Valentine's Day Giveaway: Macarons from Itzy Bitzy Patisserie
We first tried Mitzy Budiono's French macarons last September before her macarons were even on the market. Since then we've watched Budiono's business grow as she established Itzy Bitzy Patisserie and started selling macarons at the Brooklyn Flea and Tafu in New York City. This week, for the first time, she is offering overnight shipping so macaron lovers around the country can enjoy her creations.
For Valentine's Day, Budiono is offering a box of a dozen macarons with two of each of her February flavors, plus an additional non-macaron treat, to two Serious Eats members. February's flavors are Champagne, chocolate strawberry, chocolate hazelnut, coffee, Earl Grey, and houjicha. If you want to buy her macarons at her website, mention code SEFEB09 to get 10 percent off all orders that are shipped in February. Since she's a one-woman operation, she only has five boxes of a dozen macarons to sell each week. Get those orders in fast.
To enter to win, tell us what macaron flavor combinations you would most like to have. Remember, there's a filling and a cookie component, and fillings can involve two flavors. Budiono might even make your macaron a reality.
Since the macarons need to be shipped on Wednesday to arrive at winners' homes in time for Valentine's Day, please watch your inbox when the contest closes so we can pass on your information to Budiono as soon as possible.
Contest will end and comments will close at 3 p.m. ET, Tuesday, February 10, 2009. One entry per community member. Winners are limited to U.S. residents. Standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
Comments are closed: 284 Comments:
raspberry/meyer lemon!
cybercita at 10:48AM on 02/09/09
strawberry with amaretto cream (or vice-versa) • mocha with vanilla cream • neapolitan (chocolate cookie + vanilla cream + strawberry cookie). The Earl Grey sounds lovely too.
shoneyjoe at 10:52AM on 02/09/09
Honey & thyme, or maybe maple bacon
palmsey at 10:53AM on 02/09/09
caramel and peanut butter filling in chocolate
ssultan23 at 10:53AM on 02/09/09
chocolate and bacon
blizzard854 at 11:06AM on 02/09/09
Ginger cookie with pear filling
Peanut butter cookie with raspberry filling
Port cookie with fig filling
magnolia8228 at 11:07AM on 02/09/09
I'm a sucker for coconut and chocolate...
beano at 11:07AM on 02/09/09
How about chocolate maple bacon!
lisasav5 at 11:07AM on 02/09/09
star anise cookie and pear filling
cardamom cookie and vanilla filling
deanneheather at 11:10AM on 02/09/09
a pure almond macaron - almond cookie w/ almond filling. :)
mrsbao at 11:10AM on 02/09/09
rosemary and lavender with honey filling
or
chocolate with mocha filling
cnburkhardt at 11:10AM on 02/09/09
Ooh, raspberry/meyer lemon sounds really good. But really? You had me at "Earl Grey".
Melicity at 11:10AM on 02/09/09
Chocolate cookie with raspberry interior.
Pupster at 11:11AM on 02/09/09
A cream cookie with a caramel filling sort of like a dulce de leche, mmmm
annabanannas at 11:11AM on 02/09/09
I want a pistachio cookie filled with salted caramel.
rosasharne at 11:11AM on 02/09/09
chocolate cookie with mint-vanilla filling, or ginger cookie with lemon-vanilla... nom nom nom!
posephus at 11:11AM on 02/09/09
raspberry/white chocolate
vanilla bean/dark chocolate
AustinRP at 11:12AM on 02/09/09
I've got to go with the classic - Peanut Butter and Chocolate.
Balisong at 11:12AM on 02/09/09
Yeah, I don't think it can get any better than raspberry/lemon.
Heatherdee at 11:14AM on 02/09/09
Lemon verbena/ toasted coconut
alainakunin at 11:14AM on 02/09/09
my mouth is watering over the idea of earl grey macarons. yum!! I'm imagining a milky cream that sets off the bergamot- tea flavor.
I think a pineapple-lime-jalepeno macaron would be great - pineapple being the main flavor with accents of lime and spice.
provey at 11:14AM on 02/09/09
Vanilla with a chai filling...mmmm!
Lscherer at 11:16AM on 02/09/09
Lemon cookies with blueberry filling? YUM.
lo82070 at 11:17AM on 02/09/09
saffron cookie, rosewater cream
I really think that would be quite nice.
sahmad550 at 11:18AM on 02/09/09
Amaretto outside with a light mango curd on the inside. I might just have to make those myself.
Oh, and green tea cookies with ginger cream... mmmmm....
devlyn at 11:19AM on 02/09/09
Chocolate cookie, hazelnut filling.
