News first broke of pastry innovator Dominique Ansel‘s Las Vegas arrival almost a year ago. Ever since, Vegas has been awaiting the creator of the Cronut—a kind of croissant-donut hybrid that can reportedly take as long as three days to make, and which has many imitators but no replicators—and of the Cronut itself, which will be offered, along with many other baked goods and confections, at Dominique Ansel Las Vegas. It opens at Caesars Palace later this month.
Those other creative baked goods include the DKA (Dominique’s Kouign Amann), a unique pastry often compared to a caramelized croissant; the Cookie Shot, a shot of cold-infused Madagascan vanilla milk in a shot glass made of chocolate chip cookie; and Frozen S’mores, with a center of Madagascan vanilla bean ice cream, torched to order.
“In addition to bringing some of our signatures from New York, I’m most excited to launch our newest creations for everyone,” says Ansel in recent coverage by Eater Las Vegas. “Like each of our shops around the world, we’ve developed a collection of pastries that will be exclusive to Las Vegas.”
Dominique Ansel Las Vegas will occupy a 1,100 square-foot space, featuring a retail-style bakery area plus seating for twenty guests. It will introduce a “Lucky 7” line of pastries, which includes, according the Eater coverage, “a Lucky Penny pig, which sandwiches raspberry jam and peanut feuilletine between pig-shaped vanilla cookies, and an edible tiny watering can filled with mascarpone mousse.”
Dominique Ansel opens on October 21, adjacent to Gordon Ramsey Pub & Grill at Caesars Palace.
