The last time I visited New Orleans, in between guzzling from size-of-my-arm souvenir hurricane cups and chowing down on muffuletta sandwiches, I made it my business to eat the macarons at Sucre.
They’re famous. Mother Oprah herself had raved about them, and that was certainly enough motivation for me.
Seconds into chewing my first one at the shop—a salted caramel—I knew that the press was right to have been so affectionate about these petite confections. The macarons are fabulous. They’re crisp at first bite—as you break through the paper-thin crusts—only to reveal chewy, gooey, melt-in-your-mouth centers.
Soon, you, too, could be eating these little gems. Sucre has generously offered to give one reader their signature NOLA Collection + NOLA Macarons. *Note that the macarons are gluten free and flavors include salted caramel, chicory, southern pecan and bananas foster (yum).
To be automatically entered to win: follow me on Twitter @StayForDinner and tweet the link to this post about the giveaway along with: #macaron
The winner will be announced on Thursday 5/30 at 10pm EST!
**UPDATE 5/30 10:19pm: After reviewing all of the tweets and collecting the total number you all sent, I used a random integer generator to select a winner: @LinseyMonster! Congrats Linsey and a sincere THANK YOU to all who followed and entered the giveaway today!
I believe macaroon is spelled with two Os.
Macarons are not the same as macaroons.
explanation of spellings
http://www.theculinarylife.com/2009/what-is-the-difference-between-macarons-and-macaroons/
Sorry. Measure twice and cut once. Not the same sweet.
I tweeted!
What if we don’t use Twitter? :-( I would love a chance to win.
Promise the next giveaway will be all-inclusive!! :)
I Tweeted: https://twitter.com/Dinky_Diner/status/340080124445724672
I tweeted. Yum!
I’ve always wanted to try them soooo bad!!
Really wish I had a twitter right now :(
Marie, I’m sorry to make you feel excluded. The next product I give away on here will surely be something you can easily enter to win!
I guess I’ve never had a good macaroon because I’m not as in love with them as the rest of the world. What am I missing!?
You and I need to do a macaron tasting. I will show you all the good ones :)
I love Sucre!!!! I’ve only had one of them once, but it was AMAZING!!!
I tweeted!
https://twitter.com/ChiSweetStuff/status/340128435798155267
Awww…Man — nothing for non Tweeters?
I’m sorry, friend. Just wanted to try something new today. The one I have coming up will definitely be open to all!
I tweeted https://twitter.com/hpmcdaniel/status/340154507948347392
Tweeted! These look soo good..and salted caramel?! Drool.
Tweeted! :-) Love Sucre! https://twitter.com/niftyfoodie/status/340185849356496896
Twitted!
https://twitter.com/Ypop18/status/340211697182715905
Not a tweeter either – we don’t have macarons like this in NZ but would have loved the chance to win eh.
Next contest; I promise–all will be able to enter easily :)
Great! This seems to be a great way to feed my cravings without even hurting my weight. I would love to have the chance to have this. Thanks for sharing this though!
All–thank you so much for participating in the giveaway! The winner has been announced above (@LinseyMonster).
I promise the next giveaway will be more standard and simply involve leaving a comment as your entry, as I know many of you don’t use Twitter and therefore might have felt left out.
Love,
Andie
Hi Andie,
These look amazing. Any chance you might give us an Andie Mitchell* recipe for these Macarons? I don’t know how complicated they are to make, but are something I would love to try!
Thanks,
Oh my gosh those macaroons look so good :)