EmilySC at 11:20AM on 02/09/09
strawberry cookie with balsamic/basil filling
chocolate with salted plantain cream
hot pink lemonade with creamy chocolate ganache filling
mexican vanilla macaroon with mexican vanilla cream
glavs at 11:20AM on 02/09/09
almond macaroons are my hands down favorite! i can never resist an almond macaroon. one with a coffee/chocolate filling would have me beside myself in happiness. although...the salted plantain ice cream mentioned above is kind of amazing.
sweeetheartfever at 11:23AM on 02/09/09
Vanilla cookie with a pistachio filling. OMG.
lorelei76 at 11:26AM on 02/09/09
Vanilla with black raspberry filling
Lemon w/lemon filling...
Those champagne ones sound good too!
mepolo at 11:31AM on 02/09/09
orange cookie with a dark chocolate filling and/or chocolate cookie with dulce de leche filling.
devaleena at 11:31AM on 02/09/09
Espresso cookie, hazelnut filling.
kaleidoscopeyes at 11:32AM on 02/09/09
Key lime cookie with salted caramel filling.
amburke1978 at 11:33AM on 02/09/09
chocolate hazelnut, chocolate peanut butter, cappucino, vanilla bean (would make a beautiful white cookie with black flecks), or chai latte
LiveToEat at 11:33AM on 02/09/09
Earl Grey + Vanilla, or Matcha with just about anything :-)
Cupcake819 at 11:34AM on 02/09/09
Caramel and fudge.
SEFB9118 at 11:34AM on 02/09/09
Coffee/Chocolate cookie with a raspberry filling!!!
dixiesue at 11:34AM on 02/09/09
cornbread esque cookie, with chocolate/peanut butter filling.
mmm
emmonsj at 11:39AM on 02/09/09
Pistachio with honey cardamom buttercream, or maybe rosemary hazelnut with a blackberry filling.
salthands at 11:39AM on 02/09/09
chocolate with vanilla bean filling. (angfarrell@gmail.com)
angfarrell at 11:39AM on 02/09/09
chocolate orange
or honey and spicy ginger
or persimmon!
Aynsl156 at 11:39AM on 02/09/09
Currant cookie with marc de champagne flavored filling- a kir royale macaron.
dashofginger at 11:39AM on 02/09/09
lemon with coconut filling, or coconut with lemon filling!
cosy13 at 11:44AM on 02/09/09
coconut and nutella
katalia at 11:46AM on 02/09/09
Chocolate hazelnut and Earl Grey sounds interesting!
Jules123 at 11:48AM on 02/09/09
Hazelnut w/ salted caramel filling
Almond w/ dark chocolate filling
gr8Eat at 11:48AM on 02/09/09
I think my ideal macaron would be passion fruit filling and dark chocolate shells...yum!
cupcakemuffin at 11:48AM on 02/09/09
A slightly savory manchego cookie with quince filling;
Burnt sugar cookie with fig filling
autumnwine at 11:48AM on 02/09/09
Amaretti with pumpkin cream & espresso with lemon cream
dikaryon at 11:51AM on 02/09/09
Hazulnut cookie with chocolate/banana creme filling.
arm1970 at 11:51AM on 02/09/09
A caramel cookie with chocolate filling
A pistachio cookie with vanilla filling
A rose cookie with earl grey filling
If I don't win I'm going to buy some because I've heard too much about these cookies not to have tried them.
pupilindenial at 11:52AM on 02/09/09
brown butter cookie with granny smith apple and cinnamon
or autumnwine's manchego cookie....wonderful pairing!
einscheusal at 11:57AM on 02/09/09
Anise cookie with coffee filling
zenright at 11:57AM on 02/09/09
a vanilla cardamon version would be delightful. but those other options sound pretty good too!
ellenp7 at 12:00PM on 02/09/09
Dark chocolate cookie and hazelnut filling, please.
skokefoe at 12:00PM on 02/09/09
pistachio filling with vanilla
hazelnut /oatmeal
cheesecake filling with choc cookie
Nemis at 12:00PM on 02/09/09
pistachio/hazlenut
mcswain27 at 12:01PM on 02/09/09
I love dried fruit and nuts so how about almond cookies with a raisin spice filling
denvergal at 12:02PM on 02/09/09
Vanilla macaroon with a pineapple-grapefruit filling.
lemons at 12:03PM on 02/09/09
chocolate and coffee
yumcat at 12:08PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate-ginger cookie with caramelized pear filling
shandon at 12:10PM on 02/09/09
1) peanut butter, white chocolate, and cumin 2) mexican chocolate, agave, and chipotle
loyates at 12:13PM on 02/09/09
almond cookies with a Mexican chocolate filling (dark chocolate + vanilla bean + cinnamon + a tiny bit of cayenne.)
ruralurbanite at 12:14PM on 02/09/09
bacon egg and cheese
RachelDP at 12:14PM on 02/09/09
Spiced dark chocolate cookie with mascarpone and crystallized ginger filling.
