macaroon

noun

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Recent Examples of macaroon The dessert station offers fresh fruit, brownies, cookies, macaroons, eclairs and cheesecakes. — Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 28 Apr. 2026 Max, meanwhile, had his own favorite part of the trip — seeing the Palais Garnier and eating macaroons. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026 Costco also has a Kirkland Signature variety pack of dessert bars, which include brookies, pecan caramel brownies, wildberry macaroons, and macaroon madness bars. — Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025 Groups will take in the cobblestone streets of Strasbourg, see the city via a canal boat, and wander the 15th-century Cathedral de Notre Dame at leisure, followed by a macaroon-making class aboard the ship. — Kerry Spencer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for macaroon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for macaroon
  1. macaron
  2. hermit
  3. cookie
  4. shortbread
  5. tuile
  6. gingersnap
  7. snickerdoodle
  8. brownie
Noun
  • Home bakers and professional pastry chefs alike rely on piping bags to create delicate flowers, decorative swirls, and perfectly even macaron shells.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2026
  • There's Boarderie's new Halloween Dessert Board, featuring an arrangement of fall-forward desserts including a pumpkin spice macaron and and pumpkin cheesecake blondie.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of macaron
Noun
  • In The Death of Robin Hood, Hugh Jackman plays the bandit of Nottingham, aged and retired to a hermit's life in the wilderness.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The hermit in me liked to stay home, the little vampire loved to step out.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of hermit
Noun
  • At night, there’s live music in the lobby and trays of complimentary cookies and hot chocolate that draw people out of their rooms.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Chicago stage actor Henzel, 77, is also a voice-over actor and best known for providing the voice of Ernie Keebler, the Keebler Elf of cookie fame.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of cookie
Noun
  • There’s something for everyone in this assortment, which includes dark chocolate orange biscuits, cinnamon biscuits, milk chocolate biscuits, shortbread cookies, butter cookies with the Maxim’s de Paris logo, and more.
    — Tim Chan, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • For the dessert lover, this Advent calendar is filled with gourmet shortbread cookies and a decorative calendar showcasing the Walker’s shortbread elves inside.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of shortbread
Noun
  • The garden’s heirloom tomatoes star in a returning signature dish each summer, featuring coconut fennel pollen custard, plum consomme, leek oil and sesame tuile.
    — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
  • For dessert, customers can dine on treats like an orange blossom saffron olive oil cake for $11 (complete with black walnut tuile and strawberry coulis).
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of tuile
Noun
  • Crushed gingersnap cookies add a delicious crunch to the filling and topping.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2026
  • As desserts began to trickle out, from miniature gingersnap cookies and truffles to individual chocolate mousse cakes and scoops of sorbet, Axel Rüger, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Director, took the stage.
    — Eliza Jordan, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of gingersnap
Noun
  • Jump to Nutrition Facts Cream of tartar gives the cookies their signature snickerdoodle tang, while coconut oil mimics the flavor and texture of vegetable shortening, another traditional ingredient in snickerdoodles.
    — Emily Paster, Midwest Living, 15 Aug. 2026
  • These cookies have many of the same recipe components as snickerdoodles, including margarine and extra leavening.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 26 May 2026
Definition of snickerdoodle
Noun
  • On our latest Coffee Walk, Fennel tells us all about her trick for extra-fudgy brownies, antiquing for her new house upstate, and her brand-new cookbook that’s hitting shelves next year.
    — Aliyah Rodriguez, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The menu also includes a cannoli cake, which might interest those looking for something a bit different from the usual cookies, brownies, and layer cakes.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of brownie

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