Chocolate Almond Croissant

This Chocolate Almond Croissant is an easy version of my favorite French pastry – Pain au Chocolat.  This version is so easy to make and tastes amazing!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Making croissants is a pretty labor intensive project, but today’s recipe for Chocolate Almond Croissant uses premade crescent roll dough so the process is so easy! You get the delicious taste of a French Pain au Chocolat in a fraction of the time.

Ingredients

• Refrigerated Crescent Rolls
• Almond Paste
• Whipping Cream
• Dark Chocolate
• Egg
• Water
• Sliced almonds
• Powdered Sugar

How to Make Chocolate Almond Croissant

• Combine almond paste and cream in a mixing bowl and beat until almost smooth.
• Add in chocolate and combine.
• Unroll crescent rolls into 8 seperate pieces.
• Spoon filling onto wide end of dough, spread slightly.

• Roll the dough starting with the wide end and rolling towards the point.
• Place rolled doughon a parchment covered cookie sheet with the point of the dough on the bottom. Curve the ends in a crescent shape.

• Beat an egg in a small bowl and brush lightly over each crescent roll.
• Add slivered almonds to the top of each roll.

• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove chocolate almond croissants from the oven and let cool for at least 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Now all that is left to do is enjoy!

Make sure to check out more of my favorite pastries:

• Cream Puffs
• Orange Scones
• Ecliars

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5 from 3 votes

Chocolate Almond Croissant

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes

An easy homemade version of Pain au Chocolat. Flaky crust with chocolate and almonds.

serves: 8 servings

Prep:20 minutes minutes

Cook:15 minutes minutes

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Total:35 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

• ▢ 4 oz. almond paste cut into small pieces
• ▢ 1/4 cup whipping cream
• ▢ 4 oz. dark or semi sweet chocolate chopped
• ▢ 1 8 oz. package of refrigerated crescent rolls 8 in package
• ▢ 1 egg beaten
• ▢ 1 Tbsp water
• ▢ 1/4 C sliced almonds
• ▢ powdered sugar for sprinkling

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cover a baking sheet with parchment or lightly grease a baking sheet.
• In a mixing bowl combine almond paste and cream, beat until almost smooth.
• Add in chocolate.
• Unroll crescent rolls into 8 seperate pieces. Spoon filling onto wide end of dough, spread slightly.
• Starting at the wide end, roll up the dough toward theh point. Place, point side down, onto baking sheet. Curve the ends.
• Beat egg in a small bowl and brush lightly over dough. Sprinkle with almonds
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove and cool.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 335kcal (17%) Carbohydrates: 29g (10%) Protein: 6g (12%) Fat: 23g (35%) Saturated Fat: 9g (56%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g Monounsaturated Fat: 9g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 32mg (11%) Sodium: 264mg (11%) Potassium: 190mg (5%) Fiber: 3g (13%) Sugar: 14g (16%) Vitamin A: 146IU (3%) Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) Calcium: 61mg (6%) Iron: 2mg (11%)

* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.

Course:Bread

Cuisine:French

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