Snickers Macarons
Hello friends! Today we are making Snickers Macarons! They are filled with Caramel Buttercream and nougat, and topped with melted chocolate, caramel drizzle, chopped Snickers bars, and chopped peanuts.
Make sure to watch the video on this page or on YouTube, showing you exactly how to make these amazing Snickers Macarons!
These Snickers Macarons are the real deal! They tasted so much like the real candy bar.
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The nougat filling is specially amazing!
Super easy to make, only two ingredients: marshmallow fluff and peanut butter! That’s it!
If you can’t find any marshmallow fluff where you are, don’t worry! It’s super easy to make it at home.
It’s simply a marshmallow frosting. You can find a recipe for it here on my S’mores Macarons post.
The recipe on that page is going to make more than what we need for the nougat filling for the Snickers Macarons.
And you can halve the recipe if desired, but make sure to use a hand mixer instead of a KitchenAid, because the whisk of the KitchenAid won’t be able to reach the bottom of the bowl and whip the meringue properly if there’s such a little amount of whites in there.
For the filling I also chose a Caramel Buttercream. The instructions below include salt, to make it a Salted Caramel Buttercream, but if you watch the video you may notice I forgot to add the salt.
You can go either way, honestly. Both will work, with salt or no salt, so it’s all a matter of preference.
Another important thing you will notice on this recipe is the lack of Egg White Powder.
If you have been reading my blog and checking out my recipes for a while, then you probably know that I have been adding egg white powder to my shells.
However, the weather has been extra dry lately, and the egg white powder is making my macarons too dry. As soon as I pipe them, they immediately dry out, and I don’t even have time to pop the air bubbles with a toothpick without scarring the shells.
So that’s my reason for leaving it out for now.
Usually for chocolate shells I use between 2 and 3 grams of egg white powder per 100 grams of whites.
If you want to learn how to make beautiful macarons, and improve your technique and skills, check out Macaron School, a spot where I share beginners’ guides, troubleshooting tips, the science behind macarons, and many other tips and tricks to help you on your journey.
And if you enjoy today’s Snickers Macaron recipe, check out these other ones you may enjoy:
- S’mores Macarons
- Hot Chocolate Macarons
- Peanut Butter Macarons
- Caramel Macaron Cake
- Chocolate Macarons
- Pecan Turtle Macarons
- German Chocolate Macarons
- Brownie Macarons
- Caramel Popcorn Macarons
- Toffee Macarons
- Samoa Cookie Macarons
- Cookie Dough Macarons
- Salted Caramel Macarons
- Rolo Macarons
And many more! Just check out the complete list here.
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Snickers Macarons
Ingredients
Chocolate Shells
- 100 grams egg whites
- 100 grams white sugar
- 96 grams almond flour
- 75 grams powdered sugar
- 14 grams cocoa powder
- Brown food coloring optional to deepen the color
Salted Caramel Sauce
- 1/2 cup sugar 100 grams
- 1/4 cup heavy cream 60 ml
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter 42 grams
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Salted Caramel Buttercream
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter room temperature 84 grams
- 1/4 cup salted caramel sauce store bought or homemade recipe below (60 ml)
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 187.5 grams
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
Nougat Filling
- 2 tbsp marshmallow fluff
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
To decorate
- 113 grams chocolate melted
- Snickers bars cut in pieces
- 3 tbsp chopped peanuts
Instructions
Macaron Shells
- Before you start, get all of the ingredients ready. Prepare a large piping bag, fitted with a round tip, I used a 1/4″ diameter piping tip.
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mat.
- Measure out all of the ingredients.
- Sift powdered sugar, almond flour, and cocoa powder together. Set aside.
- Place a bowl over a pan with barely simmering water to form a double boiler. Add the egg whites and sugar to the bowl and whisk the mixture until frothy and the sugar is completely melted. It will take a couple of minutes. You can test by touching the mixture between your fingers, and if you feel any sugar granules just keep whisking the mixture over the water bath.
- Make sure the bottom of the bowl isn’t touching the simmering water because you don’t want the whites to cook.
- Also, don’t overheat the sugar syrup, this may cause issues down the line, such as wrinkly macarons.
- Transfer the syrup to the bowl of a stand mixer.
- With the whisk attachment, start whisking 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 medium or medium high for a few minutes until stiff peaks are formed. Best way to check this is to keep your eye on the whites. Once they 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 be stiff and shooting straight up, with possibly a slight bend at the top, but not bending to the side.
- Pour the sifted powdered sugar, almond flour, and cocoa powder into the stiff meringue.Start folding gently forming a letter J with a spatula.
- Add the food coloring at this point, if using. I added brown.
- How to know when to stop folding the batter: 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, pick up some batter with the 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, fold a little bit more, about 3 folds.
- Test again.
- You don’t want your batter to be too runny either. So be careful not to overmix. It’s always best to undermix and test several times until the proper consistency has been achieved.
- When you hold the spatula with batter on top of the bowl and the batter falls off the spatula slowly but effortlessly the batter is ready. The batter will keep flowing off the spatula non-stop, but not too quickly.
- Place the piping bag directly 90 degrees over the center of each macaron template. Apply gentle 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 could, bang the trays against the counter a few times each.
- Use a toothpick to pop any air bubbles in the surface of the 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 300ºF.
- Bake one tray at a time.
- Bake for 5 minutes, rotate tray.
- I bake each tray for about 15 to 20 minutes.
