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This easy and indulgent vegan take on the beloved chocolate croissant is a simple yet moreish dessert made with ready-rolled pastry, melty vegan chocolate, and topped with bright berries all on one tray.
easy chocolate croissant on pan vegan dessert covered in fruit
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Duration50 mins
Servings6 people

Ingredients

For the croissants
  • 2 ½ tbsp icing sugar plus extra for dusting
  • 2 tbsp plant-based milk
  • 2 sheets of plant-based puff pastry
  • 100 grams vegan dark chocolate
To serve
  • handful of strawberries
  • handful of blueberries
  • handful of raspberries
  • oat cream or soy cream

Instructions

  • Before anything else, begin by preheating your oven to 180°C.

Melt the chocolate

  • Take your medium saucepan and fill it with 3cm of water and put it on a medium-low heat.
  • Put your heatproof bowl on top of the saucepan, making sure the bottom of the bowl isn't touching the water, and reduce the heat to low.
  • Break 75g of the dark chocolate into the bowl and stir occasionally with a wooden spoon until the chocolate has melted.
  • Pour in the icing sugar, stir to mix it in completely without any lumps and take the pan off the heat.

Prepare the pastry

  • Lay 1 sheet of puff pastry on to the parchment-lined baking sheet.
  • Pour most of the melted chocolate on to the centre of the pastry and spread it out, leaving a 2cm gap around the edges.
  • Lay the second sheet of pastry flush on top (you may want to ask a friend for help).
  • Gently press the 2 sheets of pastry together all the way round the edges.

Portion the croissants

  • With a sharp knife, make 5 evenly spaced cuts into the long edges of the pastry so that they reach about 5cm in from the edges.
  • You should be left with a strip of pastry running down the middle of the sheets that is at least 3cm wide, with 5 flaps of pastry either side.

Finish the croissants and bake

  • Cut the remaining chocolate into 10 chunks and place 1 chunk in the middle of each flap of pastry.
  • Roll the flaps over the chocolate chunks, taking care not to cover the middle section, and press them to seal in the chocolate.
  • Brush all over the top of the pastry with the plant-based milk.
  • Put the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 30–35 minutes, until the pastry is golden and slightly crispy.

Decorate and serve

  • Take the baking sheet out of the oven and scatter the fresh berries along the middle section.
  • Drizzle over the remaining melted chocolate.
  • Dust lightly with icing sugar and serve immediately with a little oat or soy cream on the side for people to pour over if they wish.