Cameo Macaron

I have a sweet tooth and I’m constantly craving the macarons that they sell here– especially the ones with creamy centers. The macarons are huge. The cookie part is chewy and with a great crust. The cream filling is so buttery and delectable. My favorite flavors are pistachio, vanilla, and dark chocolate.

Finding a macaron truck while exploring the streets of Boston made me happy. Biting in to that perfectly crisp yet soft texture, creamy filling, and perfectly balanced flavor made me even happier.
I had the lemon and the dark chocolate. I highly recommend both.

BEST macarons in Boston!!! The Island Coconut macaron by far my favorite.

I randomly spotted this food truck on the side the road and since its very rare that I pass up trying new macarons spots, I had to get some. Needless to say I was very disappointed.
After reading the other review and my experience with these macarons, I realized two things:
1. If you’ve had your fair share of good macarons where the cookie is light and flaky and chewy, then you will be sadly disappointed.
2. If you don’t really eat macarons or have never tried them before you won’t find anything wrong with these.
The filling is good, it’s flavorful and tastes just as it should, but the problem lies with the outer cookies. I’m not sure whether it’s because I got it off the food truck (not sure if there’s a store?) or refrigeration issues or both, but the cookie part was just bad.
I got both the wild raspberry and vanilla bean and couldn’t fully enjoy either. The wild raspberry was the worst of the two, the cookie was too dense and it seemed soggy/​damp, so I had a difficult time eating it. The vanilla bean crème was sooo good, but that cookie was dense and slightly hard so it made that cookie difficult to eat.
All in all, I’d pass on getting macarons from here again.

My love of macarons is only trumped by my love of books (to give you a sense of the love scale).
Hands down the best macarons in Boston. The wafers are just the right consistency (and chewiness), and the cream (oh GAWD, the cream) is like dessert utopia.
I’ve bought macarons from Paul USA, Thinking Cup, Modern Pastry, Cakeology (RIP), LA Burdick, Patisserie Newbury, and probably anywhere else you can think of — and these are definitely the best.
Favs include: Rose, Pistachio (always), Wild Raspberry, Salted Caramel, okay… all of them. I would just devour all of them.

Walking on Stuart Street in the Back Bay… I wasn’t going to stop in until I saw my alma mater’s logo on the truck. And so, my fate was sealed. I had to inquire and ask about the business and their macarons.
These macarons didn’t stand A CHANCE. I bought a 6 pack:
Wild raspberry: Fruity, tasty, light and airy.
PB & J: Peanutty, jelly yummy, and the perfect PB & J bite in a macaron.
Salted caramel: I’m a sucka for salted caramel anything so… it was very good. Not dry. Light and airy and full of flavor!
Dark chocolate: I saved this for my husband. He loved it :)
I had three and saved three for my husband. He had one, and then he went back and ate the other two in like 3 bites. He loved them, and said that I shouldn’t buy them again (AKA please buy more when you can).
#NortheasternUniversity #Huskies4L

Warning: I have never been to Paris and have only tried Laudree in New York once. I am a casual macaron eater, not a die-​hard fan.
My friend and I ordered 6 of them: 2 rose petals, 2 lavenders, 1 black currant and 1 salted caramel.
Rose petal:
Our favorite flavor from the batch. You would think you’d smell like a rose garden after eating this but the flavor is very light.
Lavender:
The lavender flavor was a little on the strong side, kind of like bathroom freshener. It was kind of a letdown after tasting the delicious rose petal one, but I would like to try it again if they used less essence.
Black currant:
I did not try this but my friend seemed to like it, and she has eaten way more macarons than I have had. It reminded her black currant candy.
Salted caramel:
I am in love with this one too. Perfect for the fall season.
I am definitely willing to try more from Cameo Macaron. It’s a cute pink truck and the prices seem reasonable for a casual eater like me, given the flavors and the size of each one.

I normally go to NYC for macarons so I was eager to try a local macaron truck to satisfy my craving. Unfortunately, I was not happy with my purchase.
I bought the macarons on a warm day and it seemed like the macarons were not refrigerated properly. The fillings were so soft that none of the macarons held together in the bag. Not only that, as soon as I received them, there was syrup or some sort of liquid in the bags (another sign that the macarons were melting). The shells were a lot denser than other macarons I’ve tried and it lacked that crisp shell. The flavors of the filling was not memorable.
I don’t plan on returning and will continue purchasing my macarons from NY.

I knew there’s a macaron food truck around town but I’ve never seen one. Finally came across it by the Boston library!
Price: $ 2.50 for a piece? first I thought it’s overpriced, but the size and quality make up for that I guess.
Quality: I would say it tastes good! I had the popular salted caramel and i wasn’t disappointed. The crust is on the chewy side? not crispy at all. If you like a chewy texture then this is for you. I’m not a super
Big fan on chewy macaron but i like it!
Will definitely try out more flavor. I hope they deliver too…

I picked up a salted caramel and a crème brûlée macaron last week. Both were tasty, but I shared with a fellow foodie and we both agreed the salted caramel was the clear winner. Will def come back for more.