- When baked, the macarons will have a deeper color and formed feet. If you try to move a macaron, it shouldn’t feel jiggly. If the macaron is still jiggly, keep baking.
- Remove from the oven and bake the other tray. Let the macarons cool down before proceeding with the filling.
Caramel Sauce
- Place the sugar in a medium saucepan, over medium heat.
- Stir constantly to help the sugar melt evenly.
- As soon as the sugar has melted entirely, and the last bit of sugar crystals have dissolved, lower the heat and quickly add the heavy cream. Be careful because it will bubble up.
- After a few seconds the bubbles should subside, continue to stir. Add the butter and salt at this point.
- When you see that the butter has almost entirely melted, remove the pan from the heat, continue to stir for a minute or so until you see no more bits of butter.
- Pour into a glass jar or bowl. Add the vanilla and stir. Let it cool completely.
- If you overcook the caramel sauce at any stage it will become too hard when it cools down, so be mindful of not overcooking the caramel sauce.
Salted Caramel Buttercream
- Place the butter in the bowl of a mixer. Whip on medium high until creamy, for about 1 minute.
- Add the caramel sauce and beat to combine.
- With the mixer off, add 1 1/2 cups of the powdered sugar. Mix on low until incorporated.
- Raise the speed to medium and beat for another minute.
- If necessary add more sugar, if the mixture is too runny.
- Add the vanilla. Place the frosting in a piping bag.
Nougat Filling
- In a small bowl mix together the marshmallow fluff and the peanut butter until well incorporated.
To assemble
- Melt the chocolate and then dip half of the total number of shells in the melted chocolate.
- Place the macarons in the fridge for 5 minutes so the chocolate will set and dry.
- Drizzle a bit of leftover caramel sauce on top of the macarons. I like to place the caramel in a piping bag with a small #1 tip, or simply place it in a plastic piping bag and snip the end with scissors.
- Top each shell with a little piece of cut up Snickers bars.
- Top with the chopped peanuts.
- Pipe a ring of Salted Caramel Buttercream on each bottom shell of the macarons.
- Then spoon a tiny bit of the Nougat filling in the middle.
- Top with the decorated shell.
- Let the macarons mature for 24 hours before serving.
Storage
- These macarons will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 1 month.
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I have had success with your standard recipe but for some reason, the chocolate has been an issue. Beautiful full shells but no feet. I see them rise and then poof. I have tried with my pans upside down. I thought maybe I had under-whipped the meringue so when I tried again, I made sure it was stiff peaks. I am doing 2 trays in convection, so maybe i will try 1 tray next time. I know you don’t have a crystal ball but not sure if you have any thoughts around trouble with chocolate shells. Thank you for all of your amazing content. Obrigado!
What cocoa powder are you using? What brand is it and is it fresh?
I made 4-5 batches following you and I’m very happy, thank you for showing the process with detail.
I wanted to ask what cocoa powder you use ??
I use hersheys. try to find a low fat cocoa powder
I had the same problem with the macaron shell recipe. I ended up using the NYT’s chocolate shell recipe and switched out the salt for a dash of cream of tartar. Those shells were absolute perfection and dark like a brownie’s. Theirs is with a French version and not a Swiss Meringue version and I live in a humid environment. So I don’t understand. I thought the French version was supposed to be more difficult that’s why I used PiesandTacos’ recipe in the first place.
Side note: I am in love with this salted buttercream. I want to try cupcakes with it one day. The nougat that goes in the center got very difficult to squeeze after a few minutes (as mentioned by the website). All I had to do was pop it in the microwave for like 5-10 seconds and it became easy to pipe again. (I made smaller macarons, so the two spoon method was not an option here.) If you get cracked shells, just use them as the side that gets dipped in the chocolate. I made these for Valentine’s Day for my coworkers and they adored them. Snickers is not a widely sold candy in the country I live in, so they LOVED the flavors altogether. If packaging individually, I would recommend refrigerating them prior to help keep the caramel from rubbing off easily. I only needed about 12 hrs of maturation with my shells.
To my future self, in case I lose my notes: rest macarons for at least 10 minutes to get a leathery top. 110C for 1-2 minutes fan on, remove from oven, raise temp to 150C fan on, bake for 4-5 minutes, then turn fan off and turn oven down 140C for about 10-15 minutes (the feet will rise here). Test for soft centers. Let cool for at least an hour on the parchment and remove.
Me encantan!! Como puedo almacenarlos de forma correcta? Si es de un dÃa para otro puedo dejarlos a temperatura ambiente o es mejor guardarlos en nevera?
Always put them in the fridge.
Hey there! Does your caramel sauce recipe harden for the drizzle on top? 🙂
a little bit but it will still be a bit sticky.
HI! I am wondering why we dip the macaron shell in the chocolate before assembling. It seems like dipping a filled one would be easier because there is more to hold on to. I will be making these this weekend and I am so excited.
you can do it either way, sometimes you’ll notice i do it that way too.
I was wondering if you could use natural peanut butter for the nougat in this recipe, or would it be too thin? Your recipe/method of macaron making has been the one I have had the most success with and I appreciate all the time and effort you put into helping lol of us novice Mac makers! 🙂
yes you can use natural pb! 🙂 thank you!!
Thanks so much for such a quick response- appreciate it! Can’t wait to try this recipe (neither can my taste testers). 😂
Camila, just wanted to let u know I used the natural peanut butter and it worked great!! Everybody who has tried the macarons have LOVED them! Thanks again!