Macarons are little bites of heaven and come in so many wonderful flavors and colors! These are some of the best macaron flavors to help inspire you to make these delicious treats in your own kitchen!
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You don't have to travel to France to visit Ladurée or pay $2 or more per macarons when you can make them at home yourself!
Once you have the hang of making French macarons, it's such a fun way to let your creativity shine through!
What is the difference between macarons and macaroons?
It's common for these two tasty treats to get confused with their similar spellings, but they are totally different desserts.
French macarons (pronounced mahk-rawn) have a light, sweet top and bottom shell made from egg whites and almond flour that are filled with buttercream, ganache, fruit curd, jam, or other fillings.
Macaroons are made with coconut and are a denser cookie that is often dipped in chocolate.
Endless flavor possibilities
One of my favorite things about macarons are the wide array of beautiful colors and flavors that you can pick from.
Typically macarons get most of their flavor from the filling, which is usually either buttercream, fruit curd, preserves, or ganache.
But the shell can also be flavored with different types of ground nuts, freeze-dried fruit powder, or cocoa powder. And they can be dyed any color you like. Just be sure to use gel-based or powdered food coloring (affiliate link).
Here are some of the best macaron flavors I've found. Consider making more than one at a time so you can enjoy the contrast of flavors and the fun of choosing which to eat first!
25+ Best Macaron Flavors
Don’t be intimidated by this classic French dessert. With endless flavor possibilities, these beautiful little dainties not only taste as good (if not better) than the ones from a high-end bakery, but they don’t cost an arm and a leg!
Indulgent Chocolate Macarons are filled with dark chocolate ganache and I promise they are easier to make than you would think!
Pretty-in-pink Raspberry Macarons are filled with raspberry jam and raspberry buttercream and are the perfect way to end any meal!
Pistachio is a classic macarons flavor (and my personal favorite). They are made with ground pistachios, filled with pistachio buttercream, and always remind me of our time in Paris and the famous French macarons we got from Ladurée. Let your tastebuds do the traveling without the jetlag by making these at home!
Rich, crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside chocolate macarons filled with caramel and toasted coconut. These Chocolate Macarons have the flavors of a Girl Scout Samoa cookie but they’re fancy enough to serve at your next party.
Blackberry Macarons are classic macarons filled with a delicious blackberry butter cream filling. The perfect treat for any occasion.
Cookies and Cream Macarons are made with crushed Oreos in the macaron shells and a cookies & cream ganache filling in the center. It’s an American twist on a classic French treat!
Where are my red velvet lovers at? These uniquely flavored red velvet macarons will bring the taste of red velvet cake and France straight to your home in a chewy-crisp buttercream filled cookie!
These sunny yellow Lemon Macarons are sure to brighten your day! They are filled with lemon buttercream and lemon curd for double the lemony goodness!
Make these absolutely gorgeous Strawberry macarons from scratch in your kitchen and fall in love with the flavors of Spring and Summer all over again!
The classic combo of mint and chocolate in a chewy macaron form with a mint chocolate ganache filling in the center! These macarons are indulgent and delightful!
These S'mores Macarons have all the classic flavors of s'mores with graham cracker macaron shells and chocolate and marshmallow filling!
Caramel apple pie in macaron form – this is a dessert lover’s dream and perfect for the Fall season!
For coconut lovers these macarons are a dream come true, a bit crispy on the outside and perfectly tender inside, definitely an amazing treat for any occasion or any season.
These beautiful Biscoff Macarons are such a fun and tasty treat, and they go great with a cold glass of milk. Yes, please!
Peppermint Macarons are the sweetest, most melt-in-your-mouth delicious Christmas cookie with a wonderful vanilla peppermint buttercream filling. They fancy up a Christmas cookie platter or Christmas cookie exchange with one of the best flavors of the holiday season!
These Chocolate Peanut Butter Macarons are a decadent little treat in a winning combination!
My favorite treat at Disneyland are the oversized Raspberry Rose Macarons from the Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe at the end of Main Street and these copycat French macarons are as close as I can come to the real thing without going to the park itself! Tart fresh raspberries balance out the sweetness of the raspberry rose cream sandwiched inside delicate, meringue-like macaron cookie shells.
Rich and flavorful walnuts replace the traditional almonds in these French macarons, with a deep, chocolate-y flavor, and a buttery salted caramel filling! These delicious little pastries are almost a cross between a cookie and a candy, and they’re sure to be your new favorite treat!
The lightly lemony flavor of the lemon blueberry preserves makes an unexpected twist on this macaron flavor.
Using a tequila lime buttercream frosting, these margarita french macaron cookies are sprinkled with sea salt making them the perfect margarita themed dessert recipe for summer or celebrating Cinco de Mayo!
Midsummer nights mean twilight blue skies, twinkling stars and warm breezes. These Midsummer night blueberry macarons feature summer berries and are best eaten outside between firefly sightings.
These pretty in pink Strawberry Rhubarb Macarons are sweet, delicate and filled with the sweettart flavor combination of strawberry rhubarb buttercream in the center for a taste of summer!
Orange French macarons are a delicacy on their own that can be filled with orange curd, marmalade, and buttercream that almost melts in the mouth.
Are you ready to have some fun with color? These Modern Art Painted Macarons full of gorgeous hues! Best of all, this is an easy and fun way to get started with macaron painting. Don’t you want to turn your cookies into works of art?
These mint macarons are here to impress! Light and crisp, with a satisfying chew in the middle, these delightful little cookies are filled with minty chocolate ganache.
These ferrero rocher macarons taste just like the chocolates. They feature chocolate macaron shells, hazelnut nutella filling, topped with chocolate drizzle and crushed hazelnuts.
The thing about these macarons is that they really taste like tiramisu but in a more decadent, handheld approach variant.
These fun Fruity Pebbles Macarons transforms one of our favorite cereal flavors into delicious French macarons! Made with Fruity Pebbles cereal milk buttercream frosting for the filling and beautifully pink shells with ruffled feet, these tasty treats are extra fun!
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What??? No coffee macarons?
Wonderful Assortment, You have inspired this Australian, I can't wait to bake my first batch of French Macarons. Thanks so Much
You are very welcome! Enjoy!
Such great flavors! I have a nut free recipe I utilize. Would I be able to add the oreo cookies to that recipe, without adding more liquid, to make the cookies and cream macarons?
I think so? I'm sorry but that's a hard one to know for sure since it's changing a couple of variables and I'm not familiar with how nut-free macarons work!