Marks and Spencer have released a brand-new pastry treat today (24 April).
It's a cross between a croissant and a salty pretzel, and they've called it (wait for it) a cretzel.
We're fairly sure this isn't an April Fool's joke, but it's hard to be certain of anything at the moment.
M&S say that the cretzel combines "the perfect chewy bite of a pretzel with the luxurious buttery, flaky pastry of a croissant."
What's more, they are all oven-baked fresh each day in store, topped with a pretzel coating and a sprinkling of sea salt: apparently they are "delicious with lashings of butter or loaded with savoury fillings such as ham and mature Cheddar cheese.
M&S Bakery Product Developer – Kirsty Rowley said:
‘We are continually challenging ourselves to invent the next big thing in bakery. Inspired by our customers love of the sweet and salty flavour combination (we see in the popularity of our sweet and salty popcorn) we bring them the Cretzel!
"The Cretzel combines those contrasting flavours and is really versatile, great on its own, with a coffee at breakfast or delicious with a filling for lunch.
We know our customers love a hybrid, we have had everything from a Chouxnut to a Cruffin and most recently the Yumnut. We think the Creztel will be a big hit with our customers”.
M&S Cretzels cost £1 each and you can get them in stores with a bakery counter.
