EASY Profiteroles

A rich and creamy topping of custard and whipped cream inside light, airy, crunchy and perfectly cooked choux pastry shells, and then topped with a delicious chocolate sauce on top.

And if you are scared to prepare the cream puffs you can always buy them ready to be stuffed.

I thought about making these Chocolate Profiteroles because they are perfect as a Christmas cake.

Small choux pastry filled with sweet cream and creamy custard topped with a delicious chocolate sauce. It’s simple, classic, and delightfully addictive.

Cream puffs have been my passion since childhood. My favorites were the ones with the sweeter filling of the classic custard.

Today, however, it is the turn of the classic chocolate profiterole to shine!

For this chocolate profiteroles (cream puffs) recipe, I used choux pastry shells that were about 2.5 inches in diameter. I get 50 shells total, with this recipe.

The chocolate sauce sprinkled on these chocolate profiteroles is also the perfect pairing because it’s not too sweet.

I love pouring the hot chocolate sauce over the profiteroles just before digging them, so I always serve the profiteroles and the sauce separately. And I also like to pour in plenty! Honestly,

I can hardly trust anyone who doesn’t want a delicious chocolate sauce on their profiteroles!

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DifficultyEasy
CostMedium
Preparation time45 Minutes
Rest time20 Minutes
Cooking time25 Minutes
Serving10/12
CuisineFrench

Ingredients

to realize this profiteroles cake I used 50 ready-made shells

CHANTILLY CREAM

1 cup fresh double cream

1 vanilla bean

2 ounces sugar (powdered sugar)

CHOCOLATE COVERAGE

³/₄ cup water

1 pound dark chocolate

¹/₃ cup fresh double cream

5 ounces sugar

1 pinch salt

Tools

Pastry Syringes

Steps

Profiteroles preparation

If you prefer to prepare the profiteroles at home instead of buying the ready-made ones, follow this recipe

Prepare chocolate glaze

To make the chocolate sauce, chop the chocolate, then pour the water and sugar into a saucepan and bring to the boil.
As soon as it starts to boil, add the cream, bring it to the boil again and finally add 250 g of dark chocolate.

Mix with a whisk and as soon as it is blended add the remaining chocolate (200 g).
When it starts boiling again, transfer to a bowl, mix and let it cool until it reaches a thick but still semi-liquid consistency.

Prepare CHANTILLY CREAM

Pour cold cream from the refrigerator into a bowl and start whipping with the electric mixer.

As soon as it begins to have a thicker consistency, add 25 g of powdered sugar and the seeds of the vanilla bean.

Continue to whip and after 2 minutes also add the remaining part of icing sugar (25 g). Continue whipping until you reach the consistency of whipped cream firmly.

Compose the PROFITEROLES cake

Transfer the Chantilly cream into a pastry bag with a smooth nozzle then take the cream puffs and pierce the base using the tip of a knife.

Stuff the cream puffs and place on a tray. When they are all filled, put them to harden in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.

Take the cream puffs again, dip one at a time in the chocolate sauce and then place on a rack to drain the excess chocolate.

When they are all covered, start placing them in a circle on a plate.
Create several sloping floors to form a pyramid.

Pour a generous layer of chocolate glaze on top.
Decorate the profiteroles cake with colored sugar dragees or wisps of cream.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.