cream puffnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk us US UK profiterolea small round pastry filled with cream and covered with chocolate sauce
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Pastry & pies
- apple pie
- baked goods
- banoffee pie
- cheesecake
- choux pastry
- filo pastry
- flan
- mince pie
- mincemeat
- pasty
- pork pie
- pot pie
- profiterole
- puff
- puff pastry
- quiche
- tart
- turnover
- vol-au-vent
- éclair
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Examples from literature
- And the weasel, smelling the cream puffs in the basket, slyly lifted the cover and took every one out, eating them one after the other.
- Cool and use for chocolate filling between cakes, in éclairs or cream puffs, or for chocolate pie.
- Cream puffs I shall bring from the baker's, and then, whistling a funny little tune, away he hopped to the woods.
- I shall be glad to eat some of the cream puffs I have in my basket.