The Gooey Ham and Cheese Croissant That Breaks the Internet

Ingredient Notes

• Croissant — Buttery flaky French style croissant is your best option, even if they are stuffed with calories. I love love love when the croissant is a real deal croissant and not some poor substitute clone of a croissant. You can use a large or smaller croissant size, that’s up to you but know that it’s easier to stuff a larger croissant with the ham and cheese.
• Cheese Slice — I think the best cheese for a ham and cheese croissant is a Swiss cheese such as Emmentaler or a slice of Gruyère cheese. However, feel free to use any other cheese made of real cow milk, such as cheddar. Swiss Cheese is superior in many ways, and this is something you need to try out for yourself to understand what I mean.
• Ham — I use quality pink, thin cut slices of ham and I those tend to be larger, so I wrap the ham over the cheese. That way, the cheese is locked in the ham and doesn’t spill out that easily when baked. The best part is when you can bite into your ham and cheese croissant sandwich and the cheese starts to ooze out. You can use Italian Prosciutto ham too if you like in this croissant breakfast sandwich.

How to make it?

Step 1

Grab a fresh French croissant and cut it open lengthwise.

Take a slice of cheese and fold a large slice of ham over the cheese slice.

Step 2

Stuff the croissant with the ham and cheese slice so that it’s all in the croissant.

Step 3

Bake a few minutes until you see the cheese melting out of your ham and cheese croissant bake.

Other Flavor Enhancing Ingredients

You can also add the following ingredients to pep up and turn this ham and cheese croissant recipe into your own awesome creation!

• dried marjoram, oregano, or basil leaves
• red chili flakes
• scrambled eggs
• chopped onion
• freshly cut chives
• tomato slice
• pineapple chunks (aka Hawaii ham and cheese croissant)
• use bacon instead of ham