Pain au chocolat

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Pain au chocolat is a cuboid of laminated dough—that same precise, butter-layered viennoiserie fabric as a croissant—built around bars of dark chocolate that snap slightly between your teeth. Pulled warm from the oven, it's the everyday French answer to wanting something both delicate and substantial, sold alongside its cousin the croissant in bakeries across France, Belgium, and French Canada, each region sometimes calling it by its own name.

What makes this version distinct

Pain au chocolat (French: [pɛ̃ o ʃɔkɔla] ; Occitan: pan amb xocolata, lit. 'chocolate bread'), also known as chocolatine (French: [ʃɔkɔlatin] ; Occitan: chocolatina) in the south-west part of France and in French speaking parts of Canada, couque au chocolat (Flemish: chocoladekoek) in Belgium, or chocolate croissant in many English-speaking countries, is a type of viennoiserie consisting of a cuboid-shaped piece of yeast-leavened laminated viennoiserie dough, similar in texture to a puff pastry, with one or two pieces of dark chocolate in the center. The chocolate usually has a slight bite to the texture. Pain au chocolat is made of the same viennoiserie dough as a croissant. Often sold still hot or warm from the oven, they are commonly sold alongside croissants in French bakeries and supermarkets.

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