DIY Potted Cactus Macarons
Learn how to make your very own adorable cactus macaron. These sweet treats are great for any occasion!
Cost: $25
Equipment
- Light green and dark green edible markers
Ingredients
- Cactus-shaped macarons mine are from Tout Suite, but for tips on piping your own macaron shapes, I recommend this book!
- Mini clay planters
- Mini dowel rods
- Brown sugar
- Gold spray paint optional for the pots
- Edible flowers optional as a garnish
Instructions
- If you want to spray paint the planters gold, go ahead and do that first so they have plenty of time to dry.Once they’re completely dry, fill them with brown sugar (packing them down tightly) and insert one of the mini dowel rods into the middle of each planter, these will hold the macarons upright to appear “planted”.
- Once you’ve created each of the cactus-shaped macarons, use the light green edible marker to go around the edges, little by little, and fade the color inward with your finger to create dimension.
- Next, to a few focal areas with the dark green edible marker to pronounce the shapes a bit more, and blend.
- Lastly, add dots or small strokes of both colors to look like the spines, and you can even add an edible flower to the top to look like the blooms! Stick the macarons onto the dowel rod in each planter, and you’re all set!