Ginger cookie with pear and cinnamon filling.
Milk chocolate cookie with marshmallow graham filling.
German chocolate cookie with coconut filling.
Coconut cookie with passionfruit nutmeg filling.
Mizbee at 12:16PM on 02/09/09
chocolate-hazelnut or anything with pistachio.
michellelikestoeat at 12:17PM on 02/09/09
Maybe almond cookie and an orange/chocolate filling
karen r at 12:17PM on 02/09/09
Fig cookie with goat cheese filling
laurawkoster at 12:17PM on 02/09/09
Almond filling with green-tea cookie
foodhuntress at 12:17PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate and Orange.
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andysophiemom at 12:19PM on 02/09/09
vanilla/brown sugar with bourbon cream filling
erigby at 12:20PM on 02/09/09
Oh man, I LOVE macarons. I wonder if there would be a way to have a marzipan filling without just completely overdosing on almond. Also salted caramel would be good....or chocolate and ginger.
Truculence at 12:20PM on 02/09/09
Pistachio cookie with salted caramel filling
Gingersnap cookie with pear filling
Dark chocolate cookie with Meyer lemon filling
Seaweed-butter cookie with plum filling
meglo91 at 12:20PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate and almond
dark chocolate and coconut
dark chocolate and salted caramel
jenberger at 12:25PM on 02/09/09
clementine and chocolate.
AbbyF at 12:25PM on 02/09/09
Dark chocolate cookie with salted caramel filling.
esmesbell at 12:27PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate cookie with caramel filling
ginger cookie with vanilla filling
raspberry cookie with lemon filling
shortbread cookie with key lime filling
caramel at 12:27PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate cookie w/ mango
vanilla with chai sounds amazing
dark chocolate with green tea/red bean
alouie at 12:28PM on 02/09/09
How about dark chocolate and yuzu?
mgnnn at 12:28PM on 02/09/09
Anything dark chocolate...with caramel, or cherry, or pistachio.
Yum!
jms24 at 12:31PM on 02/09/09
Dark Chocolate and Coconut
kalajo at 12:31PM on 02/09/09
praline with dark chocolate hazelnut filling
kimbodian at 12:32PM on 02/09/09
Pistachio and chocolate!
The10101 at 12:32PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate & blood orange, ideally in both variation (chocolate wafers with an orange curd filling, and bright orange/pink wafers filled with chocolate ganache.) Heaven.
cyberroo at 12:36PM on 02/09/09
Green tea/ ginger
Orange/cardamom
finsbigfan at 12:36PM on 02/09/09
I would like to see a guava cookie with lilikoi curd filling.
dubgteye at 12:39PM on 02/09/09
Earl grey!!!
carogonza at 12:42PM on 02/09/09
banana and toasted coconut
j at 12:42PM on 02/09/09
chocolate and peanut butter, but let's mix it up a bit and make the peanut butter filling salted. mmmmmm!
annaliesenc at 12:43PM on 02/09/09
my absolute favourite- pistachio cookie, pistachio cream
for the hubbie, dark chocolate and hazelnut cream
fetacrackwhore at 12:44PM on 02/09/09
hazelnut cookie with espresso and salted carmel filling
veggieout at 12:45PM on 02/09/09
Earl grey with lavender filling...or matcha with chestnut filling.
Cassaendra at 12:45PM on 02/09/09
How about a raspberry with chocolate filling?
LiveFreeOrDine at 12:48PM on 02/09/09
vanilla cookies with lemon creme!
buggliest at 12:49PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate cookie, malted milk filling.
dbcurrie at 12:50PM on 02/09/09
Green tea and ginger, chocolate and hazelnut, almond and dulce de leche.
dksbook at 12:50PM on 02/09/09
Salted caramel.
justhungry at 12:50PM on 02/09/09
Black pepper with strawberry/balsamic filling.
justjessny at 12:51PM on 02/09/09
Pistachio and dark chocolate!
surplusj at 12:52PM on 02/09/09
chocolate mint
mcc32 at 12:53PM on 02/09/09
jasmine and chocolate
jervell at 12:56PM on 02/09/09
Brown sugar and Pecan cookie with Brie and Apricot filling
francie at 12:56PM on 02/09/09
honey and brown butter
lagomorph at 12:57PM on 02/09/09
champagne & strawberry or the experimental pork belly & lamb's tongue
gastrodamus at 12:57PM on 02/09/09
vanilla with a raspberry chocolate port filling.
