7 best profiterole recipes

Janine Ratcliffe

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Create a choux pastry masterpiece with our stunning profiterole recipes. Try a traditional chocolate stack or our modern salted caramel profiteroles

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Want to learn how to make profiteroles? Looking for choux pastry ideas? Our sweet choux stacks are perfect for entertaining a crowd. Try our ideas below and check out our easy dessert recipes and Christmas desserts.
For more pastry ideas, see our picks of the best shortcrust pastry recipes, filo pastry recipes and puff pastry recipes. Find more dessert inspiration in our chocolate dessert recipes, no-bake dessert recipes and indulgent dessert recipes.

Best profiterole recipes

Chocolate and hazelnut profiteroles stack

Looking for an impressive dessert to serve family and friends? Check out this show-stopping chocolate and hazelnut profiterole stack. With a creamy Nutella filling and crunchy hazelnut brittle, this stunning recipe is the perfect end to a dinner party.

A profiterole tower on a white cake stand, with chocolate and hazelnuts drizzled over

Salted caramel profiteroles

Add an element of luxury to dinner with our salted caramel profiteroles. Serve with a drizzle of chocolate sauce for extra decadence. Make the most of this dreamy flavour combination with more of our salted caramel recipes.

Black Forest profiteroles

With chocolate, double cream, black cherries and a splash of brandy, you can make and freeze these black forest cake-inspired choux buns ahead of time for a sophisticated dessert in minutes.

Black Forest Chocolate Profiteroles Recipe

Maple profiterole stacks

Profiteroles filled with maple cream are deliciously sweet and look suitably impressive stacked up on a plate. Finish with a generous drizzle of caramel.

Tiramis-choux tower

This hybrid centrepiece is half profiterole, half tiramisu and sees balls of choux pastry stuffed with coffee-drenched ladyfingers and boozy pastry cream.

Lavender and vanilla profiteroles

Try something different to standard milk chocolate, you won't be disappointed. Make the profiteroles ahead and keep for up to two days in an airtight container.

Lavender and White Chocolate Profiteroles Recipe

Snowball choux bun tower

Make Edd Kimber's glazed profiterole tower for a dazzling Christmas Day dessert. Filled with coconut cream and finished with vanilla icing, it's as decadent as it is beautiful.