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These puff pastry chocolate twists have to be one of the simplest and quickest bakes to makes – and the children love helping with them. Whether you’re looking for a quick and easy sweet treat, an after school snack or an indulgent breakfast, this could be just the thing.

How do you make chocolate twists?

These chocolate twists are so easy to make. You just need a puff pastry sheet and we always use store bought puff pastry. Just make sure that if you use frozen puff pastry you need to let it defrost and use thawed puff pastry for the bake.

Aside from the pastry you just need chocolate spread and a beaten egg to use as an egg wash prior to baking. We use whatever chocolate spread we have in the kitchen for this chocolate twist recipe but you can use Nutella or chocolate hazelnut spread, whatever works for you. You can also use milk instead of beaten egg to glaze before baking if you prefer.

Can you vary these chocolate puff pastry twists?

This homemade chocolate puff pastry recipe is so easy to make but you might want to mix things up a bit. Sprinkle sugar on before baking an extra little sweetness, add a sprinkling of chocolate chips or nuts to bring out the chocolate hazelnut flavour or use different types of chocolate spread for variety – white chocolate spread could create a nice bake.

These gorgeous baked treats are best eaten straight from the oven – or at least on the day they’re baked. But they do keep in an airtight container for a couple of days and are great for picnics, lunchboxes or just a sweet treat whenever you need one.

If you’re looking for other recipes to make, here’s our Apricot and Almond Scones, Strawberry Flapjacks and Cheese and Chutney Pinwheels recipes. You can see all our recipes to date here.

So here’s our easy Chocolate Twist recipe – happy baking!

Ingredients

a sheet of ready made puff pastry
200g chocolate spread
an egg, beaten

Instructions

Preheat oven to 200C/400F/Gas 7 and line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper
Make sure the pastry is at room temperature and unroll onto a clean work surface
Cut the pastry in half length ways
Spread the chocolate spread over one half of the pastry
Place the other half of the pastry on top and press down firmly
Cut the pastry sandwich you’ve created into twelve equal strips
Twist each pastry strip and place on the prepared baking sheet
Brush with the beaten egg
Put the baking tray in the oven and bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown

If you’d like to print or pin the Chocolate Twists recipe for later you can do so below. Enjoy!

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