Macaron Queen

They are the best in Atlanta. They don’t fall apart and have the most filling I have seen. They are truly worth every penny.

I love stopping by the kiosk at Perimeter mall to grab a bag of three macarons — makes for a nice afternoon pick-​me-​up. My favorite flavor so far is the white chocolate mango, but I have enjoyed the strawberry shortcake as well. I noticed that the bag of five macarons is slightly different — not just the number, but the actual cookies. I find that in the bag of five, the cookies contain more filling. Maybe you enjoy that or maybe you don’t… for me, I prefer the ratio of filling to cookie in the bag of three. It’s just too much filling for me in the bag of five. I like the cookie to be crispier and I find with more filling, it makes the cookie more soggy. Just my honest opinion…
Prices are reasonable. A bag of three is around $ 4 after tax. I believe a bag of 5 is around $ 8, but if you get a gift box of five, it’s $ 10. I haven’t purchased any higher amounts than that, but oddly enough, the higher the number of cookies, the more pricey it is (usually higher quantities mean lower cost per unit). They explain that the cookies are larger in the higher quantity packs, but I can’t really tell, I do know they have more filling, as I mentioned earlier.
The ladies at the kiosk are always nice. They typically ask you for a flavor that you like and they will grab all the bags that contain that flavor and name the other flavors inside. I guess they must have the cookies’ appearance ingrained in their minds, because there are NO flavor labels on the bags at all! Impressive.
Also, the bags are packed ahead of time so you can’t choose the exact flavors you want, but you can always give them a call and put in a custom order. There is no extra charge for that. You can arrange to pick them up from the Lenox or Perimeter locations, which I thought was nice and convenient.

The kiosk displays are to die for! They definitely catch your attention as you’re walking around the mall with their appealing colors and flavor names. I bought a whole box of 20, this is the first time I’ve ever tried macarons and they were delicious — some of them. There were a few that I didn’t enjoy eating as I did with others, but that’s how it usually is! I think it’s definitely worth trying and the amount I spend on it!

Taste great! Love the flavor. Not too sweet as other macaroons. Love to have a cookbook with some of its recipes.

Although I don’t really have a sweet tooth, I do have a weakness for macarons. I recently took a macaron baking class at Cook’s Warehouse and I have a newfound appreciation for just how freakin’ difficult they are to make and why they’re so pricey. I love trying different flavors but often find that they taste rather generic. They’re sweet, but it’s difficult to actually identify the flavor.
I think I may have found the jackpot with these. Their prices are reasonable (I bought 8 for $ 11.95) and they taste amazing. The flavors are distinct and it’s easy to tell them apart. Pistachio is always a favorite of mine, but I also really loved the blueberry cheesecake and the chocolate. They have kiosks inside Perimeter Mall and Lenox Mall, so it’s dangerously convenient to nosh on these while you’re shopping.

YAAAAAAAAY ANOTHER MACARON QUEEN!
I go to Perimeter Mall sometimes to let traffic settle the hell down before I go home (which is terrible for my wallet).
I was heading to leave, maybe stop at Teavana first, and lo and behold right at the top of the escalator, what do I see? A Macaron Queen kiosk!
I hurry over and talk to the girl there, I tell her of course I’ve had macarons before, even from Macaron Queen but at Lenox, super psyched they’re over here.
I tell her about my fave macaron in Paris which was a Pierre Herme passionfruit dark chocolate. They had passionfruit and chocolate, but as separate macarons (I WILL LOVE YOU EVEN MORE FOREVER IF YOU DO ONE TOGETHER, IF YOU READ THIS: D). But unfortunately for me, the passionfruit ones were just on the menu still, not there for the day.
I got 5 macarons, which was just under $ 7 after tax.
I like that you can tell whoever’s working what flavors you’re interested in and they will pick out some of the bags, tell you everything in there, and then you can pick one.
Today I tried:
— Lemon: this was eaten by the time I got on 285. I love citrusy macarons (I love all macarons though), and this is no exception.
— Strawberry Shortcake: this one is so good. One shell is vanilla, one is strawberry, and the cream in the middle is DIVINE.
— Princess Cake: this was a special, and it was so pretty I regret not taking a picture before putting it in my face. The tops of the shells were blue, but the rest of it was purple. The filling was a bit like cream cheese. I don’t really know what it was, but I was told it was like cheesecake and that I would like it. Both are facts.
— Chocolate: come on.
— Vanilla: this is hands down the best vanilla macaron I’ve ever had. It just sort of ended up last because it’s vanilla. But it was SO GOOD.
I definitely would go there with an interest in some of the more funky flavors because I think this is where they excel, and vanilla! Try the vanilla one.
All the macarons are prepackaged since obviously given it’s a kiosk they don’t have a proper way for handwashing to be handling the macarons. I don’t mind but I know from some reviews of their first kiosk that people count that against them. Personally I like having to only make a choice of what set of flavors I get from a few bags rather than trying to pick a bunch and not get too many. But if it’s really a big deal to you, you can actually custom order online with at least 2 days notice.
Also they have a frequent buyer card! Buy ten times and you get some sort of pack I am not sure about, but will come back and edit when I know, haha.