S'mores Eclairs

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Yield: 18 eclairs
  • Total: 1 hr 7 min
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Inactive: 12 min
  • Cook: 40 min
Advertisement

Ingredients

2 tablespoons cocoa powder

1 cup all-purpose flour 

1 cup water

1/4 pound unsalted butter

2 tablespoons sugar

1/4 teaspoon fine salt

4 eggs

36 large marshmallows

Chocolate Sauce, recipe follows

Chocolate Sauce:

10 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped

1 cup heavy cream

Directions

Special equipment:
A large pastry bag fitted with a large star tip, an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment
  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
  2. Sift the cocoa powder and flour together at least 3 times. Set aside. Place the water, butter, sugar, and salt in a heavy 2-quart saucepan. Bring this mixture just to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat and add the sifted cocoa and flour in all at once. Stir with a wooden spoon until the dough comes together to form a ball. Return the pan to medium-high heat and beat constantly until a film develops on the bottom of the pan, about 2 minutes. Do not let it burn.
  3. Transfer the dough to the bowl of an electric mixer with a paddle attachment. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the side of the bowl and continue to beat the dough for 4 minutes at high speed. Transfer the dough into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and pipe 3 to 4-inch log shapes onto the paper. Bake for 10 minutes; then reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Bake for another 15 minutes. Turn the oven off. Remove the eclairs from the oven and poke a hole in each one using a skewer or piping nail. Place the eclairs back in the oven and leave the door ajar for 10 minutes, allowing the eclairs to dry.
  4. Cut the eclairs in 1/2 lengthwise with a serrated knife. Place the bottom halves of the eclairs on a sheet pan and put 3 marshmallows into each. Place under the broiler until golden, watching closely. Remove from oven. Place tops on and ladle the chocolate sauce over top.

Chocolate Sauce:

  1. Place the chocolate in a stainless-steel bowl. Pour the heavy cream into a small saucepan over medium-high heat and heat the cream until just before the boiling point. Pour the cream over the chocolate and let sit for 1 minute. Whisk until smooth and glossy.

Let's Get Cooking!

Sign up for the Recipe of the Day newsletter to receive editor-picked recipes,tips and videos delivered to your inbox daily. Privacy Policy

Thanks for subscribing to the Recipe of the Day newsletter. Check out all our other great newsletters from Easy Recipes, Healthy Eating Ideas and Chef Recipe Videos.

We're sorry, there was an error signing you up. Please try again later.

Advertisement

katie k.

I wanted to make a lot of these for people at work so instead of making the choux 3 inches, I just made small mounds. That way I had lots of little ones to go around. It took a long time to cut them all open and the marshmallows were a bit too big for them so if I do it that way again I might use the small marshmallows. They didn't look very pretty but they were yummy!! Easy to make, too.

See All Reviews