TikTok craze Suprême Croissant lands in Laois at award winning bakery

Abbeyleix based bakery, Mueller & O’Connell, have laid claim to being the first bakery in Ireland to produce the Suprême Croissant.

Described as "a heavenly, cream-filled croissant", it originated from the famous Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery in New York and created a TikTok craze. It's said that the round pastry has been described as the next cronut, the popular croissant-donut hybrid which was created by Dominque Ansel.

David Grother is the Co-Owner and Head Baker at Mueller & O’Connell.

“We’re always looking at ways to test ourselves as bakers, to produce different pastries and to watch out for latest trends and what’s popular. Introducing the Suprême made sense as while many of our customers have their favourites, they are also looking to try different things.

"We produce different flavoured cruffins each month, pastries that combine fruits that are in season and seasonal treats such as our Christmas Mince Pies which used my Mother’s mince recipe, French Sable tart shell and frangipane topping (almond and butter). Mixed in September aging since.

“We didn’t want to create just one type of Suprême, we made a Pistachio as well as a Cherry and Chocolate to appeal to different tastes. There were reports of lines outside Lafayette hours before opening such was the demand and the desire of people wanting to get their hands on one. Similarly they sold out quickly in any London bakery that produced them and we’re happy to say they are proving just as popular with the people of Laois,” he said.

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While Mueller & O’Connell is best known for their sourdough breads, baking  11 different kinds of breads daily, including seven types of sourdough loaves, their wholegrain spelt loaf  was recently awarded Silver at the prestigious UK bread awards in October.