You can EASILY make the viral, Parisian cookie dough stuffed croissants (crookie) at home, using just TWO ingredients. All you need are croissants, your favorite cookie dough, and 20 minutes. Flaky, buttery croissants and gooey, chocolate-studded cookie dough make for a fab combination that’s hard not to love.
Why Crookies Work So Well
I have to admit, I was very much unsure about cookie dough croissants at first. They’re essentially an almond croissant, but with cookie dough in place of almond frangipane. To me, they felt a little too ridiculous, too over the top, and honestly? Too sickly sweet.
But after perfecting my recipe for miso brown butter cookies, I decided to push my misgivings aside and give the viral hit a go. And, oh wow, I’m pleased I did.
Not only does this work, but it works BEAUTIFULLY. It uses just enough cookie dough to be sweet, but not overly so.
I sent the leftovers of recipe testing to my boyfriend’s office, and they DEVOURED them, so if that’s not a sign these are good, I don’t know what is.
While the recipe went viral on social media in 2024, the cookie dough croissant was actually born in 2022, in a Parisian bakery called Maison Louvard (which is now FIRMLY on my must-visit list the next time I’m lucky enough to get to Paris!)
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Croissants. Try to use good-quality, all-butter croissants for the best flavor. You can use stale or fresh croissants.
- Cookie dough. Use store-bought cookie dough to make things even easier, or use your favorite cookie recipe. I’m using my super delicious miso brown butter Easter cookies as the dough here, and I’d recommend you try it. One batch of that cookie dough made enough for 10 cookie croissants.
How to Make Cookie Dough Stuffed Croissants
- Slice your croissants in half, then press a couple of tablespoons of cookie dough inside, covering the whole of the cut side.
- Place the other half of the croissant on top. Smooth another tablespoon of cookie dough on top of the croissant.
- Bake until golden and gorgeous.
- Enjoy while warm and gooey – you can dust them with icing (powdered) sugar too if you like.
Cookie Dough Croissant FAQs
Yes! You can assemble the cookie croissants, then cover them in plastic wrap and pop them into the fridge for up to 48 hours before baking.
You can also freeze them unbaked – freeze them on lined trays until solid, then transfer them to ziplock bags to store. You can bake them directly from frozen – just add another 5 or so minutes to the baking time.
They’ll keep well for 3 days, stored at room temperature in an airtight container.
They’re best when freshened up, either in the oven (at 350°F or 180°C fan for 8 minutes), in the air fryer at the same temperature for 4 minutes, or in the microwave for about 30 seconds.
While you can absolutely use store-bought cookie dough for ease, the flavor is far superior when you make the cookie dough yourself.
I recommend trying my miso brown butter chocolate cookies recipe – you can swap out the mini Easter eggs for any chocolate you like.
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EASY Cookie Dough Croissants (Crookie)
Ingredients
Method
- Prepare your croissants.Heat your oven to 350°F (180°C fan bake) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Slice each of your croissants in half.
- Stuff the croissants with cookie dough. Press roughly 2 tablespoons of cookie dough into a flat oval in your hands (large enough to fit across the croissant), then place it on the cut, bottom side of a croissant. Repeat with the rest of the croissants.Press the tops of the croissants on top of the cookie dough, then press another tablespoon of cookie dough on top of each croissant.
- Bake the cookie croissants. Transfer the cookie croissants to the oven and bake for 12 minutes, until they're crispy and golden on top. Remove from the oven, then dust with the icing sugar if you like, and enjoy.
Cookies and croissants, name a better combination 🤤🤤🤤. Will be making these again for sure 🤍
UNREAL. Can’t believe how good and easy these are, omg
Omg right!? I was shocked it worked so well!! x Kate