Sara's Bookish Macarons (she/her)

White macaron with the character Calam painted on the front

White macaron with a cup of hot chocolate painted on the front

Mossy mushroom macaron

White macaron with grumpy cat painted on it

Here are a few more favorites from this batch:

Flat lay photo of the book Until the Clock Strikes Midnight and purple and white macarons with fairy decorations and images from the book painted on them.

Darker purple macaron with gold butterfly/fairy wing

Lighter purple macaron with a shimmery purple fairy wing

White macaron with the character Darling painted on the front

The most magical and whimsical macarons for the most magical and whimsical book! Until the Clock Strikes Midnight Macarons 🥰🧚‍♀️✨

I really wanted to do 3D fairy wings for these but I'm no royal icing expert so these were a fun challenge and I'm really happy with the results!

Box of macarons with one decorated like a unicorn and another with a red rose on it.

The Valentine's Day macaron decorating workshop I led at high five books yesterday went so well! Check out this adorable unicorn macaron one of the participants made 🥹🥰

Arts & Culture section of the Daily Hampshire Gazette showing a photo of Sara decorating Macarons. The article is titled "Novel (and edible) art, how one Williamsburg baker has gone viral turning books into hand-painted treats"

Still not over the fact that my bookish macarons were featured in the paper 🥹🥹🥹 this is one of the coolest things to ever happen to me 😆🙌 gazettenet.com/2026/02/11/n...

Novel (and edible) art: How one Williamsburg baker has gone viral, turning books into hand-painted treats - Daily Hampshire Gazette By day, Sara Cochran navigates the rigid world of Excel spreadsheets and nonprofit budgeting. But in her Williamsburg kitchen, the data gives way to “cozy fantasy” and edible art. Under the moniker “S...

Don't mind me, I'm just tearing up reading an article about my bookish macarons in the local paper 🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭 gazettenet.com/2026/02/11/n... #booksky

MACARONS 4 IMMIGRANT RIGHTS 23 Entries (so far!) $1,155 raised for Immigrant Rights Organizations MACARONS 4 MINNESOTA 17 Entries (so far!) $735 raised for the Community Aid Network MN

Macarons 4 Immigrant Rights How to participate: Make a donation of any amount to either a national immigrant rights organization such as Al Otro Lado and/or the Immigrant Defense Project. OR Make a donation of any amount to a local based organization such as the Western Massachusetts Asylum Support Network. Send a screenshot of your donation to macarons4immigrantrights@gmail.com by January 31st.

Macarons 4 Minnesota How to participate: Make a donation of any amount to: Community Aid Network MN they are delivering groceries and providing on the ground services to vulnerable families in the Twin Cities region (CANMN on venmo) Send a screenshot of your donation to macarons4MN@gmail.com by January 31st.

The Drawings On February 1st, I will do two drawings/select two winners; one for the macarons 4 MN giveaway and one for the macarons 4 immigrant rights giveaway If you are selected I will reach out via email to get your mailing address and coordinate with you on the theme and flavor of your custom macarons! You can enter just one giveaway or both, it's up to you!

I'm blown away by the generosity of those who have participated and/or helped get the word out about these giveaways/fundraising efforts 🥰

There is still time to enter both the Macarons 4 Immigrant Rights and the Macarons 4 Minnesota giveaway, but today is the last day! (US entries only)

A graphic reads: NEW ENGLAND ICE HOTLINES BY STATE Connecticut - New Haven Rapid Response: (854) 666-4472 Maine Immigrant's Rights Coalition: (207) 544-9989 Massachusetts LUCE Network: (617) 370-5023 New Hampshire Solidarity Network Hotline: (978) 219-7586 Rhode Island AMOR Defense Line: (401) 675-1414 Vermont Migrant Justice: (802) 881-7229 SALUTE METHOD S - Size of group of officers A - Action / Activity L - Location U - Uniform / clothing T - time/date E - Equipment/weapons KNOW YOUR RIGHTS • It is your right to record in public spaces. • You must record from a reasonable distance. • On private property, an owner may ask you to leave. • Law enforcement require a judicial warrant to seize a bystanders device. • Consider locking phone with passcode, not facial recognition. • Capture identifying info (agency vests, badge numbers, license plates, etc.)

Here it is with alt text, for our New England friends and family to share far and wide to resist and defend our communities and neighbors from ICE:

Macarons 4 Immigrant Rights over various book themed macarons

The Prize: In an effort, to help raise funds for organizations dedicated to supporting immigrants and protecting their rights, I am hosting another bookish macaron giveaway this month. If selected, I will make and send to you custom macarons of your choosing! You can pick the theme and flavor of the macarons. Must be in the US and 18+ to enter. (I'm very sorry but I cannot ship macarons internationally.)

How to participate: 1. Make a donation of any amount to either a national immigrant rights organization such as Al Otro Lado and/or the Immigrant Defense Project. OR 2. Make a donation of any amount to a local based organization such as the Western Massachusetts Asylum Support Network. (WMASN is local to me and you can donate to them or an org that is local to you) You do not need to make multiple donations, you can pick just one org to support. Links to these organizations are in my bio. Only one entry per person. To enter the giveaway send a screenshot of your donation to macarons4immigrantrights@gmail.com by January 31st. (please make sure to crop or block out personal details like your full name, address, etc. I do not wish to collect your data!)

The Drawing: On February 1st, I will do a drawing and if selected I will reach out via email to get your mailing address and coordinate with you on the theme and flavor of your custom macarons!

If you have ever wanted to try my bookish macarons this could be your chance!

In an effort, to help raise funds for organizations dedicated to supporting immigrants and protecting their rights, I am hosting another bookish macaron giveaway this month ❤️❤️❤️ #booksky #macarons

Two queer women with a 6 year old in school today stopped to film ICE and for their bravery ICE agents murdered one before the other’s eyes. The grief in the survivor’s voice is a knife to the gut. Destroying people and their bonds is what ICE has always done.

