Sugar Bomb Confections is a pop up shop that I was first introduced to at Choktober Fest where I sampled some of their bacon marshmallow bark. I ran into them again at Beachland Ballroom event and just had to snag up a 5 pack of macarons.
I started this review like a month ago, but put it on pause. I didn't want to be negative, but the macarons are terrible and I am still saddened about this. I got a box of 5 for $10 and they looked on the bigger side so I was very eager to go home and eat them. Not good. I took one bite and it was like a crunchy cookie. I desperately sampled all of the macarons hoping they were not all like this, but they were. I ended up just throwing them out, they were not edible. Way too hard, hollow inside the shell, and they crumbled into crunchy pieces like a biscotti. I contacted the owner and her professional customer service friendly response is what is causing me to give 3 stars. She apologized, refunded my money, and sent me a fresh new batch.
At first I had thought that maybe the macarons were old and that is why they were so dry and hard, but the second batch was just as bad. Macarons are not an easy thing to perfect and Sugar Bomb's technique needs some tweaking.
Let me just explain, a perfect macaron has this smooth wafer thin egg-shell like outer crust that once bitten into cracks slightly exposing a moist inside with a buttercream, jam or ganache filling in the middle of the two equally sized shells. (The shell is so delicate that you could crack it between your fingers with just a little pressure). The filling reaches right to the edge of the shells and each bite (about 2-3 or 1 depending on how big your mouth is) should be a delicate blend of creamy, crispy, chewy and taste like the flavor is says it is. Simply a pleasure in both taste and texture. It's like heaven to my mouth when made correctly.
If the shell is rough, hollow, breaks into a bunch of pieces or is dry, throw that crap away! You should never serve/sell a hard macaron that produces jagged rough bits as it breaks apart with one bite. This is not a crunchy treat! Ugh, sorry for my passionate rant, I just really like macarons so getting bad ones crushed my soul.
The owner of Sugar Bomb is really great, I am sure her other goods are delicious so please do still give her a try, just do not get the macarons. read more