Are Dosants the Original Cronut?

The Dosant

Chef Alina Eisenhauer of Sweet Kitchen & Bar in Worcester, MA claims to be the original cronut inventor, since she's been serving her take on the donut/croissant hybrid, the "dosant," since 2006. There's been numerous stories about cronut imitators/alleged originals in the press, but today Alina's people decided to send us a dosant to taste for ourselves this afternoon.

The dosant, first of all, is very different in texture than the cronut. It's much denser like a croissant (we're not sure if the time it spent in transit had an effect on texture), with a much chewier crust (caked in sugar) and the combo of flavors (the chocolate inside with the caramel dipping sauce) makes it taste much more like a churro than anything else. While this may be one of the first hybrids, Dominique Ansel's cronut is much lighter in texture with a thinner exterior. Whether you're on team cronut or team dosant, we can only expect to see more cronut-like products emerging from the woodwork in the months to come.