Lately I've been craving more than just chocolate. I've been craving chocolate combined with either almond or peanut butter. And while the peanut butter fudge brownies were awfully tempting, I wanted to try something new. I had a half a can of almond paste leftover from some cupcakes I made when my sister was here. I couldn't very well let that go to waste! I know that macarons are all the rage right now, meaning those cute little pastel colored sandwich cookies (though I've never actually had one). I am always confused as to the difference between macaroons and macarons, if there is any save an extra letter. I always thought of macaroons as dry coconut cookies that I didn't have any desire to eat, though I now believe a macaron/macaroon is any almond and egg white based cookie, sandwiched with buttercream, coconut, or otherwise. I could be way off base, of course, but these cookies, whatever they are, are quite tasty. Lighter than your typical cookie (as their 'body' comes from egg

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