These chocolate-covered macaroons are a native of Lübeck, a city in Germany well-known for its marzipan.
| Prep Time: | 40 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 65 |
| Yield: | 65 macaroons |
Ingredients
- 5 large egg whites
- 18 ounces marzipan
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted, divided
- 2 cups dried unsweetened coconut
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons rum
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 (3.5 ounce) packages dark chocolate, finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet or line with parchment paper.
- Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until foamy. Continue beating until stiff peaks form.
- Combine marzipan with 1/2 of the confectioners’ sugar and rub with your fingers until mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add coconut, remaining confectioners’ sugar, lemon zest, and rum. Mix well. Fold in stiff egg whites.
- Using 2 teaspoons, drop small dollops of mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the macaroons are golden but soft to the touch, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and cool completely, 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Place 3/4 of the chocolate in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir frequently, scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in remaining chocolate until melted.
- Dip 1/3 of each cooled macaroon into the melted chocolate. Set macaroons on waxed paper until chocolate has set. Store the macaroons in an airtight container, with waxed paper between the layers.
- Placing the macaroons in the fridge after dipping them in chocolate will help to speed up the chocolate setting.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 91 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 6 mg |
| Sugars | 11 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This recipe failed miserably. Macaroons would not set up, tried baking the 2nd tray a bit longer…same thing. Stayed a gooey mess. What is worse is the marzipan is very expensive….ingredients were over $20. in total and I had to throw it in the garbage. I’m a pretty good baker and have never had a recipe fail like this….ever! I wish I could give negative stars.