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I was thinking that it would be fun to make chocolate baklava. I have made a version of chocolate baklava that involved putting chocolate chips in with the walnuts. It was good but not great. Honestly I was just winging it and I could have messed something up. If anyone has a recipe for this feel free to send it my way!

I bumped into a recipe for chocolate baklava somewhere that called for chocolate phyllo. Is this a thing I can actually buy? If not, is this easy enough to make? I make regular phyllo all the time.

The only problem is, for baklava I like the thin sheets of Phyllo and mine don't come. close. Your thoughts are appreciated.
 
Yes chocolate phyllo dough is a thing as is chocolate puff pastry. I have not found it yet in supermarkets. The truth is your best bet is to make it on your own. Though as you said, homemade phyllo tends to be thicker than store bought phyllo. I say go ahead and make it. Be cautious on how much coco powder you use and when opening them (rolling them out) use coco powder instead of cornstarch. I would love to see photo of it if you do. Share it with us here or privately on my Insta at @PemiKanavos.
If you are to bored of making chocolate phyllo try out our chocolate baklava in our new book “Baking baklava” our syrup is chocolatey to add more chocolate flavor to the baklava!
 
acamp7 said:
I was thinking that it would be fun to make chocolate baklava. I have made a version of chocolate baklava that involved putting chocolate chips in with the walnuts. It was good but not great. Honestly I was just winging it and I could have messed something up. If anyone has a recipe for this feel free to send it my way!

I bumped into a recipe for chocolate baklava somewhere that called for chocolate phyllo. Is this a thing I can actually buy? If not, is this easy enough to make? I make regular phyllo all the time.

The only problem is, for baklava I like the thin sheets of Phyllo and mine don't come. close. Your thoughts are appreciated.
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Seems like you can only buy direct for now

athensfoods.com

Phyllo Shells Chocolate Flavor - Athens Foods

DESCRIPTION: Hey chocoholics, we’ve got you covered. Light, flaky layers of chocolate flavored phyllo dough are formed into mini pastry cups, then fully baked and frozen fresh. With our chocolate flavor phyllo shells, you can make your own mini dessert masterpiece. Product currently unavailable...
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I read a tip for making thin phyllo and I wonder if anyone has ever tried this - use a pasta machine - one of those with a crank that flattens the dough.

My concern is that this will overwork the phyllo. But I know it can help get the sheets thinner. I saw it in a cookbook somewhere but I've never personally tried it.

Let us know how things turn out with the chocolate phyllo!
 
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