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| - I had a doctor's appointment in the area and I already knew it was going to be a rough appointment. I decided to look up dessert places to go to ahead of time to make myself feel better and found Le Macaron. I have been trying to find a place to go here in AZ to get my macarons from. Macarons are my guilty pleasure. I can down a dozen before getting to back to the car it's embarrassing really.
Were they worth the price I paid for them here? You bet your sweet tooth they were. I loved them and I have finally found my spot here in AZ! The meringue had a nice firm shell with a soft, chewy center. I always love that first bite when my teeth break through the shell and arrive to a gooey center. It's just so satisfying. I liked that the gooey center here wasn't too gooey. I feel like it was just the right amount of gooey so that you get the gooeyness but it doesn't cause the nice crust of the rest of the cookie to get all mushy post first bite if that makes any sense at all. The ganache to meringue cookie ratio was perfect. I was beyond the moon with these macarons. I like that they have a wide assortment of flavors to choose from. I ordered Sicilian pistachio, rose, raspberry, key lime strawberry, lemon creme, Colombian coffee, Madagascar black vanilla, salted caramel, and gingerbread. The flavors were very strong and apparent, but not overwhelming (except for one? See below). What I liked best is that the flavors didn't taste artificial.
My favorite two were Colombian coffee and Madagascar black vanilla. These two were more of the flavor profiles I prefer and man were they amazing! The lemon one was good but it was a little less lemony than I thought it was going to be. My least favorite was the gingerbread. I don't like gingerbread in general so I clearly wasn't thinking when I ordered it. I can see how other people who like gingerbread would like it though. I also wasn't a huge fan of the key lime strawberry. I'm not sure if it was because I ate it after a really strong flavored raspberry one but the flavor wasn't there. If I didn't order it and know what it was supposed to be, I wouldn't be able to tell you what flavor it was. I'm chalking that one up to a taste bud error.
I really showed self constraint this time in only ordering 9 of them and next time I will not be doing that again. I did not order any chocolates or gelato because I had my eyes on a different prize today but maybe a different day when I come back.
The store was super cute, clean, and a lot bigger than it appears online. There were tables inside and a couple outside. The gentleman that was helping me, who I am assuming to be the owner?, was really nice.
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