📋 No Bake Strawberry Tiramisu Croissant Éclairs Recipe

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📋 No Bake Strawberry Tiramisu Croissant Éclairs Recipe

Ready in 20 minutes, these NO BAKE Strawberry Tiramisu Croissant Éclairs (Cheater Éclairs) taste just like eclairs but without the baking, making them the ultimate summer snack! They are also great for a last-minute potluck dessert or bake sale.

Course Dessert, snacks

Cuisine American, Canadian

Keyword mini eclair, strawberry, tiramisu

Special Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Servings Mini Éclairs

Calories 340kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Ingredients

8 mini croissants
2 -99 g packages of prepared chocolate pudding (snack packs) about 1 cup
½ cup Mascarpone cheese
1 tablespoon Kahlua (optional)
16 oz container of fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced in quarters, reserve 4 for topping
3 cups whipped cream This is about 2 cups of whipping cream (liquid) sweetened to your liking. I use about 2 tablespoon of white sugar for 3 cups.

Garnish

4 whole strawberries, cut in half
¼ cup whipped cream (reserved)
1 oz semi sweet chocolate, melted

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Instructions

PREP *IMPORTANT! The fresh croissants will be too soft when you buy them, so you need to let them sit out overnight to dry out a little. This will be much easier to work with and closer to the texture of an actual eclair.
With a bread knife, using a sawing motion, slice croissants down the wide side (but do NOT cut all the way through!)
8 mini croissants
Mix chocolate pudding and mascarpone cheese together in separate bowl. Add Kahlua, if you are using it.
2 -99 g packages of prepared chocolate pudding (snack packs), ½ cup Mascarpone cheese, 1 tablespoon Kahlua
Spread pudding mascarpone mixture on bottom of croissant, dividing evenly between all croissants.
Top with sliced strawberries, dividing evenly between each croissants
16 oz container of fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced in quarters, reserve 4 for topping
Fill a pastry bag with whipped cream. Using a 1M tip, pipe whipped cream into croissants, dividing evenly between all the croissants, but reserving about ¼ cup for garnish. Gently close the top of the croissant over the filling. * you can use a spoon if you aren't comfortable piping whipped cream. Or if you don't have a pastry bag, use a ziplock bag with the corner cut off.
3 cups whipped cream
Set croissants on parchment paper. Melt chocolate on 50% power in the microwave and dip spoon in melted chocolate. With a flicking of the wrist motion, drizzle chocolate across each croissant (see VIDEO below (in NOTES) for how to do this).
* When you’re drizzling the chocolate, don't aim for perfection. You want a whimsical, rustic look. Those messy, beautiful lines are exactly what tell others that these are spectacular homemade éclairs and not something you just pulled off a grocery store shelf!
1 oz semi sweet chocolate, melted

Garnish

Top with a dollop of whipped cream and a half strawberry. Serve. * You can garnish with whipped cream and strawberry before or after you drizzle the chocolate.
¼ cup whipped cream (reserved), 4 whole strawberries, cut in half

Notes

*Note: Whipped Cream: Stabilized whipped cream ensures your whipped cream doesn't 'fall' or run. A quick hack I use is adding ¼ cup of piping gel per 2 cups to your whipped cream when it reaches soft peaks, then beat it to stiff peaks.

Ideally, you'll want to use real whipping cream and whip it to stiff peaks, then sweeten to your liking (I use about ¾ of a tablespoon per cut, but I taste it to decide on how much to add). However, you can use a spray can of whipped cream. Just note that it must be served IMMEDIATELY (within 5 minutes), or it will start to melt!

**Note: VIDEO- How to drizzle chocolate with a spoon. She uses coconut oil to thin it a little, but you don't have to do that in this case. However, if your chocolate is a little thick, you can also use plain vegetable shortening instead.

***Note: Since you'll have leftover mascarpone cheese, why not try my Healthy Creamy Ham Pasta with Peas or my Carrot Cake Doughnut Muffins! It also freezes well for up to 3 months in an airtight container!

Expert Recipe Tips:

Handle with Care: When slicing and filling the croissants, be gentle! You want to keep the "loft" and airiness of the bread so they look like traditional, plump éclairs.
The "Zip" Hack: If you don't have a professional piping bag, just use a large Ziploc bag with the corner snipped off. It makes filling these mini éclairs a 2-minute job with zero mess.
Melt Slowly: When melting your chocolate for the drizzle, use 50% power in the microwave. Chocolate can seize easily if it gets too hot or any liquid touches it!
Serve Chilled: These are at their absolute best after sitting in the fridge for about 30 minutes. It allows the mascarpone and pudding filling to firm up.

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