Ezzie at 1:03PM on 02/09/09
apple cinnamon with vanilla
Leangdamang at 1:04PM on 02/09/09
Coconut and peach
Cath25 at 1:06PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate cookie with a chocolate-raspberry filling
Megs915 at 1:10PM on 02/09/09
Honey cookie with a lingonberry filling (mmmmmm)
GretchinF at 1:12PM on 02/09/09
almond with raspberry filling
cheese_eater at 1:16PM on 02/09/09
Dark chocolate and marshmallow
blgrimes at 1:16PM on 02/09/09
Meyer lemon cookie w/raspberry filling or that pistachio/chocolate sounded delish as well!
suthungirl at 1:17PM on 02/09/09
Earl Grey with vanilla filling -- drooooool~ :F
nephari at 1:18PM on 02/09/09
chocolate cookie with mint and peanut butter filling
slindstedt at 1:18PM on 02/09/09
Apricot with almond filling
kevlney at 1:18PM on 02/09/09
Green tea would be seriously awesome. Coconut would also be fab!
mercules at 1:24PM on 02/09/09
- Milk tea cookie with Chinese "black caramel" filling
- Black sesame cookie with pandan filling
- Horchata cookie with hibiscus filling
miette at 1:25PM on 02/09/09
I would love hazlenut with toffee! mmmmmmmm
stinkycupcake at 1:26PM on 02/09/09
Green tea and chocolate!
etyper333 at 1:28PM on 02/09/09
Banana with chocolate-caramel filling
b1exrts at 1:28PM on 02/09/09
Raspberry/lemon
drew13000 at 1:29PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate chocolate
rockandroll at 1:30PM on 02/09/09
Passion fruit & chocolate!!
katemc at 1:30PM on 02/09/09
Vanilla and toffee or
vanilla and nutella
lakeloverhh at 1:30PM on 02/09/09
I would love fleur de sel caramel macaroons or horchata with rose water filling!
paperheartmummy at 1:32PM on 02/09/09
Spice cookie with cream cheese
OR
Dark chocolate cookie with salted caramel cream
OR
Peanut butter, banana, and chocolate
jammin83 at 1:33PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate and pear
oishi at 1:33PM on 02/09/09
almond cookie, spicy fig filling.
elaine nan at 1:33PM on 02/09/09
Ooh, I'd love a chocolate cookie with salted caramel filling (as I can see, so would a few others!). AND, just for the record, I love Itzy Bitzy Patisserie!
cakespy at 1:37PM on 02/09/09
I'd like a chocolate cookie with a cherry filling
saraskitchen at 1:43PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate and peanut butter, of course! Nutella/ coconut. Chai/ Almond.
peanuty at 1:55PM on 02/09/09
raspberry and coconut--unimaginative, I know, but my grandma used ta...and I miss her so!
BobbieAnne at 1:56PM on 02/09/09
peach almond
bumpducks at 1:59PM on 02/09/09
lavender and honey, dark chocolate and fresh mint, or something with grapefruit filling.
skim at 2:00PM on 02/09/09
Dark chocolate cookies with a chocolate creme and the tiniest hint of Baileys or Kahlua...mmm
Jacqueline at 2:03PM on 02/09/09
A chocolate hazelnut cookie with coffee center.
chefbuttercup at 2:07PM on 02/09/09
Gotta go with a dark chocolate cookie with a creamy, whipped peanut butter ganache filling.
kimberlymac at 2:16PM on 02/09/09
pistachio cookie with honey/rose filling.
jrmanor at 2:20PM on 02/09/09
lavender and honey or banana and dark chocolate
Sigilum at 2:23PM on 02/09/09
Pistachio, rosemary cookie with Nutella Frangelico filling.
tgrabler at 2:26PM on 02/09/09
Rose and pistachio filling!!!
melodylio at 2:27PM on 02/09/09
expresso cookie, carmel filling
glassgirl76 at 2:32PM on 02/09/09
So many of those fillings sound good. Salted caramel, or just chocolate with sea salt. Maybe blood orange with chocolate.
shallot at 2:33PM on 02/09/09
Salted caramel and chocolate!
eatingme at 2:36PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate and mint!
catalu at 2:38PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate and hibiscus
rffoodie at 2:38PM on 02/09/09
gingerbread with buttercream or creme brulle and french vanilla
magicxyz at 2:42PM on 02/09/09
Oh my, just about anything sans fruit! Chocolate/chocolate, vanilla/chocolate, chocolate/almond, caramel... that's more than two.
