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Doing some research. What do you call this and if you don’t mind putting what country / area you’re from that’d be great.
Edit: I did not expect to wake up viral, thank you! Where I was raised (NE Ohio) we called this a cream stick and afaik are the only area that call it a cream stick, most call it a long John or an eclair (even though it’s a yeast-based dough and then fried, so not technically an eclair). Thank you everyone for your responses ?
veritas1980
stevestevensonthesteve
A doughnut
DefundIsraelTheGenocidalNation
Chocolate Log
rileysmurf
Long John...North Western Illinois
BeardedMountainMann
Is the maple one called something different? Or just Maple Long John?
JustTryingToLiveLife
I call it a long donut, because lets be honest, its just a long donut with no hole
shivacat
Well, then, how did the custard get inside?
FireSolvesProblems
Is this how New York vs Chicago style pizza arguments sound from the outside?
shivacat
Does either have a puffy crust?
PercussionFish
As others have said, it’s a “cream filled long john”. Emphasis on “cream filled”, as there are non-filled versions.
qshamtech
Everything reminds me of her.
lucidbarrier
Creme filled?
shivacat
Ummm….
olivertheoctopus
A cream-filled chocolate bar. If it were round, we’d call it a bismarck. Op, I think you should clarify to the Europeans that that isn’t choux paste, it’s a donut. I don’t think they know what donuts even are?? I’m from west US
PirateRubberDuck
Almost every country in the world makes a version of a donut. The American ones don't look particularly appealing though.
chickenoodlesoup
Long john, upstate NY.
Skywatcher16
eclaire, also upstate NY. wtf is a "long john"?
foreverlurking19
It blows my mind the sheer amount of y’all using the term “Long John”. I have never heard that term in my life. Clearly that was the #1 answer so it must be, but I just am shocked that I have never heard of that before. TIL I guess lol
StephanachoCheese
I haven’t either!!
OriginalSyn
Long John, Alberta Canada
ltoka00
Eclair. Alberta, Canada.
4vie
Swede. Never seen these sold, ANYWHERE.
missbrath
That's a long John. Looks like the delicious Kroger ones that are basically full of buttercream frosting. My favorite!
missbrath
Oh and I'm from the US
StabbyMcMurder
I've lived in Texas, Oklahoma, and now in Iowa and I've never heard it called anything other than a long John. People saying eclaire are just wrong and if they've seen a real eclaire then they know they're wrong.
lucidbarrier
I've never, ever heard anyone call this anything other than a chocolate eclair in Texas. Donuts also seem to be more popular than this thing. I would get an apple fritter before I would get an eclair.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Apparently the eclair thing is all Dunkin Donuts' fault.
PacManDreaming
I've live in Texas. I've never heard anyone call it a Long John. It's always been an eclair, even though it really isn't.
qcernie
Absolutely an Eclair in Texas.
StabbyMcMurder
I've never heard it called an eclair up until this very post and I was born and raised in Texas. 20 years in the state and that's my go to when I get a doughnut. I was in/around Austin if that maybe makes a difference.
vcgetdown
They call it an éclair at heb in Austin, or at least used to
PacManDreaming
Possibly. I'm 52 and I've literally never heard Long John. I'm in the DFW area.
NeverMetAGoodMod
An Eclair. Maybe a cream or chocolate Eclair. From the UK.
Volpe42
You think that's eclair dough?
blumpk1npie
Don't get long Johns in England as far as I know, and since this will clearly annoy the French, I'm going to call it an eclair
NeverMetAGoodMod
That's what I would call it but I have no clue what type of dough or pastry or what, I'm not a baker and can't tell from the picture.
GravyEducation
Why the fuck you getting downvoted, I made the same point, it's choux. It's a different dough. We're arguing taxonomy here, not general stuff. If someone called it an eclair I could put two and two together and go, oh the long john. But if we're brass tacksing it, that's not an eclair because it's not made like an eclair. It's a donut... and that's different. This is a highly entertaining post, I love this shit
NeverMetAGoodMod
I'm from the UK, I've never heard of a long John.
RummageSaleBubbler
SherMattLockSmith
Was surprised to get so far down in the comments to see a single reference to it being called a maple bar.
RummageSaleBubbler
RummageSaleBubbler
AI answer for the difference:
ageek3000
That is the saddest looking Long John/Maple Bar I've ever seen in my life, and that's the picture on wikipedia.
onlyhalfghost
when they say it's the encyclopedia anyone can edit, you are an element of "anyone."
