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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Starbucks Macarons

I never Starbucks would be featured at PB.

I only found out about Starbuck macarons last weekend.

Approximately 3,500 Starbucks stores carry these little macs available just for the holiday season. 12 mini macaroOns for $9.95 ($.83 per mac - not a bad price from industrial macaron maker, CHATEAU BLANC and way cheaper than Laduree from the same Holder Company.)

The size is correct - 1 1/4" across. The texture is very smooth not horridly bumpy like too many US attempts at the French macaron but then again they make the macarons for McDo Cafe in France. It must be huge volume.

The flavors: coffee, pistachio, raspberry, chocolate, vanilla, lemon. The mouth feel pleasently chewy.
The box is your standard egg crate affair - not a bad idea.
At least macs don't get mangled intransit.
*The big drawback - TOO MUCH SUGAR! Come on guys.
You came so close to giving us the real thing.

Starbuck's macarons come from Château Blanc near Lille, a good 224 killometers or 2 1/2 hrs from rue Bonaparte Paris 75006, so these are not your true Parisian macaron. I don't see one word about the macarons on their website. Test marketing 101?

Here's information you'll never see on a Parisian box.
Who knew 3 little macs equal only 157 calories + 3g of protein?
At 39 calories each no wonder French girls are thin.
6 macs= Lunch!
HAPPY NEW YEAR Starbucks-Laduree-Paul Boulangerie
Please cut down on the sugar.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
© by Carol Gillott 2010
Don't eat too many macarons.

Thanks very much to Cathy in CT for alerting me to Trader Joe's macarons. Does Chateau Blanc make these too?

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Macaron Franchises

Piece Montee,watercolor,5.5" x 7.5"

I'm celebrating today, not just because the market has bounced back

Yesterday I couldn't find my bank card + 2 credit cards = eeep! In the mad search for them, I decided to clean out all my Paris souvenirs lurking in my studio. Hoping what? That I might find my cards among them? Qui sait.. The point is I found so much paraphrenalia, I decided I could open a macaron franchise here in Astoria, NY! I certainly have enough business cards to get going.

AND quite a few free postcards, a couple of stickers and a brochure or two.

Boxes? I have a vast collection just waiting to be filled.

Napkins? We're a bit low here...Hmmmm

Sugar packets? Oui! CHATEAU BLANC

Actual teapot and signature china? No yet.

But we do have a nice supply of teapot holder thingies.

Receipts? Plenty

Only one small bag Dommage

Macarons ? Zero! But you can get plenty of them over at Tartelette's or Arans

While foraging through all this stuff, you'd think I would find at least one crumb or old chocolate lurking.. NOT A ONE! Next trip (in 14 days) I will be sure to throw a few into my suitcase with all these paper souvenirs.

BON JEUDI!

(this is a repost)