Move over cronut, cruffin, and brookies (a brownie and a cookie), there’s a new so-called “Frankenpastry” in town.
The crookie—what happens when a chocolate-chip cookie melts inside a croissant—is the latest “It” pastry to hit Baltimore.
And it’s a buttery, salty, sweet sensation. The innovative treat was first invented in 2022 by baker Stéphane Louvard, owner of Maison Louvard in Paris, who decided to experiment at work one day while making croissants next to his kitchen crew who were toiling over a batch of chocolate-chip cookies. He put the two together and—voila!—the crookie was born…