jmoilanen at 2:43PM on 02/09/09
besides salt caramel that Itzy Bitzy already had, I love
- the rose flavor with lychee filling
- strawberry shortcake
- Oreo (black macaroon with white filling)
- Japanese custard filling
- sakura flavor and aduzki beans filling
- goat cheese with fig and honey
- oatmeal and maple syrup
- almond cookie flavor with vanilla filling
- quark cheesecake with grafefruit
- olive oil macaron with yogurt filling
- white chocolate with yuzu
- elderflower with thyme
- verbena with sage
- blood orange with chile (or lime with thai chili),
- mexican chocolate with chili
- bacon caramel with chocolate
- chevre with huckleberry and honey
- calamasi with lime
- strawberry with champagne
- banana and creme (and caramel) like banoeffe cake
- mixed berries with masacaporne cheese
- pina colada combo (pineapple with coconut filling?)
- sticky toffee pudding combo (whatever flavor macaro and filling that will create that flavor)
- ginger creme brulee
- black and white sesame
- chocolate macaroon and mint filling
- butter pecan
- guava with cream cheese
- mont blanc
OH I CAN GO ON AND ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kobetobiko at 2:47PM on 02/09/09
vanilla bean cookie with chai tea filling mmmmmm
or maybe a creme brulee flavor?
yum!
curlykel13 at 2:49PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate macaroon with a coconut filling
misslilad at 2:51PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate cookie with raspberry filling
kellyad at 2:53PM on 02/09/09
chocolate with peanut butter and banana filling. =)
veGieSatan at 2:54PM on 02/09/09
Hi, Sorry I didn't mean to put 2 entries but I forgot to put down two flavors combo that I love (so this entry is only for reference and not for the draw):
- kinako with vanilla or chocolate filling
- malted milk with chocolate filling
kobetobiko at 2:58PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate cookie with raspberry filling would be excellent.
mommamia at 3:01PM on 02/09/09
Dark chocolate cookie with toastes coconut & almond filling
Chocolate cookie with salted caramel filling
Blood orange cookie with dark chocolate filling
Erinay77 at 3:05PM on 02/09/09
chocolate with coffee filling
mmiller at 3:14PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate with buttercream filling or vanilla with chocolate buttercream filling
calliope at 3:14PM on 02/09/09
I've never had a macaron (gasp!), so... I'm not sure what flavors would go well together! That's a reason to pick me, right? :)
absentmindedprof at 3:14PM on 02/09/09
pistachio with strawberry filling
chaddius at 3:18PM on 02/09/09
White chocolate mocha with almond filling...
That was my favorite at Starbucks until they discontinued the almond syrup!
kjb27 at 3:25PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate with Strawberry filling!
eileen216 at 3:26PM on 02/09/09
Nothing special for me. I LOVE chocolate hazelnut.
tmdonahue at 3:34PM on 02/09/09
A Coffee and Earl Grey macaron would be AMAZING!! I had a drink that combined both in a cafe once, and it was the most delicious thing ever. :)
soylatte at 3:35PM on 02/09/09
chocolate with orange and chocolate filling
alice01 at 3:37PM on 02/09/09
Coconut and mango! I can't decide which should go where, but I'd love to see that combination!
squidlette at 3:39PM on 02/09/09
Caramel and Toasted Sesame!
ashleebug at 3:42PM on 02/09/09
maple with pumpkin or sweet potato filling
neblehexa at 3:45PM on 02/09/09
Since the textures of a macaron remind me of what I like best about lemon meringue pie, I would like to taste a macaron that incorporates those flavors into its textures.
smbetz at 3:50PM on 02/09/09
Could they make one that tastes like love? Then again, I guess that's what all macarons taste like...
PhredYammers at 3:52PM on 02/09/09
hazelnut cookie, caramel and chocolate filling
AliceBlue at 3:54PM on 02/09/09
mangooooo. filling and cookie!
or orange and vanilla. like those ice cream pops!
yummyj at 3:56PM on 02/09/09
almond cookie with pear and ginger filling
foodinmouth at 4:01PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate hazelnut sounds amazing - I'd love to try a dulce de leche filling too!
Sisterrae at 4:04PM on 02/09/09
pistachio and honey... or butterscotch with a soft cocoa creme
NewtoNewYork at 4:06PM on 02/09/09
vanilla-bean shells + sweet red bean filling.
chocolate-cayenne shells + cinnamon filling.
lobsterfest at 4:08PM on 02/09/09
chocolate with a strawberry cheesecake type filling.
bobcatsteph3 at 4:10PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate & Espresso!
treeswing at 4:11PM on 02/09/09
Hazelnut macaron with dark chocolate filling
edinat at 4:14PM on 02/09/09
How about mojito flavor? Minty-lime cake with a creamy rum & mint filling!
