I know, I know. Just looking at the two words can get a little confusing as they're obviously quite similar and both refer to very delicious desserts. However, if you had them side by side, you'd be able to see that they're actually very different. Macaroons is what you see here. Traditionally made with coconut, egg whites, sugar and sweetened condensed milk. However, besides the coconut, we obviously use none of those things since our version is gluten, dairy and egg free as well as Keto friendly. Macaroons are generally distinguishable by the dollop looking shape they get by dropping the "batter" mixture onto the sheet pan before baking. They have toasted coconut flake exteriors, dense textures and are more of a ball than a cookie. Whereas Macarons are generally colorful, soft, sandwich type cookies that have a filling of some sort (cream, jelly, chocolate, etc). They're traditionally made with almond flour, food colouring, egg whites and powdered sugar. They have a soft and moist texture, are light and airy and come in a combination of a variety of different ways/flavours.