How to Use cream puff in a Sentence

cream puff

noun
  • We'll never win with a bunch of cream puffs on our team!
  • Or maybe just a cream puff and some cheese curds at the fair?
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Craving a cream puff but not going to the fair?
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Craving a cream puff but not going to the fair?
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • For dessert there is a Sanders hot fudge cream puff for an extra $4.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Customers also clamor for the start of éclair and cream puff season.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Go for the creamy shakes and malts or a top hat sundae made with a fluffy cream puff, vanilla ice cream and hot fudge.
    — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
  • For decades, the original cream puff has been one of the most popular food items.
    — Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The pumpkin spice cream puff will be available through Sunday.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2020
  • This cream puff was inspired by a wedding Ang made dessert for, where the groom asked for a red cake.
    — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2021
  • On the dessert side, choose from bourbon-peach cream puffs, chocolate dream cake, petite pecan pie and more.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019
  • For a lighter hit of matcha, try the cream puff, where the airy filling offers in at whisper levels.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Cupcakes, tarts, cream puffs and assorted sweets fill the dessert display.
    — Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Desserts include a sundae bar with ice cream, an assortment of toppings and a cream puff.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Start with the legendary cream puffs — pillowy, powdered-sugar-dusted and worth the line.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Each of the round cream puffs creates a perfect structure with caramel acting to bind it all together.
    — Gabriella Gershenson, Saveur, 30 Jan. 2017
  • Alika Ali was working the drive-thru, giving cream puff boxes to passing cars.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2020
  • The two-hour classes, which can be booked almost every day, include a tasting and a box of cream puffs and recipes to take home.
    — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • There are also two to-go kiosks for quick cream puff-getting along Grandstand Avenue.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2022
  • His religieuses, a classic French double-decker cream puff, are one of my favorites.
    — Priya Krishna, GQ, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The fair’s signature draw is its original cream puffs, a tradition that fans line up for every year.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Perhaps the cream puff's true power is found in its bond with the Wisconsin State Fair.
    — Daniel Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2020
  • While other cream puffs emphasize the puff, Nielsen’s potato is really about the cream.
    — Megan Burbank, The Seattle Times, 11 Dec. 2018
  • Are the Wisconsin State Fair cream puffs from Illinois?
    — Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Its famous cream puffs and the Dairy Lane exhibit keep the dairy state’s heritage front and center.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
  • There’s also caviar with toast and toppings ($100), desserts such as a cream puff made with wagyu tallow ($6) and lots of wine.
    — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Beard Papa’s cream puffs first appeared in Japan during the late 1990s.
    — Cristin Espinosa, Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Petit fours can be anything from cream puffs or French macarons, to cookies, tarts, and mini cakes like these (petit fours glacés).
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The single blueberries in each of the miniature cream puffs from Soleil and Suns Bakery.
    — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • The one hotel in town was taken over by the women passengers, and the men slept on the train, eating cream puffs and fudge for breakfast and dinner.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023

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