Macaron Attempt #1

....FAIL.

my first attempt at French Chocolate Macarons was kind of a nightmare. i don't think i whipped the egg whites enough to make stiff peaks in the meringue. boo.... resulting in spreading and cracking (and smoking?) and sticking. no good. these ARE NOT easy to make and technique is EVERYTHING. these treats are not something you can just whip up on whim which makes me dislike making them even more. but with any failure i face, i feel like i should attempt it again. the plus side was that these flattened, cracked out macarons didn't taste bad at all. crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside. subtley nutty from the almond flour and slighty chocolatey from the cocoa powder. if they had turned out nicer, i would have made a vanilla cream ganache to make little sandwiches. but alas, these cookies did not pass. perhaps they will be better paired with vanilla bean ice cream for dessert tonight. can't go wrong with ice cream.