u/Dependent_Line_460

Bringing my homemade macarons to Australia

I'm travelling to Australia in June to meet my boss and friends and I'd love to take my macarons for everyone as a gift. I remember my last visit to AU I was told pastries were not allowed unless they're commercially packaged, but I'm not sure if that's true since the border control website doesn't seem to say anything like that - only to ensure that the pastries are shelf stable and for personal consumption only.

I'm definitely not bringing a buttload of macarons to sell but probably 8 boxes (like 4 macarons each) which costs a lot for me (effort and money wise) so I would hate for it to be binned by border control. Can anyone confirm?

Other stuff I'd like to bring:

Dried mangoes

Cornick (garlic corn snack)

Pastillas (milk fudge) - i feel like this is very risky so might scrap this one

Philippine coffee beans

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u/Dependent_Line_460 — 4 days ago

Last three pics were the first batch me and my biz partner sold (YES WE SOLD THE FAILED MACARONS 🤣) and it took us 7 more batches to finally make our near perfect macarons now. I know we still need consistency in the look of the shells as well as ganache texture and thickness, but we have come so so far and I can't help but be proud!

u/Dependent_Line_460 — 24 days ago