ISO chocolate filling for eclairs

[Dina]

I was thinking of making a ganache as well as whipping cream as filling for my eclairs. Would it be the best to use for this type of pastry?

[GhettoRacingKid]

you can fill it with anything.

You can make chocolate pastry cream

chocolate whipped cream

I personally would use ganache becuase becuase I cant get enough chocolate

[texasgirl]

chocolate pudding, but, not as much milk, to give it some thickness.

[Alix]

Nutella whipped with some cream.

[Dina]

Thanks girls. I ended up getting some Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate and whipping cream to whip it all up. I'll be making them this week so I'll make sure to take pics to show you all.

[Dina]

My friend is showing me how to make these tomorrow but she's using a homemade vanilla pudding/cream and fudge to fill the eclairs. How do you make instant fudge??? I need to make sure I have all ingredients before we begin our baking lessons.

[blissful]

Originally Posted by Alix

Nutella whipped with some cream.

Everyone I've turned on to Nutella just loves it! My kids too. I taught the kids that although we eat peanut butter here, that in Europe, they have chocolate sandwiches. They think I'm a great mom.

Eau claires are one of my favorites, I like the contrast between the creamy vanilla filling, and a dark chocolate top. It would be interesting to to try one with a dark chocolate filling and a white chocolate top.

~Blissful, chocolate lover and nutella lover

[Dina]

We used Smuckers chocolate fudge and made our own vanilla creme. The combination is SO delicious! It was so much fun baking together today.