I’m a day late since my schedule was crazy this weekend, and I made these last night.
My mom actually made these once before, and I decided I wanted to try to make them myself. The recipe only requires 5 ingredients, but the recipe does require some planning ahead. You’ll need to get a package of puff pastry sheets, but they need to be refrigerated, so I’d recommend you put them in the refrigerator overnight.
Alright, so now that your puff pastry sheets are refrigerated, put some flour on the work surface. Lay your two puff pastry sheets next to each other.
Melt two tablespoons of salted butter in a small bowl. Using your brush, apply a fairly even layer of butter all over the sheets.
Since we’re going to make 10 of these puff pastry rolls, grab a knife (or a pizza cutter in my case) and cut 10 pieces out vertically.
Once the cuts are done, take one cup of chocolate bits. I personally used dark chocolate chunks from Target because I thought they’d be better with these.
Take one cup of chunks (which is about half of a package), and distribute them among the 10 strips, making sure to leave an inch on both sides for rolling.
After you’re satisfied with the distribution of chocolate chunks (and eaten some to make sure there aren’t too many), start rolling each section, and place them on your cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Once the 10 strips are rolled up, you need to beat an egg, and brush it on each pastry roll.
After all the pastry rolls are brushed with beaten egg, throw some dusting sugar on all of them.
The sanding sugar is something you might need to find at a craft store. I found mine at a local Michael’s (no intentional coincidence).
After your oven has been preheated to 400F, place the cookie sheet in the oven. The recipe calls for 25-30 minutes, but because we’re using the aluminum cookie sheet, we’re doing the full 30 minutes.
They came out perfect honestly, even though they’re not consistent. They’re very tasty, and worth your time if you plan ahead. Unfortunately, everything you need does require some planning, since you’ll need sanding sugar, puff pastry sheets, salted butter, and some good chocolate chunks.
All and all, it’s worth it, and it’s tasty. I recommend you try it yourself!
Ingredients:
- 1 (17.3 ounce) package frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed but cold
- 2 tablespoons salted butter, melted
- 1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 egg, beaten
- sanding sugar
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Lightly flour your work surface. Unfold the puff pastry sheets and lay the 2 pieces of pastry side by side with the short side facing you.
- Brush the sheets with the melted butter.
- Starting at the top, cut strips that are 2 inches wide by 10 inches long. You should end up with 5 strips from each sheet of puff pastry.
- Divide the chocolate chips evenly along the strips of pastry. Leave about 1 inch without chips on either end of each strip.
- Beginning at the skinny end of each strip, roll up the pastry. Continue rolling each strip of the pastry the same way.
- Place the pastry rolls seam side down about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
- Lightly brush the rolls with the beaten egg.
- Sprinkle each roll generous with the sanding sugar.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. The pastries should be a dark golden brown. If the pastries are getting too brown, cover lightly with a piece of foil for the final few minutes of baking time.
- Remove the pastries from the oven. Let cool on the baking sheet for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
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