First let me say to you that if I can do this, you can. As I have never tried to hide, I have no patience and even less dexterity. But this is child’s play: indeed, you could consider getting children to make them. They certainly like eating them, and they tend to like eating what they make themselves even more.
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 35 min |
| Prep: | 20 min |
| Cook: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (13-ounce) packet ready rolled butter puff pastry
- 1 (100-gram) chocolate bar (milk or dark depending on taste)
- 1 egg beaten
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Unfurl the sheet of pastry and then cut it into 6 squares.
- Cut each square diagonally to give 2 triangles (they will appear quite small). Put the triangle with the wider part facing you and the point away from you.
- Break off small pieces of chocolate (approx.1cm/half inch) to place about 2cm/3/4-inch up from the wide end nearest you.
- Then carefully roll from that chocolate loaded end towards the point of the triangle.
- You should now have something resembling a straight croissant, seal it slightly with your fingertips and curl it around into a crescent.
- Place the chocolate croissants on a lined baking tray and paint with the beaten egg. Bake for 15 minutes until golden and puffy and exuberantly, if miniaturely, croissant-like.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 12 servings |
| Calories | 214 |
| Total Fat | 15 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 19 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 5 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 13 mg |
| Sodium | 82 mg |
Reviews
These sound delicious and so quick and easy!!! To compare them to a pastry restaurant quality croissant with everything made from scatch starting with the best French chocolate and labor intensive dough would be impossible! These satisfy that irreplaceable taste for a chocolate croissant….fabulous, you won’t be sorry
i loved this so much i thought it was so easy to make and I just wanted to say this was the best SO TRY IT!!!
Extremely simple to make.
i completely disagree with the person who gave it 1 star. i don’t now whats not to get the recipes easy quick and delicious
Nigella always makes the most scrumptious and delectable foods. These are no exception. This base recipe works with different chocolates, hazelnut spread, jams, etc…and are delicious. I’ve used everything from Hershey to Valhrona and they are always gobbled up. Fabulous recipe!
Nigella is a Goddess and when you make these, the recipients will think you are a Goddess too. So easy. I have made them several times and note that they come out much better when pastry is nice and cold and oven is good and hot. Thanks Nigella for a simple WOW.
These were not croissants, nor were they tasty. They required more time in the oven, and had no flavor. Well, they taste like puff pastry shells since that’s what they are. I will in the future make my chocolate croissants from scratch using an authentic recipe. Not even the delicious chocolate I wasted on this stuff could save it.
These are tasty, but not a croissant. I had to bake them much longer than posted on the recipe. Thanks for the idea. It is fast when something fast is needed.
I didn’t really like how these came out.
I used my own puff pastry, rolled it out to 8 x 12 and I had the cutest mini croissants! These tasted delicious and were so easy. I used dark and semi sweet chocolate chips. This can be a base for a number of different fillings!