S’mores Macarons (plus video)
Hello friends! Today we are making one of the most requested macaron flavors: S’mores Macarons! They are filled with Marshmallow Frosting and Milk Chocolate Ganache. The top shell is dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with Graham Cracker crumbs!
Plus check out the video on Youtube or on this page, showing you exactly how to make these S’mores Macarons.
Since summer is in full swing right now, I’ve decided to make these S’mores Macarons, that have been super requested by my followers. Probably the most requested flavor next to Red Velvet (coming soon).
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In the meantime, let’s talk about these S’mores Macarons.
Since the filling is composed by two different recipes, here’s what I recommend: first make the shells.
The macaron shells can be stored for many days in the fridge, and even months in the freezer, so it can never hurt to make them ahead.
Second, make the Milk Chocolate Ganache. Does it have to be milk chocolate? The answer is no, you can use dark, or semi-sweet.
I used milk chocolate because we are talking about S’mores here, and milk chocolate is my favorite for S’mores.
The ganache is going to need time to cool down and come to room temperature. Don’t attempt to fill the macarons with hot or warm ganache.
Third, dip the shells in melted chocolate and sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs. And make sure the shells are dry before proceeding, you can just pop the shells in the fridge for 10 minutes and they will be dry so quickly.
Last of all, make the Marshmallow Frosting.
This is very important.
The Marshmallow Frosting must be piped as soon as you are done making it. Don’t let the Marshmallow Frosting sit or it will deflate.
Once piped, the frosting will hold up quite well.
I had leftovers macarons in my fridge for over 1 week, and they held up perfectly, and were delicious still on the last day.
You also have the option of using a torch to toast the marshmallow frosting. I wouldn’t skip this step, since I love toasted marshmallow.
For more information and detailed instructions on how to make these S’mores Macarons make sure to check the video on this page, or on my Youtube channel. (Click here to watch the video on Youtube)
And also make sure to read the recipe below, I try to write in as much detail as I can, to be as helpful as possible.
Making macarons can seem hard sometimes, and quite a few people are intimidated by them. You can’t be afraid to fail if you are making macarons, because chances are you just might. So you have to embrace the mistakes, and take them as a lesson instead of a failure.
I have a lot of resources on my blog and Youtube channel if you are looking to learn how to make macarons.
You can begin by reading some tips here on this article How to Make Perfect Macarons.
And many of my posts are filled with tips and explanations, and so are my Youtube videos. It’s very important to get the visual element of the video when learning how to make macarons, so you are familiarized with what each stage of the process is supposed to look like.
Click here to see all of my macaron recipes! I have almost 80 macaron flavors and ideas on my blog.
And here are some other ideas you may enjoy. Click on each title to be directed to the recipe:
- Banana Macarons
- Coconut Macarons
- Chocolate Macarons
- Oreo Macarons
- Caramelized White Chocolate Macarons
- Nutella Macarons
- German Chocolate Macarons
- Brownie Macarons
- Key Lime Pie Macarons
- Cookie Dough Macarons
- Samoa Macarons
- Chocolate Caramel Macarons
I hope you enjoyed today’s recipe. If you make this recipe please tag me on Instagram and leave a review below! I would really appreciate it! Thank you!! Much love!
S’mores Macarons
Equipment
- Bowls
- Spatulas
- Whisk
- Silicon Mat (or parchment paper)
- Baking sheets
- Small pot (or double boiler)
- Sifter
- Electric mixer
- Torch (optional, to toast the marshmallow)
- Piping bags
- Piping tip (Round small, round large)
- Toothpick
Ingredients
Chocolate Macaron Shells
- 100 grams egg whites 3.5 oz
- 100 grams white sugar 3.5 oz
- 96 grams almond flour 3.4 oz
- 75 grams powdered sugar 2.64 oz
- 14 grams cocoa powder 0.8 oz
- Food coloring a few drops of brown, optional for color
Chocolate Ganache
- 4 oz chocolate 113 grams, about 3/4 cup chopped chocolate or chocolate chips- you can use dark, semi-sweet, or milk chocolate
- 1/3 cup heavy cream 80 ml
Marshmallow Frosting
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (100 grams 3.5 oz
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/8 tsp fine sea salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
To decorate the top
- 3 oz melted chocolate
- 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
Instructions
Chocolate Macaron Shells
- Before you start, get all of the ingredients ready. Prepare a large piping bag, fitted with a large round tip. Set aside.
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicon mat.