RummageSaleBubbler
leroythesuede
Chocolate bar. The antithesis to the maple bar. —SLC, UT, USA
KellyanneConwayTwitty
Ca USA and I've always known them to be bars as well. Let freedom ring
leroythesuede
A lot of my family is California, so I wonder if it’s mostly a west coast thing
Mrpipboy3000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_(doughnut)
RenaissanceFaireMan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89clair
GravyEducation
I like how they specifically had to say the first picture was from Minnesota. Like it would look different if not from here or something. Gotta be accurate!
vanishinggirl
zoan427
A donut. But I'm not a big on Donut culture or types or anything. I may have heard it called choclate glazes (or cream filled chocolate glaze or something) based on the inage. But thats a HARD guess and I could be wayyyy off lol
Oh, from USA - California.
PengPengWin
Yes. A donut.
zoan427
Forgive my typos, a tad bit high at the moment XD
GravyEducation
onlyhalfghost
you're correct, though a long donut is specifically called a "bar" and this one, being filled, is properly a Long John. >
onlyhalfghost
> you can also call it an Eclair, which is wrong and irritates the French because it's a different kind of pastry.
astrodoughnut
Winchell’s calls them bars.
https://winchells.com/menu
OmnibusLatinName
I felt you air quote "culture" so hard :)
zoan427
Haha 2023, never know whats gonna trigger someone XD
OmnibusLatinName
Not triggered, tickled.
PepperoniAndFingernailPizza
Custard filled Chocolate bar, California
Sethiusalpha
Also a Californian here. Long Johns are a kind of underwear, unless they are silver, at which point they sell breaded fish.
cinderblossom10
4th Californian here to say cream/custard filled bar.
Volpe42
That's not a chocolate bar though.
OffTheGrid99
Um you’re not looking at the same pic the rest of us are?
Volpe42
A chocolate bar is a bar of chocolate. Like a Hershey's bar
Animaznman
Also Californian and agree.
GenXHippie
Third Californian checking in. Choclate Bar, cream filled.
xahul
Fourth Californian and yep chocolate bar is what I’ve seen it called on bakeries/donut shops near me.
fancyass
Fifth here, tis a chocolate bar
happy615339
This is cream filled
Nykidemus
Then it's fucking wrong.
Rodltwo
Eclair, Michigan, USA
daverbeans
I’d also call it an eclair, grew up on the west coast.
Volpe42
You're wrong, USA
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
They're not even right for Michigan:
Volpe42
Here in Lancaster County where we invented the hole in the normal donut we call them long johns. Might have even been invented around here
Skywatcher16
everyone is saying this, nobody is explaining how or what the hell a "long john" is. last i checked, that was a slang for long underwear
Volpe42
Eclair takes a very specific kind of layered pastry dough that's hard to make right.
byerss
An eclair is a pastry made with choux dough and baked. A long John/chocolate bar is a donut made with yeast risen dough and fried.
Skywatcher16
wtf is choux, and since when are eclares baked?
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Choux is the pastry dough used to make éclairs and they've always been baked because that's how you make éclairs.
ZebraThree
That’s a cream filled long john. United States. Or a budget men’s stimulator.
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
The amount of time i spent trying to make a sexual joke with your comment is terrible.
itsallaboutthecones
There it is. Took way too long to get that reference tied in.
DonutDad
moxiefoxxy
anyone know his channel?
AmbientPlatypus
No no. What he has there is a chocate bar... The picture above is a Long John or an Eclair (in some areas with a more rural air but wanting to be fancy).
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
Username relevant
Cthulhuonabike
I knew someone would put this. Thank you for not disappointing. This video always cracks me up
NFLemons
Theeeere it is, to the top I say!
GravyEducation
Let me tell you about that time me and my buddy Keith...
Iceman0624
Ellis, is now the best time?
BrigidtheMechLady
I appreciate that he thanks the donut.
jj86
A French baker would slap you hard if you called it a chocolate eclair but I know it as a creme filled long john. Midwest.
limeandmint
I’ve never heard it been called a long john, that’s hilarious! Long johns are thermal underwear here in uk
dwilson0725
I've never called it a long John. It's just a cream stick, also Midwest.
