I LOVE this cronut crazy. We’re thinking about getting a bunch next week here in the office and going crazy - carbo-loading as Jason, the young tri-athlete tells me. We’ll definitely let you know how they are! In the meantime, EaterLA has this fantastic map of where to get “cronuts” here in LA. Happy Thursday!
12 Cronut Copycats Around Los Angeles, Mapped
There’s nothing quite like Dominique Ansel’s original instant-classic Cronut™, a croissant-doughnut mashup first born a few months ago at the pastry chef’s namesake bakery in New York’s Soho district. But that doesn’t mean bakeries and doughnut shops around L.A. haven’t tried their best to capture the uniqueness of Ansel’s creation by using similar techniques, ingredients, and methods. In the end, while they’re not Cronuts, some of them get mighty close. Here’s a rundown of twelve knockoffs around the city.