Give a girl a whole box of Nestle cooking Chocolate and what’s she to do? Bake with it of course!!! What would you bake?
I’ve had a hundred different thoughts but settled on the chocolate Mousse that I posted earlier this week you can find here, and now I bring you some chocolate eclairs, which are a recipe I have adapted from my award winning book, A Piece of Cake, which you can buy here. The ones in the book are regular ones, but these bad boys are all chocolate, thats right chocolate choux pastry, chocolate cream and then naturally like all good eclairs covered in more chocolate. I also used the piping set Nestle send me as a girl needs to pipe these babies, doesn’t the cream look oh so cute?? I think so.
These make the perfect and I mean perfect!!! afternoon treat to share with someone you love. My Mum and Dad got to share these with me one sunny but cold winters day last week, weren’t they super lucky? 🙂
If you do decide to make these it is far easier to beat the mixture in a stand mixer than with your wooden spoon, but if your trying to work out your arm muscles then by all means go for it with the wooden spoon! 🙂
I’m considering doing some chocolate chip cookies too, hmmm well I possibly have already made them. But for now, Chocolate Eclairs……..
Happy Baking xx
Sophia
- PASTRY
- 3/4 cup plain or all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon Nestle cocoa power
- 250ml water
- 60g butter or 1/2 stick of butter
- 2 eggs
- FILLING
- 250ml pure cream
- 1 tablespoon Nestle Cocoa powder
- TOPPING
- 200g Nestle Milk Chocolate Melts
- 3 tablespoons pure cream
- Pre heat the oven to 210C or 410F
- To make the pastry, sift the flour and the cocoa together and set aside.
- Place the water and butter into a saucepan and heat on a medium temperature until the butter melts. Add the flour and beat until smooth. Add the eggs and beat until glossy, this may be easier to mix in a stand mixer.
- Place the mixture into a piping bag with a 1.5 cm nozzle and pipe 10cm lengths onto a baking tray. Bake for 15 minutes and then turn the temperature down to 180C or 350F and back for a further 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cut in half and leave to cool.
- To make the topping, place the chocolate and cream into a double boiler and heat until the chocolate has melted and the ingredients combined. Take the top layer of the eclairs and dip it into the chocolate mixture, set aside to cool and dry.
- To make the filling, place the cream and the cocoa into a bowl and whisk until stiff peaks form. Place into a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe onto the bottom layer of the eclairs.
- Place the top and the bottom of the eclair together and serve.
Sophia, I’ve never made chocolate choux before. Every time I’ve thought about it, I’ve gone ahead and made plain choux, figuring a chocolate glaze is a big enough concession to my chocolate-fan friends (who would be all over these all-chocolate eclairs!).
Hey Jean,
I always do that too, think about trying something new then go right back to the tried and tested favourite. Your chocoholic friends would love them.
These look absolutely divine!!! Love ANYTHING chocolate flavoured!!!
Thanks Lucy xx
Your blog is absolutely beautiful and these look amazing!
Thank you so much Angie, so glad you stopped by xx
The answer is always yes when it comes to chocolate eclairs, but I have to say, these look particularly gorgeous.
I have to agree, Yes, Yes, Yes! 🙂 I forgot how lovely an eclair can be.
It’s been at least a year or two since I’ve had an eclair. And ages since I’ve made them myself. These look spectacular — and now you have me in the mood to make eclairs! 🙂 Thanks so much for a fun read.
Yes I was the same, hadn’t made them for the longest time, I forgot how lovely the little gems are. Hope you get to make yourself some soon.
Thank you so much for your comment Sophia!
I’ve never heard of your blog before but I am already a big fan. I adore your photos – just gorgeous!
I am still in France and everybody seems to love Eclairs. However, I’ve never seen such a death-by-chocolate one here. They must be unique. 🙂
Love, hope
No worries, you have a beautiful blog, thanks for dropping by mine. I wish I was in France with you, I would be eating all their pastries. Probably best I’m not for my waist line. Hope to see all your travels xxx
Love the tip that you used for the cream! These look like gorgeous little eclairs 😀
Thanks Lorraine, yeah had to jazz them up a little 🙂
I’ve never thought about chocolate eclairs made with chocolate choux before. I might just have to make a batch of these soon 🙂
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