What are Croquembouche? What are Croquembouche?

They can speak.They are delicious.Big mom was fed these stuffs by Jinbe.
Are they living beings?

Wiki says:


  'Jinbe then arrives and feeds Big Mom some croquembouche tourists, returning her to normal.'
  
  'Moscato attempted to calm his mother, promising to get her croquembouche as soon as possible,..'
  
  'The shocked citizens continue to evacuate, and Jinbe suddenly appears from the Juice River with a pile of the anthropomorphic croquembouche tourists. He throws the croquembouche into Big Moms' mouth, immediately satiating her. The croquembouche are glad to be eaten if they are found to be delicious.'


How are they tourists? Are they living sweets?
The croquembouche is a french pastry made by piling small pastries called 'chou' together in a cone and coating them with crunchy caramel.
It is often served as wedding or any celebration.

Here they are part of the living sweets populating the whole cake island.