Mickey and Minnie Macarons, A Trip to So Cal

One of my favorite treats at Disneyland is

their fresh raspberry Mickey Macaron, found

at the Jolly Holiday Bakery, just at the far end

of Main Street.  My grandkids just can't

get enough of French Macarons, so I decided

to make some for a family dinner.

I used my macaron silpat and picked a spot where

there were three circles.  I started with the center

circle and piped it extra large and to the top of the circle,

and then piped the ears on, using the regular size

of the circle, but bringing it a little closer to

touch the center.  

For the complete recipe click here.

These were so large that I only got 5 double

sided ones out of a batch, so we had the kids

split them.

These are large, but they have to be to fit

all of those luscious raspberries in on top

of the buttercream frosting.

I added a little fondant bow for Minnie's.

I was thinking Disney, because we were heading

to southern California.

My niece and I were headed down to Los Angeles for a Laker's

game.  My friend's husband is one of the coaches

there, so we got to eat in the family room and

have our picture taken in the tunnel.  She is a huge

Laker's fan and we were lucky enough to see

LeBron James play his last game this season,

and Lakers won!!  

Our friend joined us at Disneyland for a day,

and we got to enjoy the gorgeous sunshine -

lacking here at home still.

(The castle is still wrapped up for repainting,

so disappointing!)

Of course, we ate our way through Disneyland.  

These were Butterscotch Beignets - one of their

best seasonal flavors so far.

We always have to enjoy something from

the Cozy Cone.  We got the Chili Cheese and

the Fiesta Cone.

But my new personal favorite is the

Lobster Roll from the Harbour Galley,

right across from the

Haunted Mansion, down by the water.

How had I missed this place for so many years.

The Food and Wine Festival was also going

on.  We tried fried artichokes which were lukewarm

and soggy and disappointing, and a Ghost Pepper

Mac and Cheese, which was hot and spicy, but

quite overcooked.  

But this little Mickey Mouse Chocolate Mousse

was fantastic.  I have to say that saved the Food

and Wine Festival, because we weren't that impressed

with the quality of the other two foods we tried.

Then my niece and I headed over to The

Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal.

We just completed a big 5 week Harry Potter competition

with our Young Single Adult Ward, which I will

post soon, if I ever stay home!!!  But that made

it a perfect time to stop and pick up some prizes

for our Harry Potter competition.

Of course, I had to be dressed in my

Gryffindor sweater, and

we had to eat at the Three Broomsticks.

My niece got Bangers and Mash, which had a wonderful

onion gravy on it,

and she ordered a Butterbeer Potted Cream.

Both were delicious.

I tried the ribs and some Butterbeer ice cream.

We awarded ourselves 150 points each for our

Harry Potter Cup competition, since we traveled

all the way to Hogwarts!

Spoiler alert, Gryffindor still didn't win, but

we picked up some fun prizes for the competition.

I will be posting our whole month's activities

soon, but now hubby and I are off to Highpoint,

for the furniture mart.  We have never gone to it

before, so I hope I have some things to share.

We are always off on some adventure!