fondant the last idea was thrown out the window but then I recalled a post on Raspberri Cupcakes’ blog for a red velvet cake with snowman macarons. It was very much reflecting a white Christmas, which we do not have here in Australia (although my parents inform me they did have snow many moons ago on Christmas Day) but it was still a winner in my books.
Popcorn and Malteser Macarons
My friends and I had a favourite movie snack growing up, being popcorn and maltesers. The saltiness from the fresh popcorn combined with the chocolatey goodness that is the malteser is absolutely delicious. Many I have told of this combination have turned their nose up, but I have managed to convert a few along the way.
For my first foray into the macaron world, I thought I would pay homage to this treat by making Popcorn and Malteser Macarons.