“Crookies” are the newest croissant mashup

March 23, 2024 by
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Dominique Ansel’s Cronut may have been the first viral croissant hybrid, but it certainly wasn’t the last. Since then pastry chefs have created many twists on the standard croissant, and the latest NYC (by way of Paris) craze is a combination of cookies and croissants called the “crookie”. The crookie sprang to life in Paris at Boulangerie Louvard, where baker Stéphane Louvard decided to combine his two “flagship products” into one pastry.

Cookie croissant (crookies) from But First We Brunch

Unlike the Cronut, a crookie is simple to replicate at home. It’s similar to an almond croissant – stuff an already baked croissant with chocolate chip cookie dough, add a little dough to the top, and bake. If you want it ooey and gooey, bake it less, and if you want the cookie to be firmer, bake it a little longer. You could use a different cookie dough if chocolate chip isn’t your thing.

If you want one, making it at home is your best bet – at least for now, crookies sell out fast at every bakery where they are made. It’s a great way to zhush up a mediocre or day-old croissant. Now I wish I had snagged a tray of croissants at Costco on my way home from work – this would have been the perfect snowy Sunday project.

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  • matag  on  March 24, 2024

    Pondering on using mini croissants.

  • Jenny  on  March 24, 2024

    I hate to be one of those people who come here to complain – but that looks like a kindergarten project gone bad.

  • Indio32  on  March 24, 2024

    What Jenny said.

  • darcie_b  on  March 25, 2024

    I would try it, but agree that this photo does not look great.

    • Jenny  on  March 25, 2024

      It is probably delicious but it doesn’t look like a wow dessert 🙂

  • averythingcooks  on  March 25, 2024

    Lol – didn’t want to be the only one to suggest that “perhaps that particular treat is not for me”.

  • Jenny  on  March 25, 2024

    This just came up in my news feed. Baker & Cook – Dean Brettschneider’s bakery – just shared the Croistillant! The name itself is a delicious mashup: Croissant meets Croustillant (French for ‘thin and crisp’). See this beauty on their Instagram page.

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