11 Apr 2024

Crookies' the new food fad from France

From Afternoons, 1:46 pm on 11 April 2024


We've had the cronut - the half-croissant, half-donut. There's also been the New York Roll, a mixture of croissant and bombolone (an Italian pastry) which went viral with hundreds of millions of views on TikTok Now the latest viral food trend is the Crookie, created from a croissant and a cookie. So what's the secret to good Crookie? And are New Zealanders on board with this latest food craze? Leo da silva owns Uncle Leos French Bakery in Hataitai in Wellington, he speaks to Jesse.

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