Dunk your croissants in Maison Blanc's competition

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French bakery specialists Maison Blanc are launching a competition with the chance of winning two of their famous croissants and a hot drink for two at any of their cafes. The competition is to suggest ideas of flavours for their "Le Dunque" croissants, and the best ideas will win the aforementioned prize.pistachio_croissants In order to win the competition, customers should tweet with #LeDunque along with their favourite croissant dunking moments @MaisonBlancUK. Winners will be selected at random from the twitter response. The competition follows the creation of three new croissants to the Maison Blanc range. These are entwined the café’s “Le Dunque” initiative, which encourages people to dunk their croissants into whichever hot drink they choose when they eat in one of the branch’s cafes. red_velvet_croissantsThe first of the new croissants is the Pistachio croissant, which is filled with pistachio cream and is topped with pistachio nuts embedded in fondant. The second is titled the Red Velvet Croissant, which has a cream cheese centre and is decorated with a red ribbon-esque pattern. The third new Croissant is a variation on the chocolate croissant, which is filled with hazelnut and chocolate. About Maison Blanc Maison Blanc is the authentic French Boulangerie and Pâtisserie created in Oxford in 1981.  Maison Blanc was the first authentic pâtisserie and bakery in England, setting the standard for subsequent pâtisserie.  As a mark of its success, since then Maison Blanc has grown across the South East to include 13 individual local branches. Maison Blanc’s vision centre’s on providing customers with a taste of France making authentic French and high quality products daily. Maison Blanc serves a selection of fresh artisan breads, pastries, savouries and world-famous pâtisserie, all made in Maison Blanc’s very own bakery. Breakfast and lunch is made to order in every store and uses seasonal ingredients wherever possible. By Jack Mckeever
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Editor 10th June 2015

Dunk your croissants in Maison Blanc's competition