The best French viennoiseries
The top 3 according to 25 votes from people: Pain au chocolat (chocolatine) · All-butter croissant · Pain aux raisins. (Updated Apr 9, 2025.)
France's favourite viennoiseries, according to polls (pain au chocolat and croissant on top) and bakers. 'Chocolatine' counts as pain au chocolat; no debate here.
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Top 10
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1
Pain au chocolat (chocolatine)
Laminated yeast dough with two sticks of chocolate; the favourite pastry of 43% of French people in a University of Lille poll.
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2
All-butter croissant
Pure butter croissant (straight, while the ordinary one is curved), flaky and golden.
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3
Pain aux raisins
Swirl of laminated dough with pastry cream and raisins.
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4
Chausson aux pommes
Puff pastry turnover filled with apple compote.
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5
Brioche
Dough rich in butter and eggs; the Parisian brioche à tête is the classic.
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6
Kouign-amann
Speciality of Douarnenez, butter and sugar laminated until caramelised.
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7
Pain suisse
Laminated brioche dough with pastry cream and chocolate chips.
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8
Chouquettes
Small choux puffs sprinkled with pearl sugar, sold by weight in bakeries.
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9
Brioche aux pralines
Lyon brioche with crushed pink pralines.
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10
Oranais (abricotine)
Puff pastry, pastry cream and two apricot halves.
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11
Almond croissant
Day-old croissant filled with almond cream, rebaked and topped with flaked almonds.
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12
Tresse au sucre
Braided brioche covered in pearl sugar.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (1)
Chocolatine, évidemment 😏 (bisous du Sud-Ouest)