What has Celebrity done to their chocolate croissants?

[Cheer Dad]

Am on the Apex now and have tried the chocolate croissants from multiple venues.  All chocolate croissants sampled seemed to be the same - not fresh but maybe from frozen. The plain croissants from Luminae seem to be baked fresh on board. 
 

The chocolate croissants seem to be baked elsewhere, have dark chocolate inserted after baking, frozen and packaged for delivery to ship. The sticks of chocolate can be removed entirely in one piece and don’t seem to have gone through the baking process. They all have dimpled impressions that would be removed in the baking process. 
 

What gives?  Cheaper to make onshore in commercial bakery?

[foodsvcmgr]

Typically premade of similar quality will cost more, the savings is in labor.

[CHEZMARYLOU]

Ask the staff in Luminae, they might have an answer.

[Lastdance]

I love the almond croissants right out of the oven😘

[doghog]

Just don't mess with our bran muffins. 😁

[Jim_Iain]

My understanding is all croissants are baked fresh every day on the ships.  

 

I have noticed that since resumption of cruising they have downsized them to about 50% of the previous ones.   The ones in Retreat / Luminae have remained the traditional size.  

[helen haywood]

Yes, and the “almond” croissants now just have a slivered almond on top to differentiate them.  I searched in vain for more than a smear of almond paste inside.  Oh well, I’m not going to starve!

[sunpsyche]

  II haven’t noticed a difference in the chocolate croissants, but I’m a take one bite kind of gal.

[deliver42]

I really don't care if they're fresh or frozen. All I care about is that they're good, which they are in my opinion.

[DaKahuna]

16 hours ago, Lastdance said:

I love the almond croissants right out of the oven😘

 

These use to be our favorites until we encountered the pistachio rolls in Luminae on our last cruise. 

 

We still eat the almond croissants but not as many as we use to. 

 

[39august]

You had to bring up the pistachio rolls, didn't you! I will be having one in about 5 weeks. Would that I could only eat ONE..

[CulverCityCruisers]

On Summit they bake them fresh in the OceanView Cafe and they are smaller than before , but are stll fresh baked and wonderful, as are the almond (filled with Almond paste)

 

[Nemanoxer]

I´d rather have them an inch smaller but delicate instead.

 

Will find out on the 26th.

[awhcruiser]

Did you go to the head chef and ask?

[Kelownadon]

Just don’t mess with the lemon tarts. 

[cruisegirlppp]

My husband will be evaluating the chocolate croissants on our upcoming cruise while I will be making sure the almond croissants are edible... both of us will do quality control on the lemon tarts!

 

[horseymike]

1 hour ago, Kelownadon said:

Just don’t mess with the lemon tarts. 

Don’t give them any ideas …..

[horseymike]

I think all the baked stuff used to be better, they still look good , but they taste like they have chinsed on the ingredients.

[Pennstatedj]

During our recent July Equinox cruise I had a choc croissant every morning for breakfast. Most morning they were hot and really good. I ate about 8 am in MDH and they were great. When I ate at 830 on two occasions they were not hot and not as good. Either way they were the same size and really good. 

[TeaBag]

Remedy for smaller croissants....take two!😄

[Nebr.cruiser]

2 hours ago, horseymike said:

I think all the baked stuff used to be better, they still look good , but they taste like they have chinsed on the ingredients.

Agree. And many other desserts.

[Michael1965]

The best is the chocolate cake in the dining room -- they should offer that for breakfast.

[zitsky]

This is bugging me.

 

This is a croissant.

 

 

This is a pain au chocolat.

 

 

Which one are we talking about, please?  Does anyone have a picture of what I'll get from the Café al Bacio?  Yes, it really is that important.  😁

Edited August 14, 2023 by zitsky

[81Zoomie]

On 8/13/2023 at 5:31 PM, Jim_Iain said:

My understanding is all croissants are baked fresh every day on the ships.  

 

I have noticed that since resumption of cruising they have downsized them to about 50% of the previous ones.   The ones in Retreat / Luminae have remained the traditional size.  

The ones in the OV normally have one piece of chocolate.  The ones in Luminae had two.

[81Zoomie]

1 hour ago, Michael1965 said:

 

2 hours ago, Michael1965 said:

The best is the chocolate cake in the dining room -- they should offer that for breakfast.

 

 

Joked about having the chocolate cake for my disembarkation breakfast in Luminae on the Equinox.  To my amazement, it showed up with a side of bacon 💕