Pain au chocolat

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Pain au chocolat (French pronunciation: [pɛ̃ o ʃɔkɔla] ; Catalan: pan amb xocolata; Occitan: pan au chocolat or pan au chicolat, lit. 'chocolate bread'), also known as chocolatine (French pronunciation: [ʃɔkɔlatin] ; Occitan: chocolatina [tʃukulaˈtino̞]) 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. Not to be confused with the croissant, the pain au chocolat differs in its rectangular shape and chocolate filling. Often sold still hot or warm from the oven, they are commonly sold alongside croissants in French bakeries and...

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