Jadie15 at 4:14PM on 02/09/09
white chocolate and apricot combo
macadamia and coconut combo
red velvet cream cheese combo
Italiancupcake at 4:26PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate and coconut
mango and passionfruit
foodandscience at 4:32PM on 02/09/09
White chocolate and black sesame filling.
kennylats at 4:33PM on 02/09/09
milk chocolate with salted peanuts & caramel
vanilla sugar with peaches
bittersweet chocolate with silky chocolate filling
kathall at 4:37PM on 02/09/09
I think a spice cookie with chocolate filling would be nice. Or, a lavender cookie with lemon cream filling. Yum!
ScienceandtheCity at 4:44PM on 02/09/09
Vanilla with lemon!
agreen at 4:45PM on 02/09/09
blood orange cookie with bittersweet chocolate filling
ellenf48 at 4:47PM on 02/09/09
coconut cookie with lime or lemon or orange filling
hazelnut and coffee
toffee and chocolate
spice cake and dried cherry or cranberry
but really, I just love these little cookies in any flavor.
wookie at 4:47PM on 02/09/09
Praline cookie and kiwi filling
Delicatesseny at 4:47PM on 02/09/09
Genmai-cha (genmai tea) and black sesame
robmizu at 4:50PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate cookie with a coconut filling
Strawberry cookie with white chocolate filling
Dark chocolate cookie with blueberry filling
Vanilla cookie with apple filling
joneze at 4:55PM on 02/09/09
cinnamon and hazelnut chocolate filling!
lisac at 5:00PM on 02/09/09
Lemon cookie/Raspberry filling, and Chocolate cookie/peanut butter filling!
onalark at 5:03PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate with caramel filling
juliec at 5:06PM on 02/09/09
When I lived in Japan I had Cherry Blossom Ice Cream and I think it would be an awesome combination to have a Cherry Blossom Cookie component with a Green Tea filling component. I think having the outside pink with a pastel green inside would be a treat for the eyes as well.
jenn3250 at 5:11PM on 02/09/09
I'm a fool for chocolate & peanut butter!
randio at 5:16PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate with pistachio filling
marimann at 5:23PM on 02/09/09
Strawberry cookie with Bailey's Irish creme filling
tiffdyer at 5:26PM on 02/09/09
Cashewnut cookie with a saffron filling
Cashewnut cookie with a pistachio filling
Cashewnut cookie with a two-layer: saffron-pistachio filling
louisem at 5:41PM on 02/09/09
Oh goodness. I've been dying to try these! Dark chocolate with peanut butter and blueberry with chocolate!
tingtingng at 5:51PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate and peanut butter would be my vote too!!
psychsarah at 5:55PM on 02/09/09
milk chocolate cookie with peanut butter and banana filling
smogrocket at 6:02PM on 02/09/09
chocolate cookie with pistachio filling; lemon cookie with lemon filling
beatle9 at 6:04PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate cookie with coffee filling! I'd also love an apricot cookie with almond filling.
chgoeditor at 6:12PM on 02/09/09
chai tea!
Laurs87 at 6:16PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate cookie with ginger filling...or vice versa. And with a strong ginger flavor, so that it tastes like chocolate-covered candied ginger.
racklebelize at 6:23PM on 02/09/09
One of the following combinations:
1) Chocolate cookie with marscarpone and coffee insides.
2) Chocolate cookie with marscarpone and strawberry (or other berry of your choice) insides.
3) Switch the cookie and berry flavors in 2 so you have a berry cookie and a chocolate filling.
Chocolate and marscarpone in any combination sounds like it would be delicious, actually.
dbrackst at 6:27PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate hazelnut, coconut-lemon-blueberry...I like lots of flavor combinations :)
little orange straw at 6:35PM on 02/09/09
Ginger and lemon. Mmm.
fossilization at 6:37PM on 02/09/09
Pistachio & rose.
Lemongrass & honey.