2025 Wrapped Media/Bookish Macarons Edition! All the nerdy and/or bookish macaron sets I made this year! what macaron themes/books should I do next year? #macarons #booksky

A close-up of a table with a floral and leaf tea set. The snail tea pot looks like it is approaching the camera with a bee stuffed animal sitting at the head of the table. Incredible macarons with various moths and mushrooms sit on the plates

Also the macarons @charlottereads.com commissioned @sarasbookmacarons.bsky.social to make for me for Christmas were perfect for the tea party!

I'm thrilled they got to you okay & it looks like they arrived in perfect condition! Macarons are super fragile so it's not uncommon to see a couple crack or crumble a bit in shipping but those look great! I am so happy/relieved 😅 yay for excessive bubble wrap lol (also obsessed with your teapot!)

I made macarons for the cozy romantic fantasy book Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore 🥰 #booksky #cozyfantasy

Again apologies for being terrible at remembering to cross-post new bookish macarons over here, but LOOK I made A Girl of the Limberlost macarons for @charlottereads.com to gift to @soundoftheforest.bsky.social 🥰🙌 #booksky #bookishmacarons #macarons #cookieart

I love making the mossy mushroom ones! I dip them in melted chocolate and use M&MS for the mushroom caps and green rice crispy cereal for the moss 🥰

on the left, a copy of Gene Stratton-Porter’s novel “A Girl of the Limberlost.” on the right, a gorgeous, colorful batch of macarons decorated with hand-painted moths, flowers, character names, and Elnora, the protagonist, playing her violin. there are also a few decorated with tiny hand-sculpted mushrooms and moss.

a macron painted with a luna moth

a macaron with little sculpted mushrooms, leaves, and moss

a macaron decorated by a painting of Elnora and her violin, from another edition of the book A Girl of the Limberlost.

my Christmas MVP is @sarasbookmacarons.bsky.social, who, with almost no notice, made the most gorgeous batch of macarons for @soundoftheforest.bsky.social. I chose A Girl of the Limberlost for the theme, because it’s the book that inspired Nicole to take up insect preservation. LOOK AT THEM. LOOK

The moment I realized these were Girl of the Limberlost macarons I started crying. I feel so loved and seen. Also I am blown away by how gorgeous these are! Thank you so much @charlottereads.com @sarasbookmacarons.bsky.social

*Me bobbing my head and singing to myself* "The name is MAMDANI, M-A-M-D-A-N-I" 🎶💙🙌

AMAZING!!!!! 🙌🙌🙌

I had a dream last night I met @jordanmyr1ck.bsky.social and I asked them if they like macarons and they said "no, not really" and I was really sad because I was planning to make them @gastronauts.bsky.social themed macarons 😂

photo of red, green and blue macarons with hand painted designs matching the Magic, Mischief and Mayhem stickers from the show. Also featured are mimic shaped macarons and white macarons with the twenty sided tavern and D&D logo

Photo of a mimic shaped macarons

white macaron with twenty sided tavern logo

white macaron with D&D logo

Ah Im so bad at remembering to cross-post here! Anyway here are the @twentysidedtavern.bsky.social /D&D themed macarons I made earlier this month #DungeonsandDragons #TTRPG 🥰

Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeist book with witch and pumpkin themed macarons

Thistlefoot book and babayaga themed macarons

House of Frank book with multicolor macarons

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea book with red and gold macarons

Now that it's September what are some of your favorite #sapphicbooks with fall vibes? Bonus points if they are sapphic and witchy/magical ✨🍂 #booksky #booksky💙📚

I would sincerely appreciate it if justice-minded readers of SFF would reskeet the below post, I am sincerely trying to fill out this list and right now I have two (2) men on it

which, you know, statistically, would track! but I’d be very happy to be wrong about men being terrible, this one time

Another favorite to add to the list who has been very vocal about Gaza is Sangu Mandanna author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping 🥰 (I will have to think about the men authors a bit more the first few to come to mind aren't SFF authors)

I've made a lot of #CozyFantasy book themed macarons over the years 😆🙌 what book 💙📚 should I do next? 🥰💖 #booksky

A photo collage of three pictures of Sara and Sangu at Sangu's book signing event.

Picture of two paperback books, A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is open and on the title page it is signed by Sangu Mandanna and also says Thank you for the incredible macarons!

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping and pink and green macarons with decorations and designs painted on them inspired by scenes and characters from the book.

Had an amazing time last night in Boston meeting Sangu Mandanna at @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social 🥰🙌 I even got to give her some of the macarons I made for A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

Legends and Lattes Macarons on a wood cutting board with coffee beans. Text Reads: Legends and Lattes

An orc shaped macaron with text above that reads "Viv"

A mouse shaped macaron with text above that reads "thimble"

A pink succubus shaped macaron with text that reads "Tandri" above it.

Legends and Lattes Macarons ✨🥰

Made these coffee flavored Legends & Lattes macarons back in August 2022! These are some of the first character shaped bookish macarons I ever made!

#cozyfantasy #cozyfantasybooks #legendsandlattes #booksky 💙📚

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross macarons 🥰✨💙📚 #romantasy #romantasybooks #booksky #divinerivals #fantasybooks #romanticfantasybooks

You Started It by Jackie Khalilieh Macarons!!!! Have you read this adorable YA Romcom yet? 😍 #yabooks #romcom #teenlit #booksky 💙📚

Mexican Gothic by @silviamg.bsky.social inspired macarons! Have you read this beautiful yet haunting gothic horror novel yet? 😍 #booksky 💙📚