Chocolatine is a French bakery with chocolate. "Chocolatine", "Pain au chocolat" - variations of the French name, literally per. like chocolate bread or chocolate bun. It is a roll of puff pastry with chocolate filling. Such chocolate rolls are best known in the south-west of France and in Canada. Made from the same puff pastry as croissants. Often sold hot or warm from the stove. You can find buns in bakeries and supermarkets.
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Name Origin
According to the French, the formation of the name of the buns was influenced by the British. So, in the 15th century, sailors who landed in Aquitaine asked bakers to make chocolate in bread — chocolate in bread, which the French eventually reduced to “chocolate in”. So the names of Chocolatine appeared.
There is another opinion that buns in France were imported by Austrian businessman Auguste Zeng in the 1830s.
Other names
In France, the name of sweets varies by region:
- In O de France and Alsace, the word “petit pain au chocolat” is used - a small bun with chocolate.
- In central France and Paris, the word “pain au chocolat” is used - a chocolate bun.
- In southwestern France and Canada, the word chocolatine is used - chocolatine.
- In Lorraine, the word croissant au chocolat is used - a croissant with chocolate.
Implementation
Chocolatine is sold in supermarkets and convenience stores or in pastry shops.
- In Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Ireland, Denmark and the UK they are sold in most bakeries, supermarkets and cafes.
- In Germany, they are sold less frequently than chocolate croissants, but both are called Schokoladencroissant.
- In the United States, and often in Canada, they are commonly called "chocolate croissants."
- In the Belgian region of Flanders, they are sold in most bakeries and are called "chocoladekoek" or "chocoladebroodje".
- In Portugal and Spain, they are sold in bakeries and supermarkets and are called Napolitans (i.e. from Naples).
- In Mexico, they are also most commonly found in bakeries and supermarkets and are known as chocolates.
- In Australia and New Zealand they are commonly referred to as “chocolate croissants” and are sold freshly baked in most bakeries and supermarkets.
Chocolatine in Culture
French sweets are dedicated to the song
- Le Petit Pain au chocolat - Joe Dassin (1968);
- Pain au chocolat - group “IAM” (2013);
- Les Petits pains au chocolat - Charles Aznavour (2015)