Cream filled croissants and crookies: the pastries at Café Francais are no joke

Nov 6, 2024
Nov 6, 2024

For the past three years, Daniel and Noelle have been crafting flaky, buttery croissants and other French-inspired pastries at Café Francais, located at 7831 E. Wrightstown Road, incorporating sweet and savory flavors into their creations.

When the couple took over Café Francais, it was the French baking that really intrigued Daniel. Making a croissant isn’t the same as baking a dozen cupcakes or chocolate chip cookies, there is a particular science behind it. One wrong move and your croissant will end up with a flat, doughy mess.

Thankfully, Daniel is a mastermind when it comes to perfecting intricate recipes. Noelle said he is able to dissect and tweak whatever recipe she needs him to recreate. He doesn’t need Google or a TikTok video to show him how its done, he’ll figure it out and make sure its delicious.

You can always count on seeing a variety of classic croissant flavors like chocolate and almond, a ham and cheese croissant, kouign amanns, eclairs, French macarons and sourdough French bread at their store. But the real party starts when they drop their weekly special menus.

Every Wednesday, Café Francais will head on to Instagram to show users what kind of new flavors they whipped up for the week. When you see the pictures and read the descriptions, you can’t help but shed tears of happiness.

Pumpkin cardamom maple cream cheese croll, banana foster kouign amann, chai spiced brioche roll with vanilla icing and black croissants filled with raspberry coulis and Bavarian cream are just a few of the flavorful concoctions the couple comes up with every week.

My favorite special they have ever come up with is their crookies: a combination of cookies and croissants.

Thanks to the technique Daniel uses, the cookie dough is baked into the croissant layers, which means you get a taste of gooey chocolate chip cookie and butter croissant with every bite. They are AMAZING!!