Cashew & ginger.
madball911 at 6:41PM on 02/09/09
Dark chocolate with a mocha filling ... yum!
poke87 at 6:42PM on 02/09/09
Peanut butter & apple cinammon filling
pp_mint at 6:48PM on 02/09/09
Cinnamon and Marshmallow Filling with a Chocolate Cookie...a kind of smores take-off.
wendy6 at 6:48PM on 02/09/09
Peanut butter & apple cinammon filling
pp_mint at 6:49PM on 02/09/09
Canoli batter cookies with a super creamy chocolate/canoli filling.
egads04 at 6:50PM on 02/09/09
In my odd mind, I've had avocado gelato and I would wonder if that'd translate well to a macaron...:)
Maybe avocado with some kind of filling? olive oil and salted caramel?
jazzinx at 7:07PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate and orange
tracker at 7:09PM on 02/09/09
pistachio with lemon curd, or some other tart, fruity filling.
soopling at 7:09PM on 02/09/09
Dark chocolate cookies with frangipane filling and a slivered almond on top.
cart7639 at 7:19PM on 02/09/09
gianduia, dark chocolate and salted caramel
shalomblack at 7:21PM on 02/09/09
nutella and peanut butter filling with dark chocolate cookiess!!
bocakelly at 7:23PM on 02/09/09
chocolate cookie with peanut filling
nmp164 at 7:24PM on 02/09/09
Something floral- violet, rose- and dark dark chocolate
thatgrrl at 7:31PM on 02/09/09
Any of these:
--oatmeal (pulverized) brown sugar cookie w/maple filling
--lemon cookie w/blueberry filling
--chocolate cookie w/banana marshmellow filling
--apple cookie w/praline filling
--pumpkin cookie w/maple filling
--dark chocolate cookie w/cherry filling
--almond cookie w/fig filling
Sorman at 7:32PM on 02/09/09
Chocolate with caramel filling, vanilla with blackberry, chocolate with peanut butter, lemon with raspberry.
amylou61 at 7:36PM on 02/09/09
strawberry cookie with white chocolate filling
charmon at 7:37PM on 02/09/09
caramel and dark chocolate
honey and vanilla
caramel and pear
fig and honey
gorzd at 7:52PM on 02/09/09
Coffee with chocolate filling, chocolate with cherry filling, chocolate with mascarpone, chocolate with salted caramel
deefine at 7:54PM on 02/09/09
chocolate and hazelnut
gypsykid at 7:55PM on 02/09/09
Cardamon cookie with a lemon filling
dark chocolate cookie with raspberry filling
dark chocolate cookie with cinnamon filling
mmm...
fishyswede at 7:55PM on 02/09/09
Ginger with meyer lemon filling
Chocolate with blood orange filling
I second the chocolate with salted caramel filling
kdjmom3 at 8:00PM on 02/09/09
Salted caramel with banana (in 2 distinct portions of the filling ie. not blended) in a candied ginger cookie
requiem2104 at 8:34PM on 02/09/09
Hazelnut and Chocolate!
tara20639 at 8:39PM on 02/09/09
how about guava and chocolate
saminas at 8:43PM on 02/09/09
Blood orange and caramel sounds good to me!
Spicy at 8:47PM on 02/09/09
Coconut with key lime filling. oh boy.
worldcupfever at 8:50PM on 02/09/09
Dulce de leche! Chocolate hazelnut! Green tea with red bean filling.
thesu at 9:01PM on 02/09/09
red bean and dried tangerine peels.
maportofu at 9:45PM on 02/09/09
Satsuma orange with Champagne filling
Caramel macaron with Calvados filling
Cardamom and rosewater
Lucuma (pervian fruit) with guava filling
Montmorency cherry with chocolate filling
Oh my gosh this could keep going...and reading everyone else's isn't helping b/c I"m 300 miles away from anything approaching an edible macaron...
firni at 9:47PM on 02/09/09
Ginger with honey/lemon filling
Cheddar (is it possible??) with tart apple filling
Olive oil with mint filling
lisapieinthesky at 10:03PM on 02/09/09
mango coconut covered in dark chocolate! egads!
nellopea at 10:06PM on 02/09/09
The chocolate/raspberry combo.
mhgatti at 10:11PM on 02/09/09
I'd say smores or salted caramel
sharsd at 10:20PM on 02/09/09
choc/pb
red bean
foodiedani at 10:28PM on 02/09/09
Honey-yogurt with prune filling
wanderingfoodie at 10:32PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate cookie with hazelnut-coffee/espresso filling
sarahlucy at 10:42PM on 02/09/09
I think coffee and raspberry would make a fine combination. (Though I admit the flavor I'm most interested in now is the Earl Grey; I'd never have given it the thought before seeing it in the list.)
paulbee at 10:48PM on 02/09/09
dark chocolate cookie with key lime filling
andrearode at 11:08PM on 02/09/09
nutella. and chocolate. predictable, but there's nothing better for valentine's day.
mmclau28 at 11:16PM on 02/09/09
plum and ginger. I had that combo in a dessert soup a while back and it is KILLER. I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to re-create it ever since...
teenagefoodie at 11:16PM on 02/09/09
lemon and vanilla, or chocolate and coffee.
gscherr at 11:27PM on 02/09/09
That's easy... S'more's. Graham cookies with one schmear of marshmallow flavoring and one of pure milk chocolate. Oy...
cebelamour at 11:45PM on 02/09/09
Pistachio and chocolate.
hungryhungryhippo at 11:49PM on 02/09/09
I would like to eat a miracle fruit macaron...and then a whole box of lemon and raspberry and chocolate ones.
