Croquembouche christmas

A showstopping croquembouche for a wedding or special occasion is not that difficult to make. Carefully follow this recipe, and you'll be rewarded with a delicious tower of cream puffs!

Turn the classic French croquembouche into a cream-puff Christmas tree with a green glaze, colorful sprinkles and a sugar cookie star.

A croquembouche (kroke-em-boosh) is a tower of profiteroles (cream puffs) stuck together with a thin layer of crisp caramel, which gives the dessert its name, “crocque em bouche” or “crunches in the mouth.” This dramatic pile of puffs is typically served at weddings, but I’ve taken liberties and find it a worthy dessert for any big occasion.

Croquembouche is a traditional French christening and wedding cake that isn't a cake at all—it's an impressive tower of caramel-crusted cream puffs. With a bit of patience, you can make this towering dessert at home.

A croquembouche is a show-stopper type of dessert. It’s a tower of cream puffs, glued together with caramel sauce and is absolutely stunning, not to mention delicious. I opted to use premade cream puffs because honestly, you can get some pretty dang good store-bought ones so why the heck not?

Embark on a spectacular culinary journey with our Majestic Croquembouche Tower, a stunning centerpiece of French patisserie. This impressive creation is composed of profiteroles (cream puffs), meticulously assembled into a towering cone and bound together with golden caramel. Each profiterole is a bite of bliss, filled with luscious cream and coated in a delicate caramel web. Ideal for weddings, celebrations, or as an extravagant dessert, the Croquembouche is a symbol of elegance and…

A tower of profiteroles, filled with caramel pastry cream, held together with caramelized sugar and garnished with a snowfall of powdered sugar.

Here is a splendid edible centerpiece for your New Year’s table, the croquembouche — row upon row of tiny cream puffs mounted into a conical tower and glittering with caramel. It’s fun to assemble and is guaranteed to bring gasps of delight from your guests.