QuartzPoker
I'd call it an Eclair twice and thank the baker for his touch
WeAllLiveInAUserSubmarine
Throw on a little bou lingerie
AzraelEternity
Cream-filled chocolate bar. The fuck is a Long John? And calling it an éclair is an insult to that pastry.
dwilson0725
I'll accept chocolate bar, but I'd say cream stick.
theThousandHells
Central cali here. Yes, chocolate bar. Like a maple bar... but with chocolate
Nykidemus
Exactly.
mirrorada
Nor cal checking in: yup, call em bars as well. Chocolate, maple, etc. All the rectangular doughnuts filled or otherwise with a single layer of glaze on top is called a bar.
OffTheGrid99
Washington too. Never heard of a long John in my life.
AzraelEternity
From Northern California.
AzraelEternity
I am being ambushed at work (now living in Ohio) by people calling it a Long John (2) and a Cream Stick (4). One person called it a cream finger, and he has since been fired.
Volpe42
Its what they are called by the people who invented them. They are neither made of chocolate or a bar. They are a cream filled donut.
ohrightinthedink
Shape determines name (mostly) i.e. Doughnut = round, Bar = rectangular
GravyEducation
Long John is a pirate. And a donut. Because it's long. I think there would be more confusion on yours... if you offered me a chocolate bar I'd be expecting a Snickers
AzraelEternity
If you're at a donut shop and expect a Snickers I have concerns.
GravyEducation
Donuts can exist outside shops, they literally give you a box to take them with you. I'm just saying in a no context scenario, you ask me "would you like a chocolate bar"
CupcakeSocial
This is the Cali thread - SoCal here and it’s a chocolate bar at every mom and pop
dudbdjf
Must be a west coast thing. Never heard of a “long john” in Washington and frankly I’ll never look at a chocolate bar the same again.
woozle
Long John and I will personally murder anyone that calls that an eclair.
RenaissanceFaireMan
So if someone calls it an éclair, and they die of mysterious circumstances....
imgonnaralph
E C L A I R now....
woozle
imgonnaralph
woozle
imgonnaralph
WellThatsOriginal
@jebstat59365 better watch your ass!
an0therthr0waway
having eaten a good few of each in my days, I can say this is correct - though I don't feel violence is necessary.
woozle
you're on the list, buddy.
woozle
an0therthr0waway
wut
GravyEducation
He challenged you to ritual combat. To refuse is taboo in his tribe. Doing so will mean you will not be welcome in any bakery in his people's land
FredGarvinMaleProstitute
Grenateh
Well. No. They are the same.
FredGarvinMaleProstitute
TheOldSchoolisBack
QuartzPoker
They look the same to my stomach
mmontour
Skywatcher16
...fucking how are they not the same? itthesamepicture.gif
Cutwail
Because those éclair look like shit
sadurdaynight
(french) behold.. the Eclair! A nice pastry with cream filling. (americans) oh man, if I make me a hot dog bun from donut dough, then pump it full of vanilla jello pudding.. it's purty much the same thing! (french) *angry french noises*
AlexSomething
The French will only get angry if you decide to call it an éclair specifically. We love pastries from around the world and usually have no problems with variations.
IhopeyougetstageIIIcoloncancer
Yeah, a long john is rectangular, and is a doughnut. And eclair is elliptical or pill-shaped, and is a choux pastry.
Dragunta
byerss
And also baked not fried.
Snooj
Wait, which is baked and which is fried?
byerss
Donuts are fried. If the rectangular object you are eating is fried then it is a donut NOT an eclair.
DongleDingler
Donuts are almost always fried
byerss
Do they make baked donuts? To me the defining factor IS that it’s fried.
CogentMoment
That's a Long John, that is.
happy615339
Ohio
Skywatcher16
WTF is a long john? is this like people who call it pop instead of soda? thats an eclair
OctiLuna
Eclair is choux pastry. That looks like regular doughnut dough. There are visual clues.
CogentMoment
A cream puff with a chocolate glaze
eastherbunni
Yes exactly
Judany73
Midwest USA
BrickSprickly
Long John!! - Indiana originally
ImCommanderShepardandthisismyfavoritepostonthefrontpage
Yep a cream filled long john
Matixd83
I call them Long Johnathans
onecowboytoo
That is not a long john as it has cream in the center.
AerinLovesCats
That's what they are in Nebraska and South Dakota.
shivacat
That sounds pornographic.
