It must be gravity's fault

I made two recipes of macaroons today for xmas baking. The one, which I thought would be maybe okay, turned out fabulous (more or less). The other one, which I thought would be great, was a disaster. They melted into puddles of goo and stuck to the pan and mushed up into chunky pieces of mess when I tried to get them off the pan. But they taste really good. Just close your eyes and try to imagine how they might have been when you take a bite.