Best french Pastries

32 ELO points separate Crêpe from Cookie at the top of the Pastries ranking, after 11638 duels.

The gap between first and second place captures the decisive preference of the community: Crêpe wins 65% of its duels and holds 1348 ELO points, while Cookie trails at 1316. Chocolate Croissant occupies third position with 1307 points, followed by Lemon Tart at 1293. The tightest race appears between Cookie and Chocolate Croissant, separated by just 9 points. At the bottom, Soufflé struggles at 913 ELO with a 26% win rate, while Rum Baba sits just above it at 928 points. French Toast, despite ranking 17th, maintains a 52% win rate, suggesting it divides opinion more than it fails to convince.

This ranking draws from 11638 duels submitted by 197 players across 19 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The volume of votes reflects sustained engagement, with each contender tested over a thousand times on average. If your preferred pastry is missing or ranked lower than you believe it deserves, cast your vote and shift the order. Every duel changes the ELO scores and reshapes the ranking in real time.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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