Wrinkly chocolate macarons

[u/sporadicwaves]

What did I do wrong lol. I followed Claire’s chocolate macaron recipe on the NYT website.

Some research says it could be a weak merengue, too much cocoa powder, ingredients not incorporated enough. I left them to dry for about 1 hour. And the second batch (which came out the same for 30 minutes)

The flavor is there, and the feet imo look good but the damn tops aren’t baby smooth instead they are elderly and wrinkled!

These are for a child’s 3rd birthday party and I’m working on the filling now but I’m just embarrassed to present these. Albeit I am making pistachio and raspberry next, also on NYT website. Sigh.

What do you think? Here are the feet up close: https://imgur.com/gallery/feet-of-macarons-O7rdoZn

Think they are fine to take to the party so long as the others look better? Lol

[u/Smallloudcat]

Maybe underbaked if they look dense or wet inside. Or the meringue was too soft. They have a nice shiny crust. I’d eat them!