The Type of Girl Who Likes French Macarons

Up until a few days ago I had never tried a macaron, but ever since I heard about these beautiful little French cookies years ago, tasting one has been on my bucket list. I've always wanted to be the type of person who likes French Macarons. They're just so beautiful and small and colorful, but I worried if I finally tasted one I wouldn't like the flavor. But I was determined to like them, to be the type of girl who liked them, so after finally finding a local bakery in STL that sold them I got my chance to try one. And I LOVE them! They're delicious and sugary and cute and they make me happy. We picked these up at Whisk Bakery, a sustainable bakeshop in the city that gets their macarons from Mila Sweets. When I got them home I just had to snap a few photos to share with you. They were just too pretty not to document. Feast your eyes on these lovely cookies.

Check out Mila's website here.

Mmmmmmmmmm.

The bottom green cookie is Mint Chocolate. I'm very excited to try it, but I'm saving it for last.

I just loved the pretty little boxes they came in.

The bluish purple cookie is Earl Grey flavor. I'm interested to see how it tastes.

Yum Yum. My favorite picture.

Then after we left Whisk we decided to head to our favorite Cupcakery in STL, The Cup, to pick up a few cupcakes. The Cup's cupcakes are by far my favorite out of all the cupcakes I've ever tried. They're not too big, not too small, and they always have the best flavors available that change with the seasons, as well as the classics. I chose Red Velvet, of course. I just can't seem to pass it up every time we go. And this time it was covered in little snowflakes for Christmas.

And don't worry. I didn't eat the cupcake and cookies at the same time. Gotta make the cookies last. The cupcake, however, was gone in a few minutes.. 

Almost too pretty to eat. Almost.

So now I've discovered that I am the type of girl who loves French Macarons and I'm very happy about it. Hopefully someday I'll actually get to eat a French Macron in France. Here's hoping. And here's hoping we all become the type of people we want to be in the coming year. Happy Holidays!

Love & Chaos,

Sam