a stack of cream puffs presented in a cone shape, drizzled with caramelized sugar

A grand dessert made up of cream puffs that are dipped in caramel and assembled into a large pyramid shape. The whole dessert is then brushed with more caramel and elaborately decorated.

A croquembouche is a French dessert, a kind of pièce montée often served at weddings. It is a high cone of profiteroles (cream-filled choux buns) bound with caramel, and usually decorated with threads of caramel, chocolate, flowers, or ribbons.