cragel

English

Etymology

Blend of croissant +‎ bagel.

Noun

cragel (plural cragels)

1. A combination of a croissant and a bagel.
   • 2014 April 5, Julia Moskin, “A real treat or half-baked?”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 137, number 174, page D7:

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

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

     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.

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

     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.

   • 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:

     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.

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

     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).