Mandy's Macarons had donated a gift certificate for a box of Two Dozen Mixed Flavor Macarons.  Mandy's Macarons is a local, Eureka cottage food business.  These are melt in your mouth sweet treats!  

This is not a misspelling.  These are macarons, not macaroons.  According to AllRecipes.com macarons are "a meringue-based sandwich cookie made with almond flour, egg whites, confectioners' sugar, and food coloring. Common fillings include buttercream, ganache, and fruit-based jam.... As far as texture goes, they're airy, moist, slightly cakey, and a bit chewy. Properly baked macarons should have a distinctive melt-in-your-mouth quality."  

Anyone who has tried these locally made confections will attest that Mandy's Macarons have nailed this description!  

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