Christmas Ordering Guide

Top Tips for Ordering French Macarons This Christmas

It's the most wonderful and busiest time of the year!

That's why we wanted to make sure you had all the information you need to make sure you get your macarons in time for festive celebrations in December and the New Year.

If you don't see an answer to your question, please Contact Us or give us a call on 0131 285 5820.

Recommended Ordering and Delivery Dates for Christmas

We recommend placing your order online as early as possible and selecting your preferred delivery date at checkout.

If you’re planning to enjoy your macarons on Christmas Day, we suggest choosing 23rd December as your preferred delivery date, as courier delays are common closer to Christmas.

Due to the shelf life of our macarons, we don’t recommend scheduling delivery before 19th December if you plan to enjoy them on Christmas Day.

If you require delivery on 24th December, please note that there is a higher risk of delay. In this case, we strongly recommend selecting the Special Delivery Guaranteed option at checkout to ensure your order arrives on time.


If you select local pick-up at checkout, you can collect your order from our kitchen between 9am–4pm, Monday to Friday.

You can find us at 11 Stewartfield Industrial Estate, Edinburgh EH6 5RQ.

The last day for local collection before Christmas will be the 23rd of December.

We recommend that our macarons are eaten within 7 days and are best stored in the fridge. Make sure to bring them to room temperature a couple of hours before serving for the best flavour and texture. 

We don’t recommend storing macarons at room temperature (ambient) for more than 3 days as this will affect the texture of the macarons.  

If you plan on gifting French macarons, don't choose to have them delivered any earlier than 19th December.

We will be dispatching more macarons on 29 and 30 December 2025 - perfect for your New Year macaron fix!

Guaranteed delivery in time for New Year depends on the delivery service you choose at checkout.

Orders placed between 1pm on 23 December and 1pm on 29 December:

  • Standard delivery (1–2 days): Estimated delivery 30-31 December 2025
  • Special Delivery: Estimated delivery 30 December 2025

Orders placed between 1pm on 29 December and 1pm on 30 December:

  • Standard delivery (1–2 days): Estimated delivery 31 December 2025 – 3 January 2026
  • Special Delivery: Estimated delivery 31 December 2025

Orders placed after 1pm on 30 December:

  • Standard delivery (1–2 days): Estimated delivery 6 – 7 January 2026
  • Special Delivery: Estimated delivery 6 January 2026

We offer free delivery for orders over £40. These are sent with Royal Mail tracked delivery service.

Standard delivery for orders below £40 is £3.95 and these are sent with Royal Mail on a tracked service which can take 1-2 days.

You can choose Royal Mail Next Day Delivery at checkout for £6.50 to ensure your macarons get to you exactly when you need them.

Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm is available for £7.50.

If you don’t choose a preferred delivery date at checkout, we’ll send your order out for next working day dispatch.

If you do choose a preferred delivery date:

  • Free or Standard Shipping: We’ll dispatch your order 2 days before your chosen date.
  • Next Day or Guaranteed Delivery: We’ll dispatch your order 1 day before your chosen date.

We use Royal Mail for the majority of our orders but if you have ordered a macaron tower for weddings and events or a large volume order, we may send this with DPD.

Want to add a personal touch?

You can include a note to be printed on the packing slip, or purchase one of our Greetings Cards to have your message handwritten inside.

Just leave your message in the “Additional Notes” box on the cart page before checkout, and select your preferred option during checkout.

If you need to amend an address, note or delivery date please contact us as soon as possible.

During the festive period our macaron packing team will be very busy and if your order has been scheduled for dispatch we may be unable to make changes.

We don't gift wrap our orders but our gift boxes are absolutely gorgeous with a magnetic clasp - think jewellery box but for macarons!

Your French macarons will be posted in a branded Mademoiselle Macaron shipping box.

Our packing slips never detail any invoicing or prices. We know many people gift our macarons - who wouldn't?! - so we ensure that the packing slip will only show the name of the sender, the recipient's name and address, any note included in the additional notes section and the product that has been ordered.

Panic not! If you've paid by PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay or any other express pay option this can sometimes happen. However, it is because the final transaction detail takes place off site to our website.

We'll never include any prices or invoice information with our shipments. If you've received an order confirmation - you're set! Unless you have stolen your friend's credit card, we can't charge them!

When you proceed through to entering your card details at checkout, there is a section for you to enter a discount code.

Our discount codes are not applicable to our shipping fees. We cannot apply a discount to an order once it has been placed.

Oui! You can order one of our cards, vouchers or gifts and have them sent straight to the recipient. Explore our full range online at Merchandise & Gifts.

It’s the perfect option if you’re not sure which French macaron flavours they love most!

All of our macarons are suitable for vegetarians.

We have French vegan macarons available to buy online.

Our macarons are not officially halal certified.

You can find the full ingredient details per flavour on our flavour profile blog.

Oui! The ingredients we use to make our French macarons are gluten-free, and our recipes have been carefully tested to ensure their quality and deliciousness.

Some macarons do contain alcohol such as Baileys, Hot toddy and Festive Espresso Martini.

You can find the full list of ingredients on our flavour blog.

Unfortunately due to the implications of Brexit, we are not able to send our French macarons outside of the UK.

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