Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
If you order this at a French bakery, you probably won’t get what you’re expecting. (And you might get a weird look, too.)
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Nothing quite says “France” like a fresh, buttery, flaky croissant. French people enjoy them just as much as our visitors do, and it’s a very common breakfast food for us. But there’s something that tourists order often that you would never hear a French person ask for, and that’s a “croissant au chocolat”, or a chocolate croissant.
In this lesson, I’ll explain why ordering a “croissant au chocolat” will likely get you something different than you expected. I’ll also go over a few other pastry and desert related things that tourists do in France that you would never see a French person doing, with some alternative vocabulary to use the next time you’re in a viennoiserie.
Take care and stay safe.
😘 from Grenoble, France.
Géraldine
If you order this at a French bakery, you probably won’t get what you’re expecting. (And you might get a weird look, too.)
💾 Read, save and/or print the full written lesson here (free): commeunefrancaise.com/blog/chocolate-croissant-french&source=youtube
🎓 Join my Everyday French crash course (free): commeunefrancaise.com/welcome?utm_medium=youtube&source=youtube
Nothing quite says “France” like a fresh, buttery, flaky croissant. French people enjoy them just as much as our visitors do, and it’s a very common breakfast food for us. But there’s something that tourists order often that you would never hear a French person ask for, and that’s a “croissant au chocolat”, or a chocolate croissant.
In this lesson, I’ll explain why ordering a “croissant au chocolat” will likely get you something different than you expected. I’ll also go over a few other pastry and desert related things that tourists do in France that you would never see a French person doing, with some alternative vocabulary to use the next time you’re in a viennoiserie.
Take care and stay safe.
😘 from Grenoble, France.
Géraldine
