Twist, lick, dunk- the Oreo advert goes something like this, doesn’t it?! The oreo isn’t just milks favourite cookie it is also one of mine. It is usually not a good idea for me to buy them because they are seriously addictive. I don’t know about you but if I eat one, I have to eat the whole pack. Anyone else a victim to oreos?! :)
Because I know how quick oreos are gone in our household I bought to packs to be safe. There wouldn’t be any Oreo Macarons if there aren’t any Oreos in them!
In the next weeks I want to try all the different food colours I have acquired over the years of baking and that I haven’t tried in macarons yet. You’d be surprised how different they can look in macarons compared to a buttercream. Last week I tried Jade coloured macarons and the colour was quite dark in the pot but the macarons weren’t that dark at all.
So that’s my excuse for making even more macarons.(Not that I need one.)
I love how the macarons turned out. The grey shells and the small oreo pieces work really well together and give it a bit of contrast. The crushed oreo centre in each macaron is a little surprise and adds a bit more texture to the macarons.
Recipe Oreo Macarons
adapted from Secrets of Macarons
100 grams ground almonds
100 grams icing sugar
100 grams caster sugar
2x 40 grams egg white
37.5 ml water (2 1/2 tablespoons)
Grey food color, e.g. Sugarflair Shadow Grey
crushed Oreos for sprinkling on top
Filling:
60 grams soft butter
150 grams icing sugar
2-3 crushed Oreo cookies
3-4 tablespoons milk
3-4 coarsely crushed Oreos for the middle
Wow awesome i love oreo 😍
These are beautiful and look insanely delicious! Love the speckled effect!
Oh I love them, they’re so pretty ! Do you think I can make a cream cheese frosting instead of the buttercream ? PS : Here in France we say “macaronage” (pronounce [makaronaj]) ;-)
Hi Valerie, of course you can. That is probably super yummy too! :) I say batter because many people don’t know what macronage means :)
What does 2x 40 grames of egg whites mean? A total of 80 oz? I really want to make these tomorrow, can you please let me know? Thanks!
Hi Donna, i don’t use ounces on my blog or when baking. You need a total of 80 grams of egg white. If you have an electronic scale you might be able to change the settings from oz to grams. Hope that helps!
Great thanks so much! I meant grams and I do have a scale. Can’t wait to try them. Thanks for responding!
Great! 80oz egg whites would be quite a bit :)
happy baking!
Lol! It sure would! Thanks again!
The temperture is in celcius or farenheit ???
The temperate is in celsius
If you live at high altitude would the directions and recipe be the same? I love macaroons Oreos so it’s like my two favorite things.😀
Hi Sarah, unfortunately I don’t have an answer to that. Sorry.
hi was wondering why its not creating a feet? :(((
Could be several things. Batter overworked, oven temperature too low, meringue not stiff enough. Adjust your method the next time and see how they turn out.
thank you… will keep on trying 😍😍😍
they are absolutely amazing
Anett! Why do you mix one un-whipped, raw egg white with the almond mixture? Am I reading this wrong? The only reason I ask is because every single macaron recipe I’ve ever seen has you whip up the eggs BEFORE you add them to the almonds… Thanks so much I am excited to make these!!!! -Mandy
Hi Mandy, this is the italian method of making macarons and in this method you mix one part egg whites with the ground almonds. The method you mentioned is the french method :)
Hi! Is there anyway you can tell me the ingredients into US cups rather than grams? I’m having trouble.
Thank you so much in advance!!!!!
Hi Brittany, sorry I do not use cups so I’m not familiar with it and can’t guarantee accuracy.
Brittany! I am in the U.S. too and I invested in a $15 scale to weigh ingredients for recipes that do not call for the English measurement system. If you do not want to do that then a very simple google conversion will give you the amounts in cups :) happy baking!!! -Mandy
Hey how much macarons are there?
How many drops of food gel colouring do you put in your batter
I ch fled the the sky blue America color macarons and loved the color but was wondering how many drops did you put
For this grey one too please !
Thanks
Hi Carole, I always just eyeball the amounts of food colouring. They grey takes quite a bit as the colour pay off isn’t very high with the sugarflair shadow grey.
WITH WHICH APP HAVE YOU DONE THIS?
I use Lightroom and Photoshop for everything.
Did you remove the center filling of the Oreo cookies before crushing them? Or did you crush them whole?
I crush them whole.
Hey! I was wondering if you age your egg whites or do not find it necessary…? Thx!
Yes, I aged them
Hi! Would want to know what type of oven you used for this.. fan or gas? I do not own a convection oven so I’m wondering if it would make a huge difference if I’m making these with a gas oven.. thanks!! Beautiful macarons!! They’re perfect. :)
The baking time will be different in a gas oven.
How do you get the speckles in the macarons? It looks like you added Oreo crumbs to the macaronage, too, but I don’t see that in the recipe.
Hi Michelle, there are no Oreos in the batter of the shell itself. I only sprinkled the macaron pieces on top before baking.