{"id":148334,"date":"2026-02-28T13:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/148334\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T13:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:32:17","slug":"dominique-ansel-teams-up-with-butterfinger-in-new-limited-time-treat-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/148334\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominique Ansel teams up with Butterfinger in new limited-time treat release"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dominique Ansel is teaming up with Butterfinger to release a limited-edition French Toast-flavored treat.<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of Dominique Ansel & Butterfinger<\/p>\n

Why limit brunch to just the weekends? James Beard award-winning French pastry chef Dominique Ansel, famed for inventing the cronut, is teaming up with Butterfinger to bring brunch back into people\u2019s hands in pastry form.<\/p>\n

Butterfinger is releasing its third innovation in the past year with its new limited-edition flavor: French Toast. The delicacy will consist of Butterfinger\u2019s classic, crunchy peanut butter center, all wrapped in a layer of French toast-flavored coating. The syrup and cinnamon-packed treat will be available at major retailers nationwide until April.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFrench toast is a classic that hits across generations\u2014mom made it, diners serve it at any hour, your friends beg for it at brunch, and it still feels like a treat every time,\u201d said Yann Bastien, Vice President of Marketing for Butterfinger, in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a limited time only, Ansel will be whipping up that same brunch nostalgia with his own spin on Butterfinger French Toast.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first tried Butterfinger, it was one of those American candy bars that stuck with me. There\u2019s something so comforting and joyful about it,\u201d Ansel said. \u201cWhen I tasted the new French Toast flavor, it felt [right] to do something unexpected with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Dominique<\/a>Dominique Ansel is teaming up with Butterfinger to release a limited-edition French Toast-flavored treat.Photo courtesy of Dominique Ansel & Butterfinger<\/p>\n

Ansel\u2019s take on Butterfinger French Toast will consist of a tower of croquembouche, a French dessert made of choux pastry puffs. The croquembouche, which translates to \u201ccrunch in mouth\u201d, will come in three unique flavors: Peanut Butter Caramel, Maple Cinnamon and Butterfinger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Peanut Butter Caramel is filled with a peanut butter cinnamon ganache along with Butterfinger crumbles. The treat will then be topped with a crisp caramel glaze. Likewise, Maple Cinnamon is stuffed with a maple cinnamon ganache and dipped in creamy milk chocolate. Lastly, the Butterfinger is packed with a Butterfinger ganache and coated with a caramel glaze and Butterfinger crumbles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really wanted to highlight what makes Butterfinger so special \u2013 that crispety, crunchety texture,\u201d Ansel said. \u201cWhen I started brainstorming within the French pastry repertoire, I instantly thought of croquembouche.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Feb. 27 until March 1, Dominique Ansel Bakery, located at 189 Spring St., will be selling Ansel\u2019s exclusive Butterfinger French Toast Croquembouche. The croquembouche will be made available at 8 a.m., and customers can purchase while supplies last.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFrench toast has that quality \u2014 it\u2019s one of those foods that carries a real memory with it, whether it\u2019s a lazy Sunday brunch or something your grandmother made for you,\u201d Ansel said. \u201cWhen someone bites into one of these choux, I hope they get that same feeling \u2014 something familiar and nostalgic, but also surprising.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominique Ansel is teaming up with Butterfinger to release a limited-edition French Toast-flavored treat. Photo courtesy of Dominique…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5083,62187,58333,62188,1070,62189,9,24,55,54,56,56028,613],"class_list":{"0":"post-148334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-amny-weekender","9":"tag-butterfinger","10":"tag-dominique-ansel","11":"tag-dominique-ansel-bakery","12":"tag-food","13":"tag-french-toast","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","17":"tag-new-york-city-news","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-pastry","20":"tag-pm-newsletter"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}