Mmmmmacarons from Pierre Hermé

Pink and yellow and green and blue, orange and purple and green, you can sing a macaron all you like but nothing beats pressing them against your lips and savouring every last crumb of the sweet little suckers. Here’s our pick of five pâtisseries around the globe that are giving us the most amazing sugar highs right now. Oh-oh-oooh!

Hong Kong: Jean-Paul Hévin. Crispy, crunchy, chewy, gooey. These delectable macarons expand all waistlines without prejudice – all you need do is decide your poison - Caramel and Fleur de Sel, Raspberry, Bergamot, Bitter Chocolate… and you’ll be in Hévin.

Shop 309, Times Square, Causeway Bay. T: +852 2111 9967. W: jphevin.com

New York: Kee’s. No wonder there are regularly queues around the block, with ingredients from around the world and a little bit of magic from founder Kee Ling Tong, you have Lavender, Pineapple & Papaya, Sour Sap, Green Tea with Jasmine, Kaffir Lime, Blood Orange and Kiwi with Pear… plus a whole galaxy of scandalous chocs. The only limits are your imagination, your purse and your knicker elastic.

80 Thompson Street, Soho. T: +1 212 334 3284. W: keeschocolates.com

Paris: Pierre Hermé. It would be un énorme scandale not to include the Picasso of Pastry in any list of the maestros of macarons. Chocolat au lait et praliné croustillant, huile d’olive et vanille, marron et thé vert matcha, truffe blanche et noisette… oh, Pierre, will this joy never end? Not planning a trip to Paris in the near future? Fret not, sweet tooth, you can buy online and ship worldwide… ah sweet mystery of life.

72, rue Bonaparte, 6th. M: Saint-Sulpice. T : +33 1 43 54 47 77. W: pierreherme.com

All lined up and ready to go - from Canelé

Singapore: Canelé. A staggering array of mouth-watering cakes, chocs and fancies just in case you’re macaronometer starts to flash overload. Grab a cuppa to go with and kick back.

#01-09 Robertson Walk, 11 Unity Street. T: +65 6738 8145. W: canele.com.sg

London: The Parlour at Sketch. Pierre Gagnaire’s OTT Parlour at  Sketch may look like the Mad Hatter’s tea party times ten, only here filled with the rich, slick, hip and occasional wannabe, but the macarons are surprisingly demure, though no less delicious for it - choc, pistachio, lemon, blackcurrant, raspberry and passionfruit, to nibble in or to go, J Lo.

9 Conduit Street, W1. T: +44 020 7659 4500. W: sketch.uk.com