RenaissanceFaireMan
An eclair always has filling, a long john does not.
Drew442
Long john
BeardedMountainMann
Is it long John and Maple Long John? Or is the maple called something else?
Aeonika
Agreed, eclairs look nothing like that except for the colors.
RenaissanceFaireMan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89clair
shivacat
Chocolate eclair!!! New England.
ghostofdragon
The northeast at least calls them eclairs, but I personally know the difference between a proper éclair pastry and this donut pictured lol. These also are usually filled with a custard, and éclairs are much lighter on the whole.
lexiexmay
Long John! Missouri
Intabih4
Long John. Originally from Midwest US.
xristogur
that tracks
terajack2048
We called them, cream filled long Johns…. illinois
Autittuderp
That's it. It's what we called them in Winnipeg in the 70s anyway. Eclairs were made with flakey pastry.
DreadPirateJaceMangrove
Current winnipegger from current winnipeg. That's a long john
berlinson
A traditional Eclair is made with Choux pastry.
Autittuderp
Yup, you are right. Me mixing up light n airy with flakey.
guywhodoesthings
Former Winnipegger from the 70's here; I concur this is a long john, and you'd buy them at Robin's Donuts.
HsuDoNihm
No I wouldn't... cuz I hadn't been born yet (through no fault of my own).
Autittuderp
I got them at a local bakery on Ness and Whytewold... on my way to school. Donuts were a dime and long johns were a quarter. Whatever I could scrounge determined what I got lol
GravyEducation
And it makes me sad when they're not filled... does anyone else have that problem? Like at a gas station or grocery store, not an actual donut shop, they never have the filled ones. Or maybe they do and all the morning people grab them before noon
MeowWoof
In CA I've never seen a filled long John, and unfilled Long Johns are universally called "chocolate bars" (or maple if maple frosted, etc).
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GravyEducation
Why pick the form if you ain't gonna fill it!
Daarst
Then you're missing out on one of life's great pleasures.
jebstat59365
I do declare, looks like a chocolate e-clair...
Volpe42
Nope.
GravyEducation
Eclairs are made with choux dough which is different. Not saying people don't call it that but by definition it's not an eclair
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
It's hard to tell that from the pic, though. Just looks like a weirdly long and flat eclair. So that's what I'd call it, if all I was given was this picture. If I had one in front of me I'd probably say it's a shitty eclair.
milkmymisanthropy
How do you know this is not choux dough? I can't see and tell any difference from other eclair pictures. Yes, its look is more factory-made, but that's it.
GravyEducation
Because I walk by those donuts every time I go to a gas station and a grocery store, that's a donut friend. Call Homer Simpson if you need confirmation but that's the same dough they use for every donut. I'm gonna expo that as a donut
milkmymisanthropy
I've already heard in some YT Videos that USA seems to have other donut dough. In germany donut dough is rather soft and has very tiny air bubbles leading to a pretty smooth texture. Our factory-made choux dough on the other hand has a similar texture as on the picture. Bigger air bubbles resulting in a texture with "fissures".
Khornight
In Britain we have sweets we call eclairs. If something just made of sugar can be an eclair, so can something that doesn’t use the right dough.
GravyEducation
Yeah good point isn't there, in America, those like little Debbie snacks with the ridged icing called eclairs? And they're like snack cakes. Someone tell me I'm not making this up
StevieTheAussie
I’m gonna guess it’s basically the poor man’s eclair? Never had either tbh.
dogmatix
So... it's an "incorrectly made chocolate eclair"?
metalrulercid
It's an aldi's éclair
GravyEducation
I mean yeah. If there were a dozen donuts and you said "eclair" I know which one you're hankerin for. It ain't the end of the world
Iceman0624
I mean by that definition pretty much everything is an incorrectly made chocolate eclair
circlebreaker
What?! Different doughs? What's the difference?
ILike2TouchButts
The dough here is a sweet dough. Similar to a doughnut/sweet bread. It needs to proof and rise. Choux is a pastry. Consisting of a hot batter that is whipped on the stove allowed to cool, piped, then baked. Choux is used for éclairs, profiteroles, croquembouche, and even churro. Hope this helps.
circlebreaker
Yeah, that makes sense. Different preparations of the dough would make a noticeable difference, thanks +1
GravyEducation
Yeast i think
circlebreaker
Interesting, I'll have to ask the bakers in my life.