Name: Churros with Espresso Chocolate Dip
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 cups water; 2 cups flour; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp sugar; 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup butter; 4 Trader Joe’s Chocolate Espresso Battons

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Who doesn’t love fried dough?! Cinco de Mayo always screams Churros, and this time I made them with espresso chocolate dip that is so easy to make (wait until you read about this one!). These chocolates automatically upgrade any churros from smily home made to, oh hello there chef. So if you are planning a festive dinner, or a dinner for two, or better yet, just craving churros this is the perfect recipe.

Let’s begin with the churros. Between the cooking to the mixing and frying, the recipe may scary you off at first. However, you can have home made churros in matter on minutes and they are pretty damn good if you ask me.

What you need to get for churros:

Churros are simply made of:

Water
Flour
Salt
Sugar
Vanilla extract
Eggs
Butter

You will also need:

Two pots
Mixer
Oil thermometer
Pipping bags
Start decorating dip

Step by step, how to make churros with chocolate espresso dip:

The first thing to do is to place the water, sugar, salt and butter in a pot, on medium heat. Once the butter has melted give it a good mix and immediately add the flour. Lower the heat a little. Mix the flour in by using a wooden spoon. It will form into a ball with a few lumps.

Transfer the dough onto a mixing bowl and set a side for five minutes. In the meantime add oil to the second pot and heat to 360 – 365 degrees. You should have about 2 inches of oil in the pot.

Next, mix your sugar and cinnamon in a plate or container (make sure its big enough to fit the churros).

Next, add your eggs and vanilla extract and mix until everything is well incorporated. The dough should be smoother now.

Fill the pipping bag with the dough and begin making 3 inch long churros (or however long you like them) with straight into the pot (use clean scissors to cut the dough, so it drops in the pot) or pipe them onto parchment paper. Let the churros get golden brown and take them out straight onto a plate with the sugar.

Make ahead churros tip: pipe your churros onto a baking pan lined with parchment paper and cover with plastic wrap (or in plastic container). Freeze until ready to use.

Chocolate espresso dip for churros:

I hope you are ready for this one because this is the easiest fancy chocolate dip you can make in minutes. Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate espresso Batton. Thats it! They are 99 cents and you will need about 3 – 4 of them to make the dip. It’s so flavorful I wouldn’t bother making anything from scratch. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and serve immediately.

The chocolate will harden if not eaten immediately but you can always reheat it in a double boiler or microwave.