--- title: The Waffogato by Cronut Maker Dominique Ansel description: The ice cream waffle doused in warm maple syrup espresso will be available at Dominique Ansel's New York City bakery beginning in May canonical: https://time.com/80155/waffogato-dominique-ansel-bakery/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-28T22:11:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:12.275Z og:title: The Waffogato by Cronut Maker Dominique Ansel og:description: The ice cream waffle doused in warm maple syrup espresso will be available at Dominique Ansel's New York City bakery beginning in May og:url: https://time.com/80155/waffogato-dominique-ansel-bakery/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe041eb594c04249/69868ce413c79f6713191d7d/photo-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2448 og:image:height: 1377 og:image:alt: Waffogato - Dominique Ansel og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Waffogato by Cronut Maker Dominique Ansel twitter:description: The ice cream waffle doused in warm maple syrup espresso will be available at Dominique Ansel's New York City bakery beginning in May twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe041eb594c04249/69868ce413c79f6713191d7d/photo-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cronut Chef Creates the Waffogato by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 28, 2014 10:11 PM UTC  Dominique Ansel's newest masterpiece: the Waffogato Dominique Ansel's newest masterpiece: the WaffogatoCourtesy Dominique Ansel Bakery by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 28, 2014 10:11 PM UTC Dominique Ansel, creator of the infamous cronut, is at it [again](http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2014/04/28/introducing-the-waffogato-the-cronut-creators-latest-invention/). And this time, he’s taking on the waffle. Well, sort of. The New York-based chef has created a waffle made out of ice cream and topped with a maple syrup espresso, which will make its debut at a hunger relief fundraiser in New York City Monday night. Ansel’s waffogato, a breakfast-themed take on the Italian dessert of ice cream topped with espresso, will be available in his Soho bakery starting May 9\. The vanilla ice cream “waffle” is laced with Belgium waffle bits and set in a cup where warm, maple syrup espresso is poured on top. “It’s a little like a milkshake at the end,” Ansel told the [_Wall Street Journal_](http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2014/04/28/introducing-the-waffogato-the-cronut-creators-latest-invention/). If history tells us anything, it’ll likely spark flocks of New Yorkers and tourists to stand in line for hours for the latest Ansel concoction, much like the waffogato’s predecessor the cronut did. Not even a [mouse infestation](http://time.com/50260/cronut-dominique-ansel-mouse-infestation/) could dim the hype over the part-donut, part-croissant pastry. The waffogato could even spawn another [underground pastry economy](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/06/03/cronut-craze-creates-black-market-for-tasty-new-treat/), though that could be tricky logistically—the chef told the _Wall Street Journal_ that his latest creation is best eaten right away. \[[_WSJ_](http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2014/04/28/introducing-the-waffogato-the-cronut-creators-latest-invention/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/80155/waffogato-dominique-ansel-bakery/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/80155/waffogato-dominique-ansel-bakery/"},"headline":"Cronut Chef Creates the Waffogato","datePublished":"2014-04-28T22:11:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:12.275Z","description":"The ice cream waffle doused in warm maple syrup espresso will be available at Dominique Ansel's New York City bakery beginning in May","url":"https://time.com/80155/waffogato-dominique-ansel-bakery/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Food","Food and Beverage"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe041eb594c04249/69868ce413c79f6713191d7d/photo-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe041eb594c04249/69868ce413c79f6713191d7d/photo-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Waffogato - Dominique Ansel","caption":"Dominique Ansel's newest masterpiece: the Waffogato","creditText":"Courtesy Dominique Ansel Bakery","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/80155/waffogato-dominique-ansel-bakery/","name":"Cronut Chef Creates the Waffogato"}}]}] ```