Cameo Macaron purveys the finest macarons in Boston. Period.
So. I am a lover of the macaron. It so just happens that I am sufficiently compulsive to explain the parts and characteristics of a macaron while being unable to enjoy 90+% of macarons I sample. The following are just my opinions.
A macaron consists of crust, cookie, filling, flavor, consistency on the tongue, and perhaps most importantly the character of transitions.
Crust should be very thin, crisp, not chewy, and fragmenting into small adjoining islands as you bite through the surface similar to paving stones or the appearance of the crust on lava.
Cookie should be moist but not sopping wet, chewy not crunchy, with only a slight amount of stickiness.
The center or filling should be of even consistency, moister than the cookie but still dispossessed of overwhelming moisture, and slightly more powerful in flavor than the cookie.
Flavor? Should be even in each layer, and particularly discernibly different between the cookie and filling.
Now as to transitions. The art of a macaron is in creating transitions without making it seem as though the macaron is multiple layers slapped together. The transition is critical, and each transition should be somewhat gradual.
Cameo Macaron succeeds admirably. And is even better than 75% of Parisian macarons. I can give no higher praise.
Bravo!

Very disappointing.
I ordered 6 — 2 wild raspberry, 2 salted caramel, 1 black currant, 1 espresso. $ 2.50 for one; $ 15 for 6. (No discount to get more.)
The wild raspberry and the black currant had the closest texture to the ones I’ve had in France, but the shells were not as crisp. The inside was appropriately delicate and tender, but the fillings were really lacking in fruit flavor. If my eyes were closed, I would not have been able to discern it was even a fruit as you can only taste just sweetness. So different from the ones in France where you take one bite and BAM! Hello handful of raspberries! Also, the cookie halves were of different height. May seem like a minute detail, but it impacts the consistency and overall taste experience.
The salted caramel and the espresso were both clunky and a huge letdown. They were like mini hockey pucks — difficult to bite through. The salted caramel had salt speckled onto the crust, which was a bit of an overkill in the salt department. Also, what’s with the subpar caramel? The espresso filling was entirely too bitter and thick/​tough texture. I love me some good espresso, and this was not. Blech, do not get these flavors.
I guess I will just have to keep waiting for proper macarons. In the meantime, I will continue to reminisce of France…

Really happy that finally we have a place in boston where we can buy medium sized macarons! I was really excited when I heard about this truck and stopped by after lunch. The truck is very cute and looks really clean, and the lady who is taking orders is also very pleasant to talk to. I tried 6 different flavors: crème brûlée, salted caramel, passion fruit, espresso bean, pistachio and rose petal. I liked all of them but I liked the pistachio and the crème brûlée the most. Very delicious little snacks!
Go give it a try!

I’m a huge huge macaron person. My family and I would go to all the best places in Paris and I’d take my time enjoying assortment boxes of them while living in Tokyo (Japan loves macarons and has several French chains there). I’m very happy this truck exists to support the macaron trend in the US (though slightly late to the party), although it’s not quite at the Parisian level.
I got a sample of six different macarons. The wafers were extremely thick, chewy, and too «buff», when they should be soft yet crispy on the outside and very fragile. The flavors were overwhelming and the inside spreads weren’t too delicate or subtle. It felt like a cultural statement — turning the elegant French pastry into an American version, almost like a forceful cookie-​type dessert.
That being said, the flavors were generally good (though not amazing) and I really appreciated the cute presentation and concept of the truck. I’m curious to see how things may develop over time.

Granted, I visit the best macaron shops in NYC often enough to have a pretty high standard for these treats. However, because Boston does not yet have a store dedicated solely for macarons, I decided to bump up the «meh, I’ve had better» Cameo Macaron to 3 stars.
I had been eagerly awaiting this truck’s opening since I read about it in Eater Boston, and finally had a chance to visit about a week ago. So far, I’ve only tried the salted caramel and pistachio, and both were DRY DRY DRY. Macaron cookies are supposed to be a combination of flaky and slightly chewy consistency, yet these were dry and hard, almost difficult to bite into. Needless to say, it was a huge letdown.
Dear macaron gods, can you please drop a Laduree in Boston, pretty please? I promise to be good all year.
If you’re looking for macarons in the Boston area: Crema Café, Evelyn and Angels, Cocoanuts, La Patisserie on Newbury.
Thinking Cup also has them, though I’m not a fan. Cakeology also makes them sometimes, though I can’t recommend something I haven’t tried.

Oh H-​E-​DoubleHockey Stick yes.
We were participating in the Avon Breast Cancer Walk last Saturday in Boston and one of our walkers is Gluten free… well when she saw this truck parked on the side of the road you thought she hit GOLD covered in DIAMONDS. After eating one of these, I think that’s what it was.
I am a Macaron Virgin-​apparently they are sent from God and blessed by Angels and also are Gluten free to BOOT. My friend ordered… salted, caramel Macaroons #OMG so good!
The lady making these duckets of joy was awesome, pleasant, wished us well and was just an overall angel.
Go. Try it. Support small business owners.

This is one of the most delicious things I’ve ever eaten. Period.