You want these macarons.

Yes, that’s “macarons,” not “macaroons.” The macaron is a meringue-like cookie filled with a jam or cream filling. Sounds nice, right? But wait until you hear how they’re done by the Sucré Sweet Boutiques and Confection Studio, a New Orleans specialty shop that’s sponsoring this week’s giveaway.

One of you is going to get the 15-piece Signature Macaron Collection, whose flavors are almost too good to share.

Pecan, obviously — this is the South. But you’ll also get chocolate, almond, pistachio, strawberry, hazelnut, salted caramel and bananas Foster.

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If you win, don’t tell anybody. They’ll just want a bite.

I live too far away from Sucré to test the wares myself. But you’ve got to love a bakery that devotes part of its site to “Obsessions” — treats like candied violet chocolate bars, handmade Tahitian marshmallows, candied pecans, and Sicilian pistachio, rose petal and chocolate bars.

This being New Orleans, you can get king cakes. This week, however, Sucré is donating a more petite treat.

To enter:

If you do any (or all!) of these things, please leave separate, additional comments to get credit for each entry.

The deadline is 7 p.m. PDT Tuesday, May 21. If I don’t hear back from the winners by 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, I’ll pull two more names.

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210 thoughts on “You want these macarons.”

  1. Donna, if you have never been to NOLA, you really need to go! And not at Mardi Gras!! An early-October stroll around the Garden District is lovely, and early March can be quite pleasant, too. I went to grad school in Louisiana and have several pleasant (and stone-cold sober, LOL) memories of NOLA.

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  2. I was just in NOLA at the end of April, and my sister and I hit SUCRE on our last day there. EVERYTHING in the store was just amazing! Thank you for such a tasty contest!

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  3. I NEED these, I dream about Sucre Macaroons – I don’t think you understand how badly I want these. Look at me, now I’m drooling on my computer!

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  4. I live in NOLA and Sucre is the ONLY bakery in the city that I buy any baked goods from. Everything in their store is amazing!! Getting ready to order my daughter’s 21st bday cake from them.

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  5. Ever since my girlfriend and I visited Sucre last year after a long day of enjoying Magazine St. Ive been trying to get my hands on some more of those macarons for her! Id pay the $15 any day but it costs almost twice that to ship them!
    I sure hope I win!

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  6. Did someone say salted caramel? Chocolate? Hazelnut? Bananas Foster? It sounds like heaven to me!! I would love to be included in the contest and I am going to check out their site right now! YUM!! Thanks for the contest and take care!

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  7. Sucré is the best!! They also make fabulous chocolates and were named one of N. America’s top 10 chocolatiers!!

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  8. O my! A few years ago, my sister took me to Paris along with a chef-friend. We spent six days searching for the best macaron. The winner was Pierre Herme. But the losers tasted fine as well!

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  9. Yummy, though I’m afraid that winning would be dangerous. Daughter A obviously gets the PINK strawberry macaron, and daughter B would be happy with anything sweet, but my husband and I would fight to the death over the salted caramel.

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  10. i just had my first ever macaron today!!! OMG i am in love with these beautiful and heavenly confections!!! only wish i could afford them.

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  11. You’re absolutely right–I want those! The macarons are beautiful and the flavors sound delicious. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  12. I was going to say “yum” but someone else used that one…LOL I’ve been reading your internet articles for a couple of years now and I love your practicality. If I weren’t such a procrastinator, I would have followed your advice and had a nice nest egg by now. Thanks for the competitions.

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  13. This may be the most-responded-to piece yet and I am pleased to join in! If I win these, I will spend a week of my vacation hiding with them.

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  14. Oh those are beautiful! i grew up in New Orleans right a few blocks from where that shop is now. It was another world then.

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