Pains au Chocolat (Chocolate Croissants)

Get fancy and make your own Chocolate Croissants with this easy to follow recipe.

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Happy Wednesday, everyone! Today we’re getting fancy with my all-time favorite French pastry. Last year I tackled a challenge I’d made for myself. Conquer the art of making croissants from scratch. After a massive fail I succeeded and was beyond excited to share the results with all of you. Now some of you might remember that I promised to update the post with some step by step pictures to make it easier to follow along. My original aim was to get ’em up by Christmas, but time just got away from me. But I didn’t forget ;).

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With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I couldn’t help but think that this was a great time to whip up chocolate croissants. I actually can’t imagine a better time, ha!

So follow along and let me show you how to pull off this French classic. Continue reading