Chocolate Eclairs

I had made a Boston Creme Pie for our friend John's birthday and had some extra creme filling that I didn't know what to do with. Yes, I could have eaten it and it would have been delicious, but why not experiment with a classic dessert?

They really weren't as hard as I thought they would be. Just needed to make the pastry and then form the eclair shape. I put the pastry dough in a plastic baggie, snipped off a corner, and squeezed it onto parchment paper to resemble a hot dog like shape. After doing that a few times and putting the egg wash over them, I popped them in the oven. After I took them out and let them cool, I used scissors to open them up and put a glob or two of the creme filling inside. Then I made my chocolate glaze topping and poured it on top. Yum! Chocolate eclairs, Kim's homemade version.

They aren't as pretty as the bakery ones, but at least I can say I can make chocolate eclairs! I got the recipe from here, if you were interested.