I know, I know...that's kinda like wishing for more wishes.
bellecurves7 at 12:07AM on 02/10/09
earl grey
meechelle at 12:39AM on 02/10/09
cookie: hazelnut
filling: mocha (so, chocolate and coffee - definitely dark chocolate and not too sweet, the coffee flavor predominates)
mmmmmm. wish i lived in nyc!
emisara at 1:17AM on 02/10/09
chocolate w/ vanilla and fleur de sel; anything currant flavored.
Marilyn at 2:06AM on 02/10/09
earl grey with ginger filling
marchpane at 2:10AM on 02/10/09
hazelnut macaron with chai or ear grey filling
brooke29 at 2:49AM on 02/10/09
vanilla cookie with mango filling
caroliiine at 2:51AM on 02/10/09
green tea with red bean filling.
mango at 6:43AM on 02/10/09
pear cookie with goat cheese-honey filling
nectarine cookie with peach-thyme filling
raspberry cookie with lemon filling
Blood orange cookie with blood orange filling and a spot of licorous
and I love the idea of honey and grapefruit, but don't know which would be which. . . .
squarepiegirl at 6:46AM on 02/10/09
peach cookie with sweet tea filling
squarepiegirl at 6:49AM on 02/10/09
strawberry + rosewater filling
pineapple + mango filling
green tea + pomegranate filling
The Earl Grey and strawberry chocolate also sounds great!
mangoeats at 7:36AM on 02/10/09
Vanilla Cookie with Orange filling
velcerick at 7:42AM on 02/10/09
A rasberry crisp with a lemon filling would be lovely! Or pomegranite and chocolate...
Teahlo at 7:44AM on 02/10/09
bittersweet chocolate cookie w/salted caramel filling
Annek at 9:11AM on 02/10/09
A hazelnut cookie filled with dark chocolate-irish cream tinged ganache would be amazing.
I would also be in support of a simple mocha cookie with caramel filling sprinkled with sea salt.
mjohnson105 at 9:38AM on 02/10/09
chocolate hazelnut
coconut and almond
caramel and walnut
chocolate and banana
nrkelly at 10:41AM on 02/10/09
Ginger with lemon filling. Or chocolate with caramel. Two of my favorite combos.
JudyH at 10:44AM on 02/10/09
coconut with lemon curd
almond with sea salt caramel
chocolate with peanut butter...I'm a traditionalist :)
jenh718 at 10:54AM on 02/10/09
dark chocolate with a strawberry filling
mocha with a vanilla filling
The ginger with the lemon filling sounds awesome too!
Shels01 at 10:54AM on 02/10/09
Pistachio macaron with chocolate filling
Chocolate macaron with Almond filling
dbdtron at 11:06AM on 02/10/09
Sweet corn and butter Macaron!
VirtualFrolic at 11:17AM on 02/10/09
amaretto cookie with pear ganache
chocolate cookie with bacon ganache! or with bacon chocolate ganache
green tea cookie with red bean ganache
chocolate cookie, passionfruit ganache
basil cookie, lemon ganache
i could go on all day!!!
lazysundae at 12:11PM on 02/10/09
My favorite flavor combos are:
raspberry/lemon
mint/chocolate
ginger/apple
Either could be filling or cookie!
omymai at 12:16PM on 02/10/09
pistachio with dark chocolate. traditional & delicious
pamyi at 12:21PM on 02/10/09
Pistachio with white chocolate, even if that seems odd to others.
Tennyo at 12:47PM on 02/10/09
I'd love peanut butter & banana or peppermint & cocoa.
totallytubular at 1:54PM on 02/10/09
Chocolate and lemon.
Coconut and chocolate.
nimbus299 at 2:12PM on 02/10/09
Earl Grey sounds delicious with vanilla filling.
And pistachio with chocolate hazelnut, please!
semarr at 2:57PM on 02/10/09
Coffee
Hobocamp at 3:01PM on 02/10/09
chocolate and peanut butter.
Jeane at 3:09PM on 02/10/09
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