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    Everything You Need To Know About The Cronut

    Dominique Ansel has blessed the world with the mystical Cronut, a croissant-doughnut hybrid. It is glorious.

    These are Cronuts, and they are perfect in every way.

    Cronut = the shape, fried-ness, and creamy interior of a doughnut + the flaky, delicate pastry layers of a croissant.

    The Cronut's creator is the French pastry chef Dominique Ansel, of Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York.

    Dominique Ansel tried about ten different recipes over two months before perfecting the Cronut.

    They are made with a special laminated Cronut dough, similar to croissant dough, but with a few key differences.

    Once they're shaped, the Cronuts get deep-fried in hot grapeseed oil...

    ...pumped full of cream...

    ...rolled in sugar...

    ...and finally glazed.

    This is what it looks like on the inside.

    Right now the maximum number of Cronuts a single person can buy is six. They come in this gold box.

    TA-DA!

    Cronuts have a short shelf-life (6 hours) and are meant to be eaten immediately.

    The Cronut flavors will change every month. May's flavor is Rose Vanilla and June's is Lemon Maple. One of these things will cost you $5.00.

    Even crazier than the Cronut itself is the line outside the bakery in the morning.

    waiting in line for a cronut is the new cronut RT @andreaklang another line of hungry foodies outside my window.

    raphael brion

    @raphael_brion

    waiting in line for a cronut is the new cronut RT @andreaklang another line of hungry foodies outside my window.

    By 8:15am on Thursday (May 23), only 15 minutes after the bakery was open, the Cronuts were sold out.

    People have gotten a little worked up about missing out on Cronuts.

    It is not okay to flip off our baristas because we are out of cronuts. Wtf!

    Dominique Ansel

    @DominiqueAnsel

    It is not okay to flip off our baristas because we are out of cronuts. Wtf!

    Sometimes more than a little.

    @firstwefeast One woman legitimately cried...we felt so bad, we looked everywhere to find her the last remaining cronut.

    Dominique Ansel

    @DominiqueAnsel

    @firstwefeast One woman legitimately cried...we felt so bad, we looked everywhere to find her the last remaining cronut.

    Forget cupcakes; Cronuts are hot enough to straight-up replace currency.

    @DominiqueAnsel just bribed us for table w #cronut Come on in sir....

    Andrew Carmellini

    @andrecarmellini

    @DominiqueAnsel just bribed us for table w #cronut

    Come on in sir....

    Oh, and the bakery has trademarked the name "Cronut," so hands off.

    Hi folks, cronut officially trademarked today.

    Dominique Ansel

    @DominiqueAnsel

    Hi folks, cronut officially trademarked today.

    Moral of the story: If you live in New York and feel like getting up at 5:30am you should probably, definitely try these.