Introducing the cruffin: A blend of a croissant and muffin that melts in your mouth

CRONUTS are so mainstream now so what do you do when your biggest seller has become conventional rather than exceptional? Introduce something even more incredible.

FIRST came the cronut now the latest Frankenfood creation to hit the food scene is none other than the cruffin.

This tasty treat is the love child of a croissant and a muffin.

It is denser than its cronut forebear but still has the peelability of a croissant so you can slowly eat it layer by layer or just take a bite.

The origins of the cruffin are a little mysterious but it was San Francisco’s Mr Holmes’ Bakehouse that used the power of social media to make them famous.

The bakery’s Instagram account, which boasts more than 30,000 followers, features mouth-watering pictures of their various cruffin creations, including such varieties as Bourbon and Cocoa Nib, Dutch Apple and Peaches and Cream.

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Brewtown Cafe has three varieties of cruffin on sale - Rocky Road, Orange Blossom and Nutella Crunch.

And their chocolate cointreau variety.

Mr Holmes’ Bakehouse’s carrot cake cruffin.

On weekends people have been known to line up outside the popular cafe from 6.45am ready for the first cruffin to be sold at 9.

It’s a bit of a lottery as they only make 100 of the delectable delights so you could very well line up for an hour and go home hungry.

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It’s yet to be seen if the addition of the Cruffin will have the same effect at Brewtown Cafe, but it certainly can’t hurt.

Brewtown are selling their three creations - Rocky Road, Orange Blossom and Nutella Crunch - for $6.

Originally published as Introducing the cruffin: A blend of a croissant and muffin that melts in your mouth