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Home » Breads » Sweet Enriched Breads and Pastries » Quick and Easy Chocolate Puff Pastry Christmas Tree

Quick and Easy Chocolate Puff Pastry Christmas Tree

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This Chocolate Puff Pastry Christmas Tree is not only festive it's downright delicious and lots of fun to make and eat. You can add whatever you like too to make it your own.

puff pastry chocolate christmas tree on a white surface sprinkled with icing sugar with a butter knife to the side and a star cutter on a white plate above

Christmas is always about the baking at my house and this recipe is so good it has made it to the annual festive baking list.

It's mega fun to make although you need to follow a few tips to avoid getting chocolate smudges everywhere, I'm not sure that's a bad thing though. I'm sure Santa wouldn't mind.

I guarantee you every kid will squeal at the sight of it, all puffy and proud of itself, golden with egg wash and stripy with chocolate spread. I squealed myself..... several times.

Ingredients

2 x sheets (375 grams - 13.2 oz)) ready rolled puff pastry

100 grams nutella or chocolate spread

1 egg

icing sugar for decorating

Recipe Steps

  • Preheat the oven to 190 C/375 F Gas Mark 5
  • Either use the enclosed baking paper that comes with the ready rolled puff pastry or line a flat baking tray with a reusable liner or baking paper.
  • Unroll one of the puff pastry sheets and place on the baking sheet.
puff pastry on a silicone sheet
  • Spread the nutella or chocolate spread over the puff pastry sheet as shown in the picture.
chocolate spread spread over a puff pastry sheet with a star cutter to the side
  • Cut out a small star shape out of one corner and put to the side. This will be the star on the top.
  • Unroll the second puff pastry sheet and place on top of the first one that is spread with chocolate.
puff pastry sheets on top of each other with an empty pot of chocolate spread and butter knife to the side
  • Cut the pastry into the shape of a Christmas tree (triangle) with a wide base and trunk. Pull away the excess pastry.
puff pastry cut into a tree shape with a star biscuit cutter to the side.
  • Lightly score 2 lines down the middle of the triangle to form a tree trunk approx 3cm wide.
puff pastry christmas tree on a orange reusable silicone linere
  • Cut branches into the sides of the triangle, approximately 2cm wide. Leave the top 5cm or so as this will be covered with your pastry star.
puff pastry raw christmas tree on a orange silicone reusable liner
  • Taking each branch strip and turning it away from you twist each one a couple of times or so.
puff pastry christmas tree with nearly all the strips twisted and a hand turning one in motion
  • Brush all over with egg wash generously. Bake for about fifteen minutes until puffy and golden brown.
puff pastry chocolate christmas tree on a white surface sprinkled with icing sugar with a butter knife to the side and a star cutter on a white plate above
  • Dust with icing sugar for a festive finale.
  • Tear and share baby....and have a fabulous Christmas.

Additional ingredients and flavour ideas

Grate some orange zest over the chocolate spread before adding the top layer of puff pastry

Sprinkle chopped hazelnuts over the chocolate spread as above.

You could add some extra chocolate chips in there too.

I absolutely love ready rolled puff pastry. It's delish plus you can throw together nibbles both sweet and savoury in an absolute instant. Christmas boom.

Here are some more fab ideas for puff pastry easy savoury recipes.

Cheese Straws

Cheesy Bacon Straws

Pizza Puff Pastry Twists

And some more sweet Christmas recipes for you lovely people

Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate

Cinnamon Bundt Cake

Easy Christmas Cake

Mincemeat Muffins

Mincemeat Loaf Cake

Christmas Cookies

chocolate puff pastry christmas tree on a white surface sprinkled with icing sugar. A knife is to the side with a star cutter on a small white plate above right.

Chocolate Puff Pastry Christmas Tree

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This festive puff pastry chocolate christmas tree is super fun to make and to eat. It's a hands on tear and share delicious treat for everyone to enjoy.
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine English
Servings 6
Calories 101 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 2 x 375 grams ready rolled puff pastry
  • 100 grams chocolate spread nutella or similar
  • 1 small egg egg wash
  • icing sugar dusting

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 190 C/375 F Gas Mark 5
  • Either use the enclosed baking paper that comes with the ready rolled puff pastry or line a flat baking tray with a reusable liner or baking paper.
  • Spread the nutella or chocolate spread over the puff pastry sheet as shown in the picture.
  • Cut out a small star shape out of one corner and put to the side.
  • Unroll the second puff pastry sheet and place on top of the first one that is spread with chocolate.
  • Cut the pastry into the shape of a Christmas tree (triangle) with a wide base and trunk. Pull away the excess pastry.
  • Lightly score 2 lines down the middle of the triangle to form a tree trunk approx 3cm wide.
  • Cut branches into the sides of the triangle, approximately 2cm wide. Leave the top 5cm or so as this will be covered with your pastry star.
  • Taking each branch strip and turning it away from you twist each one a couple of times or so.
  • Brush all over with egg wash generously. Bake for about fifteen minutes until puffy and golden brown.
  • Dust with icing sugar for a festive finale.

Nutrition

Calories: 101kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 17mg | Potassium: 77mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 35IU | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg

All nutritional information is approximate and intended only as a guide.

Keyword christmas, puff pastry, puff pastry christmas tree
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