How to Make Cute & Simple DIY Brunch Macarons

These easy brunch macarons are perfect for your next party! With just a few ingredients, you can make these sweet and simple treats in no time.

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If there is one thing the world is willing to agree on these days, it’s brunch. We could agree on absolutely nothing at all, but almost everyone would be down for some solid community brunch plans this weekend.

That being said, I swear it’s also one of the most anticipated meals ever on account of the fact that everyone is cramming into your favorite place at the same time.

Still, these DIY brunch macarons don’t make you wait for a table, plus they give a whole new meaning to the word.

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Sure, you don’t exactly need real butter and syrup for these “waffles,” and you don’t need a knife for the “grilled ham,”

But they would make for an awesomely quirky way to serve breakfast in bed for Mother’s Day or a sweet nothing gesture for your loving brunch friends, don’t you think?…

DIY brunch macarons | sugar & cloth

 

DIY brunch macarons | sugar & cloth

Materials Needed for Brunch Macarons

Food markers

Brown gel food coloring

Clear food extract

Food-dedicated paint brush

Pink cookie icing (or color of your choice for “donuts”)

Sprinkles

Royal icing leaves (for orange leaf)

White, cream, pink, and orange macarons (we got ours locally from Bite), or you can make it on your own, this recipe will help you make it.

How to Make DIY Brunch Macarons

These brunch macarons are a bit more intricate than last year’s fruit macarons, but a lot of the same concepts are still there.

You basically have to work backward, starting with the lightest to darkest colors, like you would if you were water coloring.

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Step 1 — First, make your brown gel coloring mix by adding a small dab of brown gel food coloring to a little bowl of clear extract and mix it well with a food-dedicated paintbrush.

It shouldn’t be very saturated; that way, you can build up as much color as you need as opposed to it being too dark.

Step 2 — To make the grilled ham macaron, start with a basic pink cookie, then add the crisscrossed stripes with a brown food pen, and then go over some of the lines with a quick stroke of the brown gel extract mix.

DIY brunch macarons | sugar & cloth

Step 3 — For the waffles, start by making two squares in the center of the cream macarons to be the butter, and then use the brown gel extract to make tiny, uniform squares around the rest of the cookie.

Then going back over the squares with the brown food pen to add a quick accent color to the corners of some of the squares for added dimension.

DIY brunch macarons | sugar & cloth

Step 4 — For eggs, make a circle in the center of a white macaron, and then make a very light brown line to act as the cooked-out edge of the egg.

DIY brunch macarons | sugar & cloth

Step 5 — Lastly, the whole and sliced oranges and the donuts are all about simple shapes. The whole orange is just shaded with an orange food pen and a royal icing leaf on top,

And the sliced oranges start out as cream macarons and are built up with an orange food pen around the edges, and then the slices are added to the middle.

DIY brunch macarons | sugar & cloth

The donuts are pretty self-explanatory, but you can use any color you’d like for the royal icing circle and then add bits of sprinkles on top before it dries!DIY brunch macarons | sugar & clothDIY brunch macarons | sugar & cloth

So what do you think? Wouldn’t these be a super clever way to make Mom breakfast in bed for lunch?

Or if you are willing to let your kids get super sugar high before 9 am, you could always surprise them with some too!DIY brunch macarons | sugar & cloth

So whether you’re throwing a big party or want something sweet to snack on, these easy brunch macarons are the perfect treat.

With only a few ingredients and minimal prep time, you can make these tasty little morsels in no time at all.

So next time you’re planning a weekend brunch, ditch the lines and whip up a batch of these DIY delights instead.

Your guests (and your taste buds) will thank you!

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DIY Brunch Macarons

Print Recipe
5 from 1 vote
These delicious little macarons are perfect for a fun brunch celebration! With just a few simple ingredients.
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course Desserts
Cuisine French

Equipment

  • Food markers
  • Food safe paintbrush

Ingredients

Nutrition

Calories: 19kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 4mg | Sugar: 2g | Calcium: 0.3mg | Iron: 0.01mg
Servings: 12
Calories: 19kcal

Instructions

  • Make your brown gel coloring mix by adding a small dab of brown gel food coloring to a little bowl of clear extract and mix it well with a food-dedicated paintbrush. It shouldn’t be very saturated; that way, you can build up as much color as you need as opposed to it being too dark.
  • To make the grilled ham macaron, start with a basic pink cookie, then add the crisscrossed stripes with a brown food pen, and then go over some of the lines with a quick stroke of the brown gel extract mix
  • For the waffles, start by making two squares in the center of the cream macarons to be the butter, and then use the brown gel extract to make tiny, uniform squares around the rest of the cookie. Then going back over the squares with the brown food pen to add a quick accent color to the corners of some of the squares for added dimension.
  • For eggs, make a circle in the center of a white macaron, and then make a very light brown line to act as the cooked-out edge of the egg.
  • Lastly, the whole and sliced oranges and the donuts are all about simple shapes. The whole orange is just shaded with an orange food pen and a royal icing leaf on top, and the sliced oranges start out as cream macarons and are built up with an orange food pen around the edges, and then the slices are added to the middle.
    The donuts are pretty self-explanatory, but you can use any color you’d like for the royal icing circle and then add bits of sprinkles on top before it dries!
Cost: $20
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12 thoughts on “How to Make Cute & Simple DIY Brunch Macarons”

  1. How cute are these? I need my paint brush ASAP as I can’t live another day of my life without these. looking at them makes me happy.

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  2. Cut it out cut it out! I love these!!! I’m so glad we can all bond over our love of macarons! (And late-night texting!)!

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  3. These are so fancy!!! I just googled “vegan macaroons” and I’m slightly disturbed. It looks like I’ll have to try making these ones for others vs. attempting to do this all from scratch and using weird egg substitutes.

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  4. These are BRILLIANT! I love everything about this! And now I’ve learned about food pens – So cool!
    xo!

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