Italian luxury brand Marni has teamed up with Parisian pâtisserie Ladurée to create an exclusive collection of delicious macaroons.

Consuelo Castiglioni, owner of Marni, designed these fashion statement boxes that incorporate the brand’s signature elements: polka dots and a gold flower.

Ladurée’s pastry chef Philippe Andrieu, meanwhile, has taken inspiration from Marni designs to make these mouth-watering chocolate delights, each to be adorned with a gold leaf.

Ladurée is partnering with Christian Louboutin starting in September on a series of macarons boxes illustrated with his iconic shoes.

There are three different gift boxes decorated with Louboutin shoes and purses.

The lid is designed to have a torn trompe l’oeil effect that gives a hint as to the contents.

Paris luxury jeweler Boucheron immortalizes Ladurée macarons in part of this year’s collection titled “Gaieté Parisienne” (Parisian Joy) with their new line, Gourmandise, which includes Tentation Macarons rings, pendants, necklaces and earings.

It’s modern, 21st. century and someone has already taken a bite out of each macaron as you can see from the teeth marks in the pictures.

The rings, which come in white gold with tsavorites, multicoloured sapphires, amethysts or garnets, look like they’ve already been bitten into. The best part? All the pleasure and none of the calories.

Access to French macarons is not readily available if you live in the US for the most part.

However if you are lucky enough to live in Japan, things are different.

Not only are French macarons shops on almost every corner But also there is a ton of macaron toys and souvenirs to be had!

NTT DoComo, the Japanese telephony operator has asked the French pastry cooker Pierre Hermé NTT to imagine mobile phones inspired from its sweet foods.

The models have 5 different colours called “macaroon pink”, “apricot orange”, “vanilla”, “blackcurrant blue” and ” chocolate-brown”.

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Recently, I discovered an incredible pastry-shop in Paris, Pierre Hermé, where you can try some interesting flavored macarons, such as caramel with fleur de sel , passion fruit with chocolate or even rose petal cream.

(Macarons are French, meringue-like cookies made with almond flour – sometimes called luxembourgers - while Macaroons are cookies made with coconut)

Pierre Hermé is an artist - an artist of pastry making - and he is known for his innovative recipes. He began his apprenticeship at Gaston Lenôtre at the age of 14, where he discovered his passion for pastry making.