- I use a baking mat with the macaron template already in it. You can make your own or print it from the internet, and just place it under silicone mat, or parchment paper. I recommend using a silicone mat.
- Measure out all of the ingredients.
- Sift the powdered sugar, almond flour, and cocoa powder together. Set aside.
- Place the egg whites and granulated sugar in a heat proof bowl or in a double boiler. Over a pan of simmering water, whisk the whites and sugar until frothy and sugar completely melted. It will take a couple minutes. You can test by touching the mixture between your fingers, and if you feel any sugar granules just keep whisking mixture over the water bath.
- Make sure the bottom of the bowl isn’t touching the simmering water. You don’t want the egg whites to cook.
- Transfer the syrup to the bowl of a stand mixer.
- With the whisk attachment, start whisking the mixture on low for about 30 seconds, then gradually start increasing speed to medium. Whisk on medium for one to two minutes, until the mixture is white and starting to become fluffy.
- Raise the speed to high for a few minutes until stiff peaks are formed. Once the meringue get glossy and you start seeing streaks formed by the whisk, it might be time to stop.
- Whisk until stiff peaks have formed. When you pull your whip up, the peak should form a bird’s beak shape, but shouldn’t be falling to the side, the peak should be stiff, forming a slightly curved shape at the top.
- Pour the sifted powdered sugar, almond flour, and cocoa powder into stiff whites.
- Start folding gently forming a letter J with a spatula.
- Add the food coloring at this point, if using. You can add a bit of brown food coloring to enhance the color of the shells if you want to.
- It’s time to stop folding when the batter is glossy and has a thick and flowing consistency. There are several ways to test this.
- First, I pick up some batter with my spatula and try to draw a figure 8 with the batter that is dripping off the spatula. If you can form several 8 figures without the batter breaking up, that’s one indication that it might be ready.
- There’s another test you can do. I call it the Teaspoon test.
- Grab a teaspoon of batter and spoon onto the parchment paper or silicon mat. Wait a minute to see how it behaves.
- If the batter stays stiff, forming a point and doesn’t spread out a bit, I start folding a little bit more, about 3 folds.
- Test again.
- Once the batter spreads out a bit and starts to look glossy and smooth on top, on the parchment paper or baking mat, I transfer my mixture to the piping bag.
- You don’t want your batter to be too runny either. So be careful not to over mix. It’s always best to under mix and test several times until the proper consistency has been achieved.
- The best way I can describe this stage being perfect is when you hold the spatula with batter on top of the bowl and the batter falls off the spatula slowly but effortlessly. The batter will keep flowing off the spatula non-stop, but not too quickly.
- Transfer the batter to a piping bag fitted with a round tip.
- Place the piping bag directly 90 degrees over the center of each macaron template. Apply equal pressure and carefully pipe for about 3 seconds, and then quickly pull the bag up twisting slightly.
- Once you’ve piped as many circles as you can, bang the trays against the counter a few times each. This will release air bubbles that are in the batter and prevent your macaron shells from cracking.
- Use a toothpick to gently poke any bubbles of air that may have formed on the surface of the macaron shells.
- Let the trays sit for a while so the shells will dry out a little bit. I usually leave about 20-40 minutes, depending on how humid the day is. You’ll know they’re ready when you gently touch the surface of a macaron and it seems dry.
- Pre-heat the oven to 300°F.
- Bake one tray at a time.
- Bake for 5 minutes, rotate tray.
- I bake each tray for a total of 18-20 minutes.
- When baked, the macarons will have a deeper color and formed feet. And they will be coming off the mat easily, and with a completely formed bottom.
- If you try to move a macaron and it feels jiggly, it needs to keep baking.
- Remove from the oven and bake the other tray.
- Let the macarons cool down before proceeding with the filling.
Chocolate Ganache
- Chop the chocolate very finely. Place it in a bowl.
- Heat the heavy cream in a small pan over medium heat, or in the microwave. No matter what method you choose, be very careful not to boil the heavy cream.
- Pour the hot cream over the chopped chocolate. Let it stand for a minute.
- Whisk until completely melted.
- Let it come to room temperature and cool down completely before using to fill the macarons.
- If you choose to make the ganache before and store it in the fridge, then let it come to room temperature before using, or microwave for about 5 second intervals, and stir in between, until you can obtain a softer consistency.
Marshmallow Frosting
- Mix all the ingredients, except for the vanilla extract together in a bowl.
- Set the bowl over a pot of simmering water over medium heat, not letting the water from the pot touch the bottom of the bowl.
