I need a recipe for the chocolate icing that goes on cream puffs or eclairs! Does anyone have a good one?? The kind that kind of stiffens/hardens on it....??

try a ganache...

I thought about that one...but have never made it before...does it kinda of stiffen?

I agree, try ganache. It does stiffen, reminds me of the outside of a dingdong. And it is so delicious!

Here's the one I use

CHOCOLATE GLAZE
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 cup powdered sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons milk


In a small mixing bowl, combine the cocoa powder, powdered sugar and milk. Mix until smooth.

I just use melted chocolate. When it gets cold, it gets hard.

ganache sounds like a winner!

I concur, use a ganache!

for choc ganache measure out equal parts heavy cream and chopped chocolate ..heat cream and pour over chocolate...wait a few miuted and then stir until incorporated

THANK YOU !!!!

Here's the one I use, it is very rich!

Chocolate glaze:
Melt 4 oz semisweet chocolate, cut up, and 3 T butter over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 1/2 C sifted powdered sugar and 3 T hot water. Stir in additional hot water, if needed, to reach drizzling consistency.

Actually, Schmoop's mlk/cocoa/powdered sugar glaze is the typical eclair/cream puff glaze that is used, that is the old standard, I use it too. Ganache would taste good too.
Hugs Squirrelly

Hi, I am going to school to become a pastry chef and we made these in our intro to baking class. The recipe in or lab book that we used is

Cream 1 pint
Butter 2oz
Sugar 2oz
Dark Chocolate 20oz

Chop chocoalte very fine
Heat cream, butter and sugar and pour over chocolate stir until chocolate has melted and smooth.

This is enough to fill 1 10"cake so I guess you could cut the recipe in half if you don't need that much.


Hope this helps
Jackie