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24 Ways to Serve French Macarons at Your Wedding

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Whether they brighten up your dessert display or decorate your reception tables, your guests are sure to love these smal treats.

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Though the traditional wedding cake will never go out of style, more and more couples are choosing to serve tiny treats—instead of larger-than-life confections—on their big days. From donuts and cupcakes to cookies and pies, newlyweds can't seem to get enough of these small-scale sweets. Another bite-sized confection that we think you should bookmark for your wedding? Macarons.

Macarons may not be a novel dessert idea—the small French pastries have been popular for years—but that doesn't mean you can't display them creatively on your dessert table or uniquely decorate them. It's easy to assume that these treats have remained popular because they're delicious, but we think it might be due to something else: They're just so pretty. They can brighten up so many unexpected big-day details with pops of color. Still, these tiny treats don't just belong on the dessert table—many couples also elect to use them as favors or escort cards. Just take these dainty macarons by Buttercream Bakeshop, for example, which served as place markers thanks to Laura Hooper Calligraphy's penmanship.

In the following slides, you'll see more delectable ideas from real weddings that will not only appeal to your sweet tooth, but also your wedding style. Place solid white versions next to black-and-white treats for a minimalist, modern feel. If you're planning a classic event, arranging simple, pastel macarons alongside your wedding cake makes for a traditional display your guests won't be able to pass up. Ready to discover all of the different ways to present these crowd-pleasers? Click through to see our favorite macaron wedding ideas.

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Favors

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37 Edible Wedding Favors Guests Will Eat Up

These tiny confections don't have to be reserved for the dessert table. Guests at this wedding were greeted with two macarons by Hey There, Cupcake! when they sat down for dinner.

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Topped Macaron

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Just because macarons are bite-sized doesn't mean you have to ditch large toppings. Nadia & Co. decorated this tiny treat with a sliced fig and a tiny bit of gold leaf.

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Printed

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As far as macarons go, it doesn't get any more feminine than rose-printed treats by Hèritage Macarons.

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Pastels

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33 Unique Spring Wedding Ideas

For a spring wedding—or French-themed event, seen here—you can't go wrong with pastels. Patisserie Valerie made these multi-colored sweets in light green, pink, and cream.

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Splattered

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Rose Gold Wedding Ideas That Make a Statement

The pros at Paper Cake Events splattered these blush macarons with edible rose gold paint that nearly matched their hue.

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Tri-Colored

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Gâteau achieved a reverse ombré on this tower by combining pink and brown cookie halves on the middle three tiers.

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Modern

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Hey There, Cupcake! baked these off-white macarons. Their muted color meant they could fit into any dessert table.

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Mismatched

pink and white decorated macarons
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Even though Sweetleemade decorated these pink-and-white treats with an unusual array of accents—including glitter, leaf motifs, and colored brushstrokes—the display still felt cohesive.

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Bright Colors

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If you're planning a summer event, ask your baker to get inspired by the vibrant colors of the season. Blackberry River created vibrant green, hot pink, and orange sweets for this warm-weather wedding.

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Brushed

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Gold brushstrokes accented these otherwise neutral macarons by Amy's Sweet Bake Shop.

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Monogram

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Ruze Cake House and Freed Hands worked together to design these one-of-a-kind monogrammed macarons.

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Macaron Border

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Renaud's Patisserie created this unique cake by placing white and brown macarons around the border of each tier.

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Macarons and Flowers

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44 Wedding Cakes with Fresh Flowers

The Round House Bakery surrounded fresh garden roses with a halo of gold foil-topped macarons for an unexpected cake topper.

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Blue and Orange

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To highlight the event's cobalt-and-orange color palette, Walton's Fancy and Staple created treats in lighter versions of the two hues.

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Coordinating Cake

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Bronze and light blue macarons—baked by Wink by Erica—nodded to this couple's matching cake and metallic stand.

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French-Themed

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16 Creative Ways to Use Cloches Throughout Your Wedding

Due to their culinary origins, it only makes sense for these treats to appear on a French-themed dessert table. That was the case for these pink, cream, and terra cotta hued macarons.

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Pink, Green, and White

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This fully stocked dessert table featured green, pink, and white macarons that were tucked into vintage boxes and glass jars.

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24 Delicious Wedding Cake Alternatives

Six stands full of macarons in shades of pink and gold replaced cake at this reception.

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Decoration

naked cake topped with macarons
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Macarons by The Cake Stand Cakery were featured in multiple parts of this wedding. The confections were given to guests as favors and even served as decorations on the couple's naked cake.

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Filled Compotes

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39 Amazing Dessert Tables from Real Weddings

Three small bowls of macarons accompanied this couple's three Flour and Flourish wedding cakes, proving there is no such thing as too many desserts.

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Heart-Shaped

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At a wedding, hearts make the ultimate big-day symbols. That's why these Liggy's Cake Company treats looked right at home at this couple's event.

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Rainbow

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The best part about macarons? They come in virtually every color. Create a rainbow display by placing a different color on each level of a tiered tray.

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Make a sweet message even more poignant by writing it on the top of these small treats. Sweet and Saucy Shop created these delicious pre-ceremony snacks.

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