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Alternative names | Cream stick, filled stick, chocolate bar, maple bar |
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Type | Pastry |
Main ingredients | Dough, and glaze or icing |
Other information | May be called an " éclair", but has yeast-risen dough |
The Long John is a bar-shaped, yeast risen [1] doughnut either coated entirely with glaze or top-coated with cake icing. They may be filled with custard or cream. The term Long John is used in the Midwestern U.S. [2] and Canada, and has been used in Texas. [3]
In other parts of the United States and Canada, such as the Mid-Atlantic and Central Canada, Long Johns are sometimes marketed as " éclairs"; the two pastries look similar but are created with different types of dough (steam-puffed vs. yeast-risen) and sometimes different fillings (the éclair may have chiboust cream). [4] The éclair has (usually chocolate) fondant icing.
On the American West Coast and British Columbia, Long Johns are called bars or bar doughnuts, such as the maple bar (topped with a maple glaze. [5] [6]) and the chocolate bar. Filled Long Johns are called filled bars, or filled bar doughnuts. For example, an unfilled (or even custard-filled) Long John with maple-flavored icing is called a maple bar in California. [7] [8] They may also be topped with chopped bacon and called a maple bacon bar. [9] Maple bars are prominent on the West coast of the United States; they are also known as a maple-glazed Long John, Maple-Creamstick or maple Bismarck.
Some parts of the American Midwest also call this type of pastry a finger doughnut or cream stick when filled. [10]