What Are Those Black Dots on Puff Pastry (And When to Worry)

You unwrap a pristine sheet of puff pastry, dreaming of golden, flaky layers. Then you see them: tiny black or charcoal-gray dots dotting the surface—or lurking between folds. Your stomach

drops. Mold?

Take a breath. You’re not alone—and you’re almost certainly fine. Those specks are far more likely to be harmless kitchen quirks than kitchen catastrophes. Let’s decode what they …

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