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Tyralyon t1_is9j8o0 wrote

Looks tasty, but is it really a croissant? Totally different shape and filled with pecans. A pain au chocolat uses the same pastry as a croissant, but it's not called a chocolate croissant.

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ColdBorchst t1_isa5vu9 wrote

Most places around me call them chocolate croissants because a lot of people don't know what a pain au chocolat is and if you translate it to chocolate bread it doesn't sound as good. It's a croissant, who cares. I know the name is about the shape but I mean really it's not a big deal for it to come to mean that specific type of bread even when square or leaf shaped.

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Shhhhhhhh_Im_At_Work t1_isaj848 wrote

Like the other commenters have said, a lot of American places will call pain au Chocolat a chocolate croissant, even if it's not crescent shaped.

It may be wrong, but when a dish jumps to another country the related history and etymology may not make it intact. Heck, is American Chinese food Chinese? What about American pizza? We put BBQ sauce, bacon, chicken, and ranch sauce on some of our "pizzas", good luck finding that in Italy.

EDIT: Not to mention here in the States, 95% of people will order a "cruh-sont", not a "kwa-sanh".

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AccordingtoJP OP t1_isan2ik wrote

I'm not sure to be honest. The website describes it as a Fall Leaf made with a croissant dough, filled with pecan pastry cream, roasted pecan and glazed with a maple syrup. Open for interpretation I'd say

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esoteric_enigma t1_isahd1c wrote

I've seen plenty of places that sell "chocolate croissants."

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Tyralyon t1_isak9ff wrote

I'm not saying chocolate croissants don't exist, but they are usually shaped like croissants, not like a pain au chocolat (or at least they shouldn't be).

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