Goodbye Cronut, hello Crookie: The new cross-bred croissant everyone's obsessed with
To us, croissants are perfect. Crisp, flakey layers of warm buttery goodness - maybe with a little dark chocolate, like Meryl Streep makes them in the movie It's Complicated. To brazen bakers hoping to appeal to the social media masses, however, croissants have become a canvas for increasingly crazed combinations. From the Cronut (croissant x doughnut) to the cruffin (croissant x muffin), this quintessentially French breakfast treat has kickstarted nearly every hybrid foodie trend over the past decade. Its latest frankensteined form? Le crookie, an Americanised twist via soft, smudgy chocolate...