DIY Fruit Macarons — Reinventing the fruit basket one cookie at a time with these DIY Fruit Macarons. The perfect summer bite for a cute barbecue!
Yes, it’s only been five days since I’ve last played with my food. This time I had a little encouragement though after a Friday morning meeting with Bite Macarons here in Houston.
When naturally, I left with two dozen colorful cookies that I used as inspiration for these DIY Fruit Macarons…
Seeing as how the fruit trend is still going full force and I’m surrounding myself with bad macaron influences, I decided I’d try my hand at a little fruit cookie action to make my college art career worthwhile.
Luckily, my career there wasn’t super impressive. And there’s this magical thing called Amazon Prime that sells pre-made royal icing goodies. So these DIY Fruit Macarons are sure to be do-able for the masses.
With all of this in mind, here’s how to make fruit macarons to reignite your dying fruit basket or kabob, or cake. I could go on and on.
Ingredients And Tools Needed To DIY Fruit Macarons
- Colored macarons — You can purchase them if you are short on time or check out our easy macarons recipe.
- Food markers
- Pre-made royal icing leaves — Or you can make your own
- Chocolate sprinkles for stems
How To Draw On Macarons | How To Make DIY Fruit Macarons
Most of the fruits are pretty simple to recreate so I won’t bore you with every single step. But I’ll show you how I made the kiwi since it’s the most intricate.
Kiwi Macarons:
First, draw a line around the edge of the top of a mint green cookie with a basic green marker. And then, blend it towards the center with your finger before it dries.
Next, make a small oval in the center of the cookie with the same green marker, and start drawing thin sporadic lines from the edges and outward.
Repeat the lines with the darker green pen, and then make tiny dots with the brown and let it dry.
Apple And Grape Macarons:
For the apples and grapes, I just used the same color marker as the cookie to shade around the edges for a little added umph and topped them off with a single chocolate sprinkle sticking into the creamy filling to act as the stem.
For the apple leaves, I stuck a single royal icing leaf in the filling as well.
Whole Lemon Macarons:
I didn’t want to make the whole lemon leaves quite as predominate, so I broke the royal icing leaf in half and only used one side.
The rest are all about basic geometric shapes and mixing cookies and marker colors to get the look you’re going for whether it’s grapefruits made with pink macarons or lemons made with vanilla.
I really love the way they all turned out!
Jared and I had a small debate about whether the apples look more like cherries or not. However, we decided on the apple name.
How To Store Macarons
Macarons get notoriously gooey and overly crunchy if not stored properly.
It’s always best to store macarons in the refrigerator until just before you’re ready to serve them.
Set them out and let them come to room temperature. Then, enjoy!
How Long Do Macarons Last?
If you’ve stored your macarons properly in the fridge, they’ll last up to a week.
Be sure that any fancy macarons that might contain fillings made from dairy or additional eggs are treated with a little extra care!
Wouldn’t it be so cute to package these in pairs as guest favors with a little ribbon and paper leaf with guests names? Or even as a clever way to recreate the “fruit” basket?
Everyone always says things are too cute to eat. But trust me, people will still eat these!
And for those of you curious if the food markers change the taste of the macarons, I don’t think so!
More Colorful Macaron Projects
If you’re looking for more colorful macaron projects, see some of my favorites below!
Hi Bella! I wish I was talented (or patient) enough to make the macarons by hand! I leave that to the professionals and pick them up from my favorite bakery!
hi! do you share the macaron recipe you use anywhere on the blog? i’d love to learn! thanks :)
Those are so cute! I’m in love with them!
So glad you like them! We may be a bit addicted to macs..
I totally love these… I just had to post them on my bog they are adorable. Thank you for sharing!
xoxo
Courtney-Lynn
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This are absolutely adorable!!! What a great idea!
XOXO Annie // somethingswellblog.com
which markers did you use?
amazing project
Hi! We used these markers – https://amzn.to/2EirQzI
oh my gawd, I love these!!!
These are so unbelievably adorable! Congrats on getting featured on Buzzfeed too!
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These look absolutely lovely! I would have never even thought to do this. Thank you for sharing!! xo
of course! xo
I looooove this!
LOVE, LOVE these!! So cheerful and perfect!
Wow! Beautiful! Must get food markers! Thanks for sharing :)
Holy shiza!! This is PURE ART friend.
Okay, that is the coolest thing I have ever seen!
So cool! Wow!
And so cute :D
I am seriously in awe.
Love it!
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these are hands down the cutest macarons i have ever seen. i am definitely guilty of repinning these too many times!
I mean, I don’t hate it! haha ;) Thank you!
These look amazing! Perfect for summer
Thanks Samantha!
oh i LOVE these so!!! :>D
Thanks Lisa!
These all look so amazing!
thank you Lisa!
STOP IT!
haha, thanks B!
ashley these are BONKERS cute. like straight out of outer space INSANELY cute! you are so clever. the photos and styling are beautiful as always, too. xo
Coming from you and all of your edible cuteness I take that as a HUGE compliment! xo
it’s almost indescribable how cute these are! :D
Ah, thank you thank you!
Is this real life?
haha! Best comment ever ;)
These are beyond gorgeous!
Thank you Laura! Your peanut butter pretzel cookies look amazing!
Wow! Really loving this, and just perfect for the summer time
Thanks Sarah!
These are absolutely amazing!!
Thanks so much Kim!
So cute!
Thanks Jan! Love everything in the new Poppytalk online shop. Hope you’re well! xo
So amazing!! love the styling!
Thanks Victoria! xo
This is beyond cool, Ashley!
thank you, thank you! Cool to see you’re local!
Oh my goodness…what a fab idea! Beautiful work as usual!
Thank you!
Wow! They look amazing! And I’m sure they taste good too :)
Thanks Elsa! And yes, all too tasty, that’s always the problem haha ;)
You’re a true artiste! These are gorgeous!
haha, something like that! ;) xo
Love it!
Thanks Tainara!
WOW< WOW<WOW
Amazing talent Ashley!
Thank you!
Great job- these are awesome!
Thanks Tabitha!
Absolutely perfect!
Thanks Kristina!
Oh my gosh, I love these! I can hear the ooh and aws now!!! Would love for you to link up and share with our readers http://partypatisserie.com/2014/07/party-time-linky-2/
Glad you like them!
These are SO amazing!!! One of my best macaron projects ever.
Thanks b!