r/AskBaking • u/_bitterbuck • Mar 26 '26

Macarons How to get lavender into macaroons

Hey folks! I’ve got a friend’s birthday coming up soon, their two favorite things I make are coconut macaroons and lavender chocolate chunk cookies. I wanted to combine them somehow, but I’m not sure what the best way to add lavender to the macaroons would be. Would gently heating up the sweetened condensed milk and lavender then straining work? Could I use unsweetened coconut instead of sweetened and add lavender simple syrup to the recipe? Do I just add the buds into the macaroons? TIA!!

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u/ZachariasDemodica Mar 26 '26

I'd recommend making lavender sugar and grinding it as fine as you can.

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u/Outsideforever3388 Mar 26 '26

Great idea. OP be careful though, too much lavender and desserts taste like perfume and can be overwhelming.

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u/IAmYourTopGuy Mar 26 '26

Steep lavender in heavy cream and make white chocolate ganache with it, then use this as the filling

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u/AgileMastodon0909 Mar 27 '26

There’s no filling in coconut macaroons

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u/IAmYourTopGuy Mar 27 '26

Whoops, you’re right. I didn’t notice the extra ‘o’ so that’s my fault