McDonald’s has certainly upped their game recently with the introduction of breakfast pastries to their menu. While not all McDonald’s locations sell the pastries, they are slowly getting to be more widely available. Here is a a review of some of the McDonald’s pastries that I have tried.
Authentic French Croissant
Taste: I found McDonald’s Croissant to be quite delicious! Buttery, flaky and slightly crumbly – it exceeded my expectations. When you handle the croissant, you get some residual butter on your hands. That’s how buttery it is! Excellent taste and quality for the price. Suggested pairing is a cappuccino.
Price: $1.69
Nutrition: 260 cal, 27 g of carbs, 14 g of fat
Rating: 4/5 – I recommend this.
Mini Chocolatine
Taste: Made with all butter and filled with semi-sweet chocolate, it’s a lot of yummy in every mini bite. It’s essentially a mini pain au chocolat and the amount of chocolate is pretty reasonable in my opinion.
Price: $0.89 each
Nutrition: 160 cal, 18 g of carbs, 9 g of fat
Rating: 4.5/5 – I recommend this.
Mini Raspberry
Taste: Made with all butter and real raspberries, it’s the fruitier version of the mini chocolatine. I thought the raspberry filling was too sweet. The mini raspberry has slightly less carbs and grams of fat than the mini chocolatine.
Price: $0.89 each
Nutrition: 160 cal, 15 g of carbs, 8 g of fat
Rating: 3/5
Mini Maple
Taste: Made with all butter and Canadian Maple Syrup. Simple and very Canadian. Not much difference in terms of nutrition compared to the mini chocolatine.
Price: $0.89 each
Nutrition: 160 cal, 17 g of carbs, 9 g of fat
Rating: 4/5 – I recommend this.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish
Taste: Made with real strawberries and a sweet cream cheese filling. I thought the filling was too sweet. Turns out it has quite a bit of calories – 330!
Price: $1.69 each
Nutrition: 330 cal, 43 g of carbs, 15 g of fat
Rating: 2.5/5
Chocolate Chunk Brownie
Taste: It is made by Toronto’s famous bakery, Dufflet, and is absolutely decadent, rich, chewy and chocolaty. However, it is a high calorie pastry with 310 calories and 42 grams of carbs!
Price: $1.69 each
Nutrition: 310 cal, 42 g of carbs, 15 g of fat
Rating: 3.5/5
My recommendations are the regular croissant, mini chocolatine, mini maple and chocolate chunk brownie. What’s your favourite McDonald’s pastry? Let me know in the comments below.
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