This chocolate cream puff recipe is an easy dessert recipe that takes very little time and effort but results in a fancy and impressive dessert. If you don’t like chocolate you can always make a traditional cream puff recipe, too, and fill it with this yummy cherry almond filling.
I saw a chocolate cream puff recipe with some fancy filling in a homemaking magazine this month. I gave the recipe a try and it was a total flop. Well, not total – the puffs tasted good, but they just never really puffed. So I decided to make up my own recipe … and it worked! This a completely original Growing Up Gabel recipe!
Cream puffs sound a little intimidating to make, but they are one of the easiest desserts I’ve made yet. Give me a cream puff over a cake any day. I love them because they don’t require any fancy ingredients or equipment, but they look fancy and impressive. I filled these chocolate cream puffs with a cherry almond filling, but plain whipped cream or even pudding would do. I wanted to try filling them with the filling from my peanut butter chocolate chip pie for a chocolate peanut butter comb, but ran out of time. I’m sure it’d be delicious!
- ½ stick butter
- ½ cup water
- 6 Tablespoons flour
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 8 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a small bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a medium sauce pan combine water, butter and sugar and bring to a boil.
- Remove pan from heat and immediately stir in flour mixture. Continue to stir until dough until the dough forms a ball and leaves the side and bottom of the pan.
- Set aside to cool for a few minutes.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, until completely incorporated.
- Drop dough by Tablespoons on to a cookie sheet. I use a 2 Tablespoon cookie scoop (the medium Pampered Chef scoop). Use parchment paper if you think it’s necessary.
- Bake for 30-45 minutes.
- Remove puffs from cookie sheet and allow to cool completely.
- Put cold cream in to the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on high with whip attachment.
- Once cream begins to thicken add cherry syrup and sugar.
- Continue to whip until cream is thick and stiff.
- Carefully slice puffs open and fill with puffs.
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Cream puffs are one of my absolute favorite desserts to make! I’ve never made chocolate ones though and these look quite yummy, Camille! Thank you for linking up to the Weekend Kitchen Link Party at Home Cooking Memories!
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I have never tried to make cream puffs. They look so yummy! Thanks for sharing & linking up @ DearCreatives.com
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Hi Camille,
What a beautiful dessert, we just love Cream Puffs and Chocolate sure puts it over the top! Hope you have a fantastic week and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Can you hear my drooling…I love chocolate and cherries together! Thanks for sharing at the Loving Valentine’s Day Party!
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Delicious! Nothing says Valentine’s Day like chocolate and cherry! Thanks for the great idea!
ooo I love chocolate and cherry, and just chocolate of any sort and dessert. Okay I’ll stop! These look yummy! Thanks for linking up to Sweets for my Sweetie!!!
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These look delicious Camille. I love your idea of a peanut butter version to, the perfect combo in my eyes. Thank you so much for sharing with Saturday Spotlight. Have a great week and come back soon!
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oh yum! I LOVE creampuffs, and yes they are easy… but I’ve never done chocolate ones… will have to try this!
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Oh, that cherry filling sounds heavenly!
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These look awsome!!!!
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That’s what I always think..that cream puffs are so difficult to make and so easy to fail..
Your puffs look delicious, I really love the filling.
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They are so easy!! I promise.
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Chocolate and cherry?!?! Count me in! Thanks for linking this up to our Sweets For My Sweetie link-up! This sounds like a perfect treat for Valentine’s Day for sure!
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