- Whisk the mixture non-stop while it sits in the double boiler.
- Keep whisking over simmering water until it reaches 140Fº.
- That way the egg whites will be in a safe temperature to be consumed.
- Transfer the syrup to the bowl of an electric mixer.
- Whip with the whisk attachment for about 5 minutes on high speed, until stiff peaks form, and the meringue is glossy.
- Add the vanilla and mix to combine.
- The meringue frosting has to be piped immediately after being made. It will last for quite a bit of time once piped and it will hold a nice shape, however, if not piped it will start to flatten and lose air as it sits, and you will have a hard time piping it later.
To assemble
- Dip each top shell in the melted chocolate and top with the crushed graham crackers, and let the shells dry.
- Place the Marshmallow Frosting in a piping bag with a small round tip.
- Pipe a ring of Marshmallow Frosting around the edges of the bottom shells.
- Use a blow torch to toast the marshmallow frosting if desired.
- Place the ganache in a piping bag and snip the end of the piping bag with scissors, and pipe the ganache in the middle of the marshmallow frosting.
- You can also use a spoon to do this.
- If the ganache is warm, it will melt the marshmallow frosting.
- Place a chocolate dipped shell on top.
Storage
- These S’mores Macarons will store quite nicely in the fridge for up to 7 days. They can also be frozen for up to a month or so.
Notes
I use to store my macarons.
I made the shells today – they dried nicely and seem appropriately baked, but no feet formed. Any thoughts? Also, (and potentially related) – is there a temperature to heat the egg white/sugar mixture to? I have heated egg whites for buttercream recipes that have been specific to a temperature, which takes the interpretation out.
Just until the sugar melts. It will be around 120Fahrenheit.
About the feet not being formed, it could be underwhipped meringue. It could still be the drying process, a lot of times you need longer drying time than you think you do depending on your oven. In some cases, it’s best to let the macarons dry for even over an hour depending on the weather and the oven you are working with. And even if the macarons have seemingly dried, some need a thick skin in order to bake properly.
Hello! I saw in other comments these can be frozen – do you recommend torching before freezing or just right before serving? Thanks!
Yes I torch before freezing.
Thank you! Made these last night and we tried one this morning before popping in the freezer. They are fantastic and the torched marshmallow really takes it to the next level 🙂
That’s so wonderful to hear!!!
I absolutely love the idea of combining s’mores with macarons! The video was super helpful, and I can’t wait to try making these for my next gathering. They look delicious! Thank you for sharing such a creative recipe!
Is the chocolate ganache supposed to be really runny? If not, how can I thicken mine?
the ganache made with milk chocolate is a bit runnier than if made with semi-sweet chocolate. but since it’s only supposed to be used in the filling of the center of the shell it should be fine. if you want it to be thicker, add more melted chocolate to it to thicken it up.
Wondering if you freeze these with the melted chocolate and Graham crackers on top. When thawing do you leave in sealed container coveted to that, or uncovered. One more… is it just like milk chocolate candy bars you use or is it candy melts for the top? Thanks!!
I do freeze them with the chocolate and graham crackers. I thaw covered always specially because im in florida, it’s very humid so the macarons tend to sweat when thawing. and it’s milk chocolate candy bars such as lindt, not candy melts for the filling, but for the top I used semi-sweet, I always use callebaut, or lindt.
Hi, this recipe looks amazing! Can i use egg whites carton for the 2 egg whites needed for the marshmallow frosting? If so, do i need to use egg white powder and/or cream of tartar?
you could, the issue is that it doesn’t always work. Carton egg whites can be inconsistent depending on the brand, and even on the batch. I would definitely add some egg white powder to the sugar and whisk before adding to the whites to try and give it some stability. You can use 2.5 grams of it.
Thank you soo much for the quick reply, Camila! You’re simply the best!! Tried most of your macaron recipes and they are ALL wonderful! Can’t wait to experimentt with this one <3
Thank you so much!!
I bought your book and love it! In the book, it said 2 egg whites (30g) at p.50. But I am wondering if it’s a typo. Typically 2 egg whites should be approx. 60g. I am not sure if I should use 2 egg whites or 30g of egg white for the marshmallow frosting.
you are correct, that was a typo, we fixed it for the second edition and beyond. So sorry about that!!! Thank you so much for getting my book, I am so glad you love it!!
I love these! They’re so cute and delicious!
Can you please recommend a torch? Thx
this is what I have now https://a.co/d/eVqXBuv
Amazing!!👏👏👏👏👏👏