--- title: Jack in the Box Apparently Sells Cronuts description: The cronut has a new impostor—and it’s a Jack in the Box version in Ramona, California. canonical: https://time.com/2882394/jack-in-the-box-is-apparently-selling-its-own-cronut/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-16T17:36:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:49.196Z og:title: Jack in the Box Is Apparently Selling Its Own Cronut og:description: Why wait in line when you can drive thru? og:url: https://time.com/2882394/jack-in-the-box-is-apparently-selling-its-own-cronut/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca5c6201ea1ddf8d/698697c413c79f06c0192aab/jack-in-the-box-sells-cronuts.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Jack in the Box Sells Cronuts og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jack in the Box Is Apparently Selling Its Own Cronut twitter:description: Why wait in line when you can drive thru? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca5c6201ea1ddf8d/698697c413c79f06c0192aab/jack-in-the-box-sells-cronuts.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jack in the Box Is Apparently Selling Its Own Cronut > Sponsored content. 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Andre Maier LLC—Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Jun 16, 2014 5:36 PM UTC The cronut has a new impostor—and it’s a Jack in the Box version in Ramona, California. At least one of the fast food chain’s outlets is selling “croissant donuts,” an imitation of Dominique Ansel’s original invention (one of the [25 best inventions of 2013](http://techland.time.com/2013/11/14/the-25-best-inventions-of-the-year-2013/slide/the-cronut/)), reported [_Foodbeast_](http://www.foodbeast.com/2014/06/14/confirmed-jack-in-the-box-testing-their-own-cronuts/). Croissant donuts at Jack in the Box—the first U.S. fast food outlet to sell cronut knockoffs—are $0.89 for one piece and $1.99 for three pieces, over 80% cheaper than the $5 cronuts at New York’s Dominique Ansel Bakery. (And that’s not counting [the opportunity cost](http://www.smartasset.com/blog/news/the-true-cost-of-a-cronut/) of waiting in the multi-hour-long line to snag one of only roughly 200 cronuts made daily.) Other eateries have attempted imitations of the trademarked snack—from “doissants” in Indiana to “New York Pie Donuts” in Seoul—but none have managed to spark their own [black markets](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/06/03/cronut-craze-creates-black-market-for-tasty-new-treat/), as Ansel’s cronuts did when they were resold for as much as $40. What would Ansel think of Jack in the Box’s latest creation? “I’m very flattered to be an inspiration for people,” the French pastry chef [told _Eater_](http://eater.com/archives/2013/05/30/qa-dominique-ansel-on-the-madness-of-cronut-mania.php). “My lawyer says something else.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2882394/jack-in-the-box-is-apparently-selling-its-own-cronut/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2882394/jack-in-the-box-is-apparently-selling-its-own-cronut/"},"headline":"Jack in the Box Is Apparently Selling Its Own Cronut","datePublished":"2014-06-16T17:36:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:49.196Z","description":"Why wait in line when you can drive thru?","url":"https://time.com/2882394/jack-in-the-box-is-apparently-selling-its-own-cronut/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","breakfast","dessert"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca5c6201ea1ddf8d/698697c413c79f06c0192aab/jack-in-the-box-sells-cronuts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca5c6201ea1ddf8d/698697c413c79f06c0192aab/jack-in-the-box-sells-cronuts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jack in the Box Sells Cronuts","caption":"Jack in the Box Sells Cronuts","creditText":"Andre Maier LLC—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2882394/jack-in-the-box-is-apparently-selling-its-own-cronut/","name":"Jack in the Box Is Apparently Selling Its Own Cronut"}}]}] ```