BO&MIE x Stranger Things: a Black Forest from Hawkins

Season 5 of Stranger Things was released on Netflix between 27 November 2025 and 1 January 2026. To go with it, BO&MIE produced a Yule log named “Stranger Things Edition”. AD Magazine included it in its 2025 ranking of pastry chefs’ creations, published on 13 November.

Mirkwood, literally

The starting point fits in one word. The forest on the edge of Hawkins is called Mirkwood, which translates as black forest. So the log takes the form of a giant, dark fir tree, and borrows the flavours of the German cake of the same name. The pun becomes the recipe.

The recipe

Vanilla stracciatella mousse, dark chocolate shavings, amarena cherry confit lightly laced with Kirsch, chocolate crémeux and a soft dark chocolate sponge: the construction is that of a Black Forest, reinterpreted as a tiered assembly.

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creations selected by AD for Christmas 2025

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the season of Stranger Things celebrated

The creation was tied to the Stranger Things pop-up at Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées, where BO&MIE runs a counter, until 5 January 2026. The other seasonal pieces can be found among our creations.