Comments on: Eclairs

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:17:23 +0000

In reply to Kristine. Sure thing! Enjoy! :)

By: Kristine

Kristine — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:18:42 +0000

hi, can I double the pastry cream recipe and the choux? I need to make slot of eclairs!

By: Carla

Carla — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:35:43 +0000

Your recipe is a good one, french congrats BUT les éclairs are NEVER filled with vanilla cream unless the icing is vanilla as well (et l’éclair à la vanille is unfortunately quite rare to found). The two classical éclairs you can find everywhere in the country are chocolate or coffee but since a decade our bakeries have created delicious other ones like pistacchio éclair, rapsberry éclair, speculoos éclair. But the rule stayed always the same for every recipe : the flavour of the cream inside is ALWAYS the same flavour as the icing.

Ps : Looooooooved your recipe of madeleine also. I made them with a bergamot lime for tea time and it was perfection !

By: Sam Merritt

Sam Merritt — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:54:56 +0000

In reply to Margaret. Hi Margaret! These need to be chilled due to the pastry cream. They are delicious chilled. :)

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:06:08 +0000

Hello! Will these taste good chilled?

By: Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

Emily @ Sugar Spun Run — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 20:54:33 +0000

In reply to Charolette. Happens to the best of us So glad you still enjoyed them!

By: Charolette

Charolette — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 20:39:27 +0000

In reply to Emily @ Sugar Spun Run. Awesome. I am guessing the heat was too high. I may have been a little impatient. On the bright side, my husband and I had to split the last one because they were so good anyway we both wanted it!! Love your blog!

By: Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

Emily @ Sugar Spun Run — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 20:33:24 +0000

In reply to Charolette. Oh no! The heat may have been a bit too high during the cooking process or it may have just needed a minute or two longer on the stove.

By: Charolette

Charolette — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 01:58:41 +0000

I actually made the pastry party well!! They taste great. But, the cream filling was really runny. What did I do wrong?

By: Ivy

Ivy — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:29:39 +0000

In reply to Sam. Thank you!

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:35:13 +0000

In reply to Ivy. Hi Ivy! I try to write out everything so that anybody can do it. I would recommend reading through the instructions and watching the video before you start. Make sure you have everything ready to go before you start and follow the steps and you can do it! They are pretty similar recipes. This one has the extra step of chocolate on top. :)

By: Ivy

Ivy — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:20:45 +0000

Hi there! I'm a beginner baker. Would you recommend these for a beginner? Would your cream puffs be easier? As an Idea do you have a recipe for Pain au chocolate or Croissants? Thank you!

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 29 May 2024 14:24:58 +0000

In reply to Wahida Obaidi. They can get messy at times, but I'm glad you enjoyed them! :)

By: Wahida Obaidi

Wahida Obaidi — Wed, 29 May 2024 06:44:40 +0000

These were absolutely delicious! Piping in the pastry cream was pretty difficult and made quite the mess. Next time I might make them smaller so I only have to pipe it in from one end! It was well worth the mess!

By: Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

Emily @ Sugar Spun Run — Thu, 11 May 2023 20:38:23 +0000

In reply to Adan Dubas. Hi Adan! We used to have that feature on our site, but it never worked properly. The amounts were always messed up and it ruined a lot of recipes, so we unfortunately had to remove it

By: Adan Dubas

Adan Dubas — Thu, 11 May 2023 02:18:08 +0000

Can you add an option to change the amount of ingredients needed based on how many eclairs you’re going to make?

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 01:32:33 +0000

In reply to Abby. Hi Abby! That will work fine. They may need a few minutes less in the oven. :)

By: Abby

Abby — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:32:59 +0000

Hey, looking forward to making this! Would you be able to make these mini eclairs and pipe a bit less so the size is smaller? Thanks!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 16:13:34 +0000

In reply to Alexandria Magash. Hi Alexandria! I generally recommend slightly reducing the salt called for if doing so to help best control the flavor, but I think you'll still be fine. Enjoy!

By: Alexandria Magash

Alexandria Magash — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:08:15 +0000

I put salted butter in my French pastry cream will it still taste good?

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 03:21:52 +0000

In reply to Faria Mehboob. I'm so glad you enjoyed them so much, Faria! :)

By: Faria Mehboob

Faria Mehboob — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:30:47 +0000

In reply to Andres.

Hey Sam, just tried these last night! I cannot believe how perfect these went. I was skeptical with the technicalities involved and thought it’d take some practice but your recipe is fool proof!
I also infused the pastry cream with some orange zest and the it turned out to be very luxurious in taste.
Thankyou so much for this recipe!
Lots of love.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 02:48:05 +0000

In reply to Andres. Hi Andres! i'm sorry for the confusion! The lesser amount is the correct amount. You will only need 1/3 cup of chocolate chips. I'll be sure to update that. :)

By: Andres

Andres — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:39:43 +0000

wait, isn’t 2/3 cup of choco chips 4 oz, because in other recipes of yours it says 2/3 cup for 4 oz, not 2 oz?

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 01:46:44 +0000

In reply to Victoria. I am so happy to hear this, Victoria!! Thank you so much for letting me know how the eclairs turned out for you! <3