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title: A Smart Cookie
date: 2022-02-01T05:30:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/a-smart-cookie"
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# A Smart Cookie

*February 1, 2022* — by [Shannon Clark M.Jour. ’22](/author/shannon-clark-m-jour-22)


> Young Alum’s Online Bakery Business Puts Sweet Spin on Celebrating Year of the Tiger

*Sweetsby Caroline Macarons 1920x1080 — Airy, light-hearted macarons from the alum-owned Sweets by Caroline evoke the Lunar New Year holiday celebrated today in Asian countries and communities around the world.*

Nibbling on a French macaron seems an unusual way to celebrate Lunar New Year, *non*?

But then you haven’t yet seen the adorable face of a tiger cub, delicately worded symbols for luck or the smiley mandarin orange on the cookies handmade by a recent University of Maryland alum and online bakery owner.

Caroline Ta ’21 runs[ ](https://sweetsbycaroline.com/)Sweets by Caroline out of her parents’ Germantown, Md., kitchen, where she creates whimsical and sophisticated desserts that recently garnered a shout-out from [*Washingtonian* magazine](https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/01/20/10-fun-ways-to-celebrate-lunar-new-year/) in an article on fun ways in the DMV to celebrate the Year of the Tiger today.


*Caroline Ta ’21 headshot with pink and purple macaron illustration*




**Topics:** [People](https://today.umd.edu/tags/people)


**Tags:** [Alumni](https://today.umd.edu/topic/alumni), [Food](https://today.umd.edu/topic/food), [Marketing](https://today.umd.edu/topic/marketing)


**Units:** [Robert H. Smith School of Business](https://today.umd.edu/topic/robert-h-smith-school-business)