A really easy and quick dessert, this Braid with whole hazelnut chocolate bar. 5 minutes to prepare it and 5 minutes to make it disappear, the perfect and delicious ending for a dinner with friends, a snack with kids, or why not to conclude a card game during the Christmas Holidays.
You can choose the chocolate bar you prefer: milk, white chocolate, dark, with or without hazelnuts, with pistachio, chili, just let your sweet side run wild.
If you want, you can also try the smaller version of puff pastry braids with jam, delicious!
There’s also a video recipe to see how to make the braid with puff pastry.
Turn on the oven and unleash the sweet tooth in you!
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 1,026.85 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 85.84 (g) of which sugars 31.84 (g)
- Proteins 13.93 (g)
- Fat 70.13 (g) of which saturated 16.64 (g)of which unsaturated 45.08 (g)
- Fibers 4.60 (g)
- Sodium 296.35 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 125 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for a Braid with Chocolate Bar
- 1 roll puff pastry
- 1 milk chocolate with hazelnuts
- as needed hazelnut crumbs
- as needed chocolate chips
Tools to prepare the chocolate braid
- 1 Baking Tray
- 1 Oven
- 1 Wheel Cutter
- 1 Baking Paper
Preparation of the Braid with Chocolate Bar
If you want to use the same chocolate bar I used, you can purchase it by clicking here
To prepare our Braid with chocolate bar we need to start by preheating the oven to 350°F in static mode.
Spread our rectangular puff pastry on a surface and place the chocolate bar in the center.
Use the tip of a knife to slash the puff pastry diagonally as shown in the photo or video in the recipe.
Now start braiding the strips of puff pastry to form the classic braid.
Once the puff pastry is closed, you can either sprinkle with hazelnut crumbs and chocolate chips as I did, or brush the surface with a beaten egg yolk and some sugar.
Bake the braid with chocolate bar for about 30 minutes. Check the recommended baking time on your puff pastry roll package. Make sure it doesn’t darken too much on the outside.
You can serve the puff pastry braid with a dusting of powdered sugar or just as it is. I prefer it without, but let it cool for about ten minutes before serving so the inside chocolate has a chance to solidify a bit and not spill out onto the plate.
Enjoy your meal!!!
If you want another chocolate recipe, why not try the Weekend Muffins
Variations:
As mentioned in the introduction, let your imagination run wild with the chocolate bar inside, and you can also change the outer garnish: whether it’s hazelnut crumbs and chocolate chips, sugar crumbs with a dusting of cocoa, or almonds and cane sugar. Don’t limit yourself!
