Bring the doughnut shop flavor home with delicious Boston Cream Puff Pastries. They are a great dessert with pastry cream and chocolate.
Jump to RecipeThere are a few food items I miss since moving to Texas. One of those, is Boston Cream doughnuts. I didn’t even realize they are a regional thing until we moved out of Florida. When you ask for one here, they ask if I meant Bavarian cream. No, I didn’t, but that’s all they have. Since I can’t get my favorite here, I decided to make my own.
Of course, there are some things available in Texas that aren’t in Florida, such as delicious Kolaches at every doughnut shop. Those have been my go-to now since I can’t get my favorite Boston Cream doughnuts.
While these aren’t exactly doughnuts, they were a lot easier to work with. I’ve made a type of stuffed doughnuts before when making Paczki, but I wanted something a bit different.
We had some puff pastry left in the freezer after making some berry and cream pastries, so I decided to use that up. I made some homemade custard cream to go inside. Then we ended up with amazing Boston Cream Puff Pastries!

Boston Cream Puff Pastries Step by Step
Ingredients
- 1 roll puff pastry
- 2 tbsp water
- 8 tbsp custard cream
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 3 tsp milk
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 375F. Roll the puff pastry out on a lightly floured surface.

Cut 16 circles with a biscuit cutter in the dough.

Brush 8 of the circles with water and stack the other 8 on top of those.

Bake for 15-20 minutes, until they are golden brown. Let the pastries cool completely.
Meanwhile, whisk the powdered sugar and cocoa powder in a small bowl.

Slowly whisk in the milk and vanilla extract. (This is the same glaze I use when making homemade doughnuts.)

Pull the pastries apart so you have two pieces for each. Place 1 tbsp of custard cream on the bottom half of each pastry. Dip the top half in the chocolate glaze to coat the top.

Assemble your Boston Cream puff pastries by putting the chocolate-glazed pastry on top of the custard cream with the chocolate side up. Repeat for each pastry.

Leftovers
Store leftover Boston Cream puff pastries in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They will last for up to 24 hours before the cream and chocolate start to make the puff pastry soften and get soggy.

Recipe
Originally Published On: February 10, 2021
Last Updated On: July 28, 2023

Boston Cream Puff Pastries
Ingredients
- 1 roll puff pastry
- 2 tbsp water
- 8 tbsp custard cream
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 3 tsp milk
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Recommended Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F
- Roll the puff pastry out on a lightly floured surface
- Cut 16 circles with a biscuit cutter in the dough
- Brush 8 of the circles with water and stack the other 8 on top of those
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, until they are golden brown
- Let the pastries cool completely
- Meanwhile, whisk the powdered sugar and cocoa powder in a small bowl
- Slowly whisk in the milk and vanilla extract
- Pull the pastries apart so you have two pieces for each
- Place 1 tbsp of custard cream on the bottom half of each pastry
- Dip the top half in the chocolate glaze to coat the top
- Put the pastries together by putting the chocolate-glazed pastry on top of the custard cream with the chocolate side up
- Repeat for each pastry
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutrition content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
Would you believe I’ve never had a cream puff pastry? They look amazing though!
Oh man, you are missing out! Boston Cream are my favorite doughnuts so these, of course, were delicious!
These are my favorite! I love Boston Cream and Puff Pastries with chocolate. Delicious!
I love it, too, and was so sad when they didn’t know what it was when I moved to the Houston area.
Well, I’m from Florida and never heard of these, but I do love Boston Cream Pie so these are bound to be delicious. Love that you start with pre-made puff pastry to make them super easy!
Huh, maybe it’s just a SouthWest Florida thing then?! It’s very similar to the pie as well.
That puff pastry is a fantastic addition to these classics and so gourmet great idea!
The puff pastry makes it easy to look fancy 🙂
I was anticipating these being a lot harder but using the puff pastry makes them super easy.
Puff pastry is the best for an easy but fluffy dough!
This is absolutely delicious! I love that it’s such a crowd pleaser for the whole family
It really is, my family devours these when we make them.
This is one of my favourite treats – perfect with a coffee. I am definitely going to have to try making them myself.
My husband loves to have it with his morning coffee, too.
I love these and ate them all the time as a kid! I live in Australia currently and haven’t had them in years! My sons who were born here have never tasted them either. I’ll make it for them and see what they think. There’s nothing I like more than making recipes that I loved as a child and sharing them with my own children.
Boston Cream and Puff Pastries with chocolate soo delicious!Thanks for sharing with us.
I love Boston cream pie! I’ll have to try to make these soon.
Those look so delicious! I’m going to have a hard time trying to stay away from sweets with these recipes!
It looks delicious, and I am sure my kids will love this.
I will surely make this for them.
In the kitchen I mainly make desserts, so thanks for this recipe my grandchildren will go crazy!
Just the perfect item to go down with tea, over the holiday season. I will give them a try!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe, I would share it to my best friend who loves baking so she can start teaching me how to bake.
This silky smooth Boston cream filling and chocolate ganache look amazing! these are totally additive
This didn’t last an hour in our house. The kids loved and enjoyed it
You’ve taken my all time favorite dessert and turned it into a cream puff. YES PLEASE!
Maybe something I need to attempt. Looks so pretty and yum
I made this recipe for my family this evening and it was soooo good! The pastries are so light yet sweet. I can’t wait to make these again!
I’ve never tried making cream puffs myself. These look yummy.
The pastries are looking delicious. Thank you for sharing the recipe, I will try making them on Christmas.
Ooh! These look so fun and easy to make. Love how little and cute they are, too!
Wow! This looks so good. I have done my own cream puff but it’s actually one of my favorites. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Will try next weekend.
I haven’t tried making this yet but I would love to try. Maybe I can do this and I can send some as a present to my relatives. Thanks for the recipe!
I Don’t know why, this looks like macarons to me. But yes! loved the pastries look so so yummy. Thanks for sharing!
Drooling over these puff pastries. SO delicious.Thanks for the recipe
This looks yummy. Thank you for the information about leftovers. Adding it to our list.
I’m from Boston and didn’t know cream puffs were a thing! Gotta try these