How to Make a Viral TikTok Cookie Croissant Even Better
Take a French pastry that has been carefully shaped; perfect in its simplicity, and then stuff it with an American sugar bomb. A croissant with a viral TikTok cookie seems a little blasphemous at first glance, but that’s part of the fun of it. What’s even more interesting is that this is a great way to use up store-bought croissants. Here’s my favorite way to make them (and then make them even better).
This case of profanity in relation to pastry products is believed to have started at the French bakery Maison Louvard . It’s not even too unusual for French croissants in general—take the almond croissant, for example, which is filled with aromatic almond dough and baked to sweet, caramelized perfection. Filling a sweet dough or batter into the center of a second-rate packaged croissant and baking it again creates a combination of crispy, fried dough and soft (or even gooey) cookie. It only requires two ingredients and about 12 minutes in the oven.
How to make “Cruki” at home
I choose the path of least resistance. Instead of making my own cookie dough, I bought one of those Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sausages.
1. Split a store-bought packaged croissant (it still needs to be improved) and stuff it with about a tablespoon of flattened cookie dough. I used mini croissants so if you have full size ones you may need more cookie dough.
2. Cover with a “lid” and secure another flattened spoonful of dough on top. Bake the whole beast in a 350°F oven for about 12 minutes. Alternatively, you can use an air fryer set to “air fry” at 325°F for about eight minutes.
Your shopping list should be simple:
Tips to improve your cookie croissant
My biggest problem with this preparation is that the center of the cookies is difficult to bake completely. Any cookie dough that doesn’t rise to the surface will remain sticky. In fact, it’s so sticky it’s practically liquid. Most packaged cookie dough is safe to eat raw (if it has it, it will say so on the package), so safety isn’t an issue, but I personally like my cookies cooked.
Make the actual cookie dough
If you’re in the same cookie boat with me, this is a simple solution: Continue pressing the cookie dough into the cut side of the bottom half of the split croissant and the outside of the top half as before. This time, don’t stack the layers on top of each other. Instead, place the two halves on a baking sheet, cookie side up, and bake. Use the same temperature and time. Since the cookie dough is exposed, it will be fully baked. Once the croissant comes out of the oven, fold the halves together and enjoy.
Why stop with the basics?
Cookie dough itself is fine, but I’m damn good at this stuff. Croissants are a versatile buttery pastry, so anything goes well with them. Cookies, surprisingly, are quite flexible. Whatever you add to the cookie dough can go into the cookies. Anything. You can also change the flavor of the cookie dough. Chocolate chip cookie dough goes well with crispy bacon crumbles, pretzels, potato chips or cornflakes. Sugar cookie dough is great for granola, cashew or rosemary. My favorite combination today was adding a long slice of banana and Reese’s Pieces cookie dough. With a little experimentation, your next favorite snack will be ready in less than 15 minutes.