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macaroon

macaroon

13 3.5
A small chewy sweet made from almonds or coconut
  • noun
  • /ˌmækəˈrun/
translation icon : galleta de coco
  • Try these lightly sweet pure coconut macaroons for an easy way to satisfy that sweet tooth without going off to sugar-coma land.
  • coconut macaroons
  • chocolate macaroons
  • almond macaroons

It's like of a chocolate chip cookie and a macaroon had a baby.

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Examples

  • CHOCOLATE-COVERED COCONUT MACAROONS WERE STEVE'S FAVORITE.

  • For dessert, we enjoyed freshly baked coconut macaroons with our coffee.

  • Though we did have the absolute best macaroon I have ever had in the coffee shop at the entrance to the shopping center.

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  • I am trying to resist just shoving them in my mouth right now, but that macaroon looks good.

  • Just pulled out a fresh batch of macaroons.

  • I found some macaroons and there's plenty for all of us!

  • I had a coconut macaroon, I had a keto chocolate peanut butter little cup thing.

  • My mother still climbed the stairs, chewed coconut macaroons, and read for pleasure at age ninety-four.

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  • I bought a box of delicious chocolate macaroons for the party.

  • She carefully decorated each macaroon with colorful icing and sprinkles.

Synonyms

coconut macaroon
vsmacaroon
1 3.2

A small sweet cookie made from shredded coconut, egg white, and sugar that is soft and chewy

is the general chewy biscuit that can use ground almonds or coconut
ratafia
vsmacaroon
  • Archaic
9.9

A small sweet biscuit like a macaroon flavored with almond

is the basic chewy biscuit made from ground almonds or coconut

Compounds

A small sweet cookie made from shredded coconut, egg white, and sugar that is soft and chewy

How Chewy

chewie
  • UK
1 8.7
macaroon
13 3.5
cookie
  • US
774 1.0
biscuit
  • US
45 1.0

Surface Forms

macaroon singular
macaroons plural

Etymology

The word macaroon comes from the Italian word maccarone, which meant 'paste' or 'crushed' because cooks crushed almonds to make the dough, and it is related to the familiar word macaroni. So a macaroon is a small, chewy sweet made from that crushed almond or coconut paste.