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When we were in Spain last year we managed to eat churros con chocolat in just about every city and town we visited. My jeans were fitting tighter by the end of the trip but I was in heaven. I loved them so much that in Madrid we even stopped to buy a Churro Maker
Find the churro recipe right here and the dipping sauce is here:
Thick Dark Chocolate Dipping Sauce
- 1 3.5 oz Ghiradelli Dark chocolate bar
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup half and half
Break chocolate into small pieces and place in a bowl. Heat half and half in microwave or on stovetop until steaming.
Starting with 1/4 cup, pour hot half and half over chocolate. Let stand for a minute or two to allow chocolate to soften. Whisk with a fork until chocolate is incorporated and smooth. Add additional half and half a little at a time to reach thick consistency.
Serve warm with churros.
Photography by Paul Ferney for Oh Happy Day
Art Direction by Jordan Ferney
Recipes by Andrea Pimental
Coordinated by Stacy Wichelhaus
Crafting by Caitlin Barker
Assisted by Harper Casimiro
Marta G
March 21, 2013
Hi! I live in Barcelona, Spain, and I love having churros con chocolate. They’re delicious! They were my favourite breakfast after a night out! 🙂 I’ve never made them, I always buy them. You can also have this thick chocolate with melindros, it’s a very soft cake. If you like vanilla, you’d probably like them, too. Best regards from Barcelona,
Marta
Mere // Not Merely Living
March 21, 2013
Yum!!! I have never had churros with chocolate, but I can only imagine how amazing they must be. I want to make these immediately.
Lisette
March 21, 2013
My husband would love this! Fun alternative to the normal party sweets.
Kate
March 21, 2013
Ohhhh I have got to have a party to do this. I often have girls wine nights, but next time it might have to be a churros night as well!
PSbyDila.com
March 21, 2013
I’ve never tried churros before, but now I definitely will! Yum!
Rocío
March 21, 2013
I’m from Madrid and I love your churros with chocolat party! Your churros looks yummy 🙂
robyn
March 21, 2013
Hell yes!
Chloe Moon
March 21, 2013
I have to be honest in saying I have never had a churro…I know. I need to change that! What a better way to change it by making them myself! =)
Jessica at 11 Gray
March 21, 2013
So cute. Love this idea.
meg
March 21, 2013
My mouth is watering for some churros and chocolate. These look so yummy!
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Kathleen
March 21, 2013
This is the one thing I wish I ate more of when I was in Spain. SO GOOD.
Lindsey
March 21, 2013
looks yummy!
Alice
March 21, 2013
Sorry to be a pain, but it’s churros con chocolate, with an E at the end!
Adriana Evangelista
March 21, 2013
I’m from Brazil and we love churros there too, but we don’t eat it with chocolate. We make them hollow in the middle and fill them up with dulce de leche or caramel……….. it is like heaven!!!
Ines
March 21, 2013
What a great idea! Churros con chocolate used to be a daily part of my childhood trips to Spain with my grandmother 🙂
Jessica
March 21, 2013
I LOVE Churros. Never occurred to me I could MAKE THEM MYSELF. Thanks.
Nora
March 21, 2013
Those look absolutely delicious!
Nora
Nelja
March 21, 2013
I assume half and half is milk? It would be great to know… I would love to make this once!!
Andie
March 21, 2013
@nelja – In the US half and half is half milk, half cream.. Plain milk might be a little thin here, so I would use cream if you can’t get half and half where you live. 🙂
Maria Paz
March 21, 2013
Hello,
I am from Madrid and I completely agree, churros with chocolate are delicious…if anybody is planning to visit Madrid, you should go to San Gines or Chocolateria Valor, those places are the best to eat churros and porras with chocolate in Madrid.
Saludos,
Kate
March 21, 2013
You had me at Dark Chocolate! Yum!
suki
March 21, 2013
what a fun idea – i remember having churros con chocolat in spain! 🙂
Sandra
March 21, 2013
I grew up on Churros con Chocolate!
I remember every New Years Eve in Montreal, we’d go the Spanish Social Club (both my parents are from Spain), we’d party and at 6:00am we’d have Churros con Chocolate….Man those were the days!
Sometimes my grandma makes them….LOVE!
Sarah
March 21, 2013
Oh these look amazing! I can’t wait to eat chocolate again. I currently can’t eat any dairy (milk chocolate), but when I’m done nursing I’ll be back on the chocolate wagon =) Your trip actually inspired me to learn how to make churros last year, but I did my own spin. I made chocolate flavored churros and made them in the shape of hearts.
Elena @ Randomly Happy
March 21, 2013
What an amazing idea! I first tried churros con chocolate in Madrid and haven’t looked back since!
Love the idea of combining it with a party!
x Elena @ Randomly Happyt
little t
March 21, 2013
Hell yeah
michelle
March 22, 2013
Ohh yum yum yum yum. What a great idea. So cute. Love the little paper cones. Adorbs.
Evani
March 22, 2013
I want a churro maker so bad now… Love it!
Chelsey
March 22, 2013
What a great party idea!! Me and my husband went to Spain this last summer and fell in love with the churros con chocolate there! It’s simply divine:)
Dianita
March 22, 2013
Hi! I live in Monterrey, Mexico… the unofficial capital of churros. We have traditional churros, like the ones you blog about and “filled with..” churros. You can choose chocolate, strawberry jam, dulce de leche, cajeta and the list keeps going on. Endless choices… 🙂
Alba R
March 22, 2013
It was so long ago that for the first time I tried churros con chocolate in Spain, it is still the day that I dream of a hot cup of thick cocoa with the perfectly crisp and soft pastry. Thanks for bringing back memories.
Paulette Leto
March 24, 2013
I just had churros for the first time the other day, and I really liked them. But with chocolate, that’s something I MUST try! Do you think it would work to use rolled up napkins as the little paper cone to hold them while you eat?
Flor
March 26, 2013
Hi!, I live in Argentina. Here, the churros are a typycal and famous food.
We make churros, with “churreras” in our houses.
In Argentina the most popular churro is “churro relleno con dulce de leche”., like this http://www.taringa.net/posts/recetas-y-cocina/7616243/Churros-con-dulce-de-leche.html
I like so much your blog. Congrat!…
I hope you know Argentina,
Lisa
March 28, 2013
These look amazing! Living in Canada, Churros aren’t something that we eat on a regular occasion so this would be nice to make as a treat!
Isabel
April 3, 2013
Hola!!
my name is Isabel and my nanny was a churro maker. Last Monday we found out that you can buy a bottle with churro dought ready to make at a very famous Spanish supermarket brand( https://www.mercadona.es/ns/index.php) . I don’t think they ship products to other countries, yet!.
Wow! I hope they start shipping to the US soon – that would be so handy!