The first ever product review!

Hey guys, it's been a while hasn't it? I'm sorry for the lack of posts but I've had some things that needed to be taken care of, along with some cooking to do! Since my cousins have also finished their exams, we decided to get together and do some baking!

For this product review, I will be examining 'Adriano Zumbo's Salted Caramel Macarons'!
You can find this product in Safeway/Woolworths, amongst other Zumbo desserts including brownies and chocolate mud cake.

The box from a visual standpoint is highly appealing, with pretty cool artwork, a clear photo of the finished product and clear, detailed instructions. The box also has a QR code for instructions, very nifty!

In the box you are given sachets containing almond mix, meringue mix, salted caramel filling and surprisingly also had piping bags and a stencil to draw circles for the macarons (a nice touch in my opinion, very user friendly!). The only additional ingredients needed are butter, water and salt (which is optional). I would also suggest using electric beaters to help whip up the meringue and the filling mixes.

Simply mix the ingredients together as detailed on the box, pipe your mixture onto the sheets with the traced circles and bake! While waiting, you can make the caramel filling by mixing butter and the caramel filling.

After baking, let the macaron shells cool before filling them and sandwiching them together! If you can manage to hold back from immediately eating them, you could leave them in the fridge overnight to help the macaron absorb some of the filling.

Overall, the macaron was crisp to the bite whilst also being nice and chewy on the inside. The filling tasted like caramel (as it should!), but altogether I found it very sweet. The appearance of the final product was fairly close in my opinion, but we clearly need to work on our piping skills...
My cousins and I agreed it reminded us of the honeycomb from Golden Gaytime ice-cream bars, which was funny.
The process of actually making them has been simplified to a great extent as opposed to making them from scratch, which is great! Plus we had heaps of fun making them :)

Hope you guys enjoyed this, give it a try!

S.