Doughnut Croquembouche
A holiday hacked Croquembouche made with Krispy Kreme doughnut holes and vanilla pudding.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 48 Glazed Doughnut Holes
- 1 Glazed Doughnut
- Foam Cone
- Toothpicks
- Christmas LED mini lights
- Edible gold leaf
- ¼ cup confectioners sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cups whole milk
- 1 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoons butter unsalted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon spiced rum (optional)
Instructions
- 1
For Vanilla Pudding:
- 2
Whisk sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a saucepan.
- 3
Add milk into the sugar mixture. Stir until a paste. Combine milk and egg yolks.
- 4
Cook the mixture on a low heat, while stirring continuously. Let the mixture thicken and don't over boil. Turn off the heat. Add butter, rum and vanilla.
- 5
Transfer mixture to a piping bag fitted with a 230 piping tip.
- 6
Pipe pudding into each doughnut Hole. (You might have to make some room inside the doughnut hole with the tip in order to fill with the pudding.)
- 7
For the Star:
- 8
Roll out Glazed Doughnut between plastic wrap.
- 9
Cut out a star shape from flattened doughnut.
- 10
Add gold leaf to the star.
- 11
For the Assembly:
- 12
Pierce the foam cone with toothpicks.
- 13
String lights between toothpicks.
- 14
Attach Doughnut Holes.
- 15
Dust with confectioners sugar.
- 16
Using a toothpick, attach the star.