Chocolate Cream Filled Mini Eclairs - Real Recipes from Mums

An elegant treat for afternoon tea, these are surprisingly simple to make

Ingredients (makes 16 5cm eclairs)

55g Unsalted butter
150ml Water
70g Plain flour
Pinch Salt
2 Eggs, beaten
1/4 tsp Vanilla extract
FILLING
300ml Thickened cream
2 TBS Icing sugar, sifted
1 TBS Cocoa
1 TBS Icing sugar, sifted
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
2 TBS Bailey's (Optional)
TOPPING
25g Unsalted butter, chopped
100g Plain chocolate, chopped
1 TBS Icing sugar, sifted
2 tsp Milk

Method

Pre heat the oven to 200 degrees, and line a baking tray with baking paper
Put the butter and water into a heavy base saucepan and heat gently until the butter has melted. Increase the heat and bring to the boil, and then remove from the heat.
Sift in the flour and the salt, then return the pan to the heat and stir together until the mixture makes a smooth ball that leaves the sides of the pan clean. Leave to cool for at least 15 minutes
Gradually beat in the eggs, mixing well after each addition, until the mixture is smooth. Stir in the vanilla.
Spoon the mix into a large piping bag fitted with a plain, 1.5cm nozzle, and then pipe 5cm éclairs onto the baking trays.
Bake in the pre heated oven for between 10-20 minutes or until well risen and crisp on the outside. Make a slit in each éclair to allow steam to escape, then put back into the oven for 2-5 minutes. Remove and allow to cool
About 1 hour prior to serving, make the filling by sifting together the cocoa and the icing sugar. Add the cocoa/sugar mix, *if adding* Baileys and vanilla to the cream. Whisk or beat until soft peaks form . Put the mix into your piping bag fitted with a star nozzle, and pipe into the éclairs.
For the topping, put all ingredients into a heatproof bowl, set the bowl over a heavy based saucepan of gently simmering water, and heat until melted, smooth and glossy, stirring once or twice.
Spoon this over the éclairs, leave to set for 15 minutes then transfer to a serving plate

Notes

Best eaten same day

38 Comments

- - cassy26 said
  - 31 Aug 2022
    8:10 am
Oh I love eclairs and these look absolutely delicious… Extra chocolate – yes please …..

- - mom103778 said
  - 20 Feb 2021
    9:31 pm
Yum, I love eclairs, looking forward to trying this recipe.

- - Frankiielot said
  - 07 Oct 2020
    10:18 pm
Eclairs are one of my fave desserts.
I’ve never tried to make them before so this will be something different for me to try.
Thank you so much for sharing!

- - nadine_hill said
  - 14 Jun 2020
    5:22 pm
A delicious looking treat – can’t wait to try!

- - mom152736 said
  - 13 Sep 2019
    11:00 am
I love eclairs. the recipe looks great and easy to do. thanks for sharing.

- - mom81879 said
  - 27 May 2019
    3:57 pm
Eclair are so decadent! I’m always disappointed when I buy one though. Might have to bake my own to see if they’re better. Love the chocolate cream filling

- - mom101628 said
  - 09 May 2019
    10:47 pm
Look delicious, but I’d prefer to have fresh cream in mine.

- - DaffyD said
  - 09 May 2019
    10:35 am
These look so delicious

- - mumma said
  - 08 May 2019
    8:40 pm
My husband loves these.
I think I’m going to have to attempt to make these, bit scared I will ruin the dough but I’ll give it a go
Thanks for the recipe

- - happymum2018 said
  - 15 Apr 2019
    9:22 pm
I she never made eclairs before so only had them a few times these loos awesome thanks!

- - mom112023 said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    11:45 pm
Thanks for the recipe. I look forward to making these. Yum.

- - mom101628 said
  - 13 Jan 2019
    9:41 pm
Better make sure I have a party with lots of people that day – couldn’t eat 16 of these on my own.

- - mom322008 said
  - 04 Dec 2018
    10:19 am
Oh my goodness I love these and can’t wait to make them

- - MrsA said
  - 28 Nov 2018
    8:59 am
My husband would love these. Trying to decide whether I write down this recipe or just never show him that this is a thing.

- - mom62624 said
  - 15 Nov 2018
    6:37 am
Everyone would enjoy these; delicious and thanks for sharing.

- - mom320442 said
  - 14 Nov 2018
    1:01 pm
These look amazing they are definitely on my “want to make” list! thank you for sharing this recipe !

- - curlytops said
  - 14 Nov 2018
    11:26 am
Baileys in them – yum I will have to try these.

- - mish06 said
  - 10 Nov 2018
    6:28 pm
These have always being on my ‘attempt to do list” as I thought they were a complicated desert. Might just have to take the plunge and give it a go. Fingers crossed.
- Mum2archer replied
  
  29 Dec 2018 , 10:31 pm
  I thought the same thing too, but so glad I gave them a go as they aren’t actually that hard. Good luck!!
- - mom81879 said
  - 07 Nov 2018
    1:17 pm
I don’t know what I do wrong, but I can never seem to get the pastry right for eclair sand puffs etc. It’s so depressing

- - happymum2018 said
  - 04 Nov 2018
    10:19 pm
Now I really want one they look so delicious and would be gone as soon as they got out of the oven thanks