cragel

plural cragels

1. A combination of a croissant and a bagel.

   “We started working on the cragel as soon as we heard about the Cronut,” said Jenny Puente, a co-owner of House of Bagels in San Francisco.

   2014 April 5, Julia Moskin, “A real treat or half-baked?”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 137, number 174, page D7

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   > I didn't run across bagels in London, but I did find the Jewish ghetto / > (yes, that's what it's called) in Paris. OMG! If you think US bagels / > are bad, wait until you eat one of theirs. Those bagels are pastry; / > not even as close to a bagel as our steamed version is. :( / You're sure they weren't cragels? (croissant + bagel)

   2014 September 16, Peter Lawrence, “Main Street Bagels?”, in ba.food (Usenet)

   Chompie’s / Of course, there are the famous bagels, but this deli has a definite sweet side with in-house crafted napoleons, eclairs, rugelach, babkas and the customer favorite, cragel, a cross between a croissant and a bagel.

   2014 December 6, Georgann Yara, “Enjoy National Pastry Day at 9 Southeast Valley places”, in The Arizona Republic, page 16

   Well, we’ve had the cronut (croissant-donut hybrid), the cragel (croissant-bagel hybrid), the crookie (croissant-cookie), and now ... the kudossant, a croissant-waffle hybrid.

   2015 August 9, “It’s a croissant! It’s a waffle! It’s ...”, in The Record, page BL-2

   It offered an array of quirky concoctions, including the cragel, a cross between a croissant a bagel, which created some buzz in 2014, but mostly it sold simpler fare: traditional bagels with cream cheese, egg bagel sandwiches, coffee-the sort of thing locals picked up on their way to work.

   2016 April 13, Roberto A. Ferdman, “Rainbow bagel is evidence of a new form of gentrification”, in The Union, volume 151, number 143, page B2

   In 2014, more variations to desserts were introduced, including the “duffin” (a doughnut and muffin), “scruffin” (a scone and muffin), and “cragel” (half of a bagel combined with half of a croissant).

   2017, Justine J. Reel, Filling Up: The Psychology of Eating (The Psychology of Everyday Life), Greenwood, →ISBN, page 58