Fluffy, soft chocolate rolls are perfect as a sweet breakfast or as a snack on the go.
Delicately browned on the outside, deliciously soft on the inside and covered in small, melted chocolate pieces – they are a little comforting treat that no breakfast box should be without. Whether on a cozy Sunday morning with a cup of coffee or as a sweet surprise for the playground – these rolls are guaranteed to make eyes light up.
And the best thing is: you don’t need any professional baking equipment, fancy ingredients or hours of preparation. With a little patience and a lot of love, you can conjure up your own fragrant chocolate buns in no time at all, fresh from the oven, still warm and irresistibly good.
I’ve been looking for chocolate buns in the supermarket from time to time recently, but haven’t really found any. So I just had to bake them myself.
Depending on the region and baker, there are different varieties of soft chocolate rolls. Sometimes with dark chocolate, sometimes with milk chocolate, sometimes plain, sometimes with a hint of vanilla or cinnamon in the dough. In this version, I added some cardamom as well as cinnamon. Baking them yourself not only has the advantage that you know exactly what’s in them – you can also vary them to suit your taste: with nuts, dried fruit or white chocolate.
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Stir the water and brown sugar together until the sugar has dissolved.
Add the yogurt, dry yeast, flour, cardamom, cinnamon and a pinch of salt and knead everything together.
Add the butter and egg, knead into an even dough, cover with a cloth and leave to rise in a warm place for approx. 45 minutes.
Add the chocolate chips and knead carefully so that the chocolate chips are incorporated into the dough.
Divide the dough into 8 pieces and shape into small balls, depending on taste. Cover and leave to rise again in a warm place for 45 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees fan. Mix an egg yolk with a tablespoon of milk and grease the rolls with it.
Bake the chocolate buns for approx. 25 minutes until golden brown.
Ingredients
Directions
Stir the water and brown sugar together until the sugar has dissolved.
Add the yogurt, dry yeast, flour, cardamom, cinnamon and a pinch of salt and knead everything together.
Add the butter and egg, knead into an even dough, cover with a cloth and leave to rise in a warm place for approx. 45 minutes.
Add the chocolate chips and knead carefully so that the chocolate chips are incorporated into the dough.
Divide the dough into 8 pieces and shape into small balls, depending on taste. Cover and leave to rise again in a warm place for 45 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees fan. Mix an egg yolk with a tablespoon of milk and grease the rolls with it.
Bake the chocolate buns for approx. 25 minutes until golden brown.
Notes
The chocolate buns taste best freshly baked, but are also great to freeze. Simply defrost at room temperature or briefly bake in the oven – and they are as good as fresh again!
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As always, have fun with this recipe and bon appétit!
