{"id":1276,"date":"2010-07-11T15:21:48","date_gmt":"2010-07-11T21:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2010-07-11T15:21:48","modified_gmt":"2010-07-11T21:21:48","slug":"mexican-chocolate-eclairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=1276","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Chocolate Eclairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_1887.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1277\" title=\"IMG_1887\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/IMG_1887.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"343\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, I decided to spice up the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=1197\">eclairs that I made recently<\/a> to go with last night&#8217;s Mexican meal.\u00a0 I used the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/gale-gand\/chocolate-eclairs-recipe\/index.html\">same recipe<\/a>, but added about 1\/8 tsp. of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=212\">Cinnamon Spice Blend<\/a> to the vanilla filling and 1 teaspoon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccormickgourmet.com\/Products\/Blends\/Cocoa-Chile-Blend.aspx\">McCormick Cocoa Chile Blend<\/a> to the chocolate glaze.\u00a0 I really liked the original version a lot, but this was a fun variation, too.\u00a0 I have had fun playing with chocolate and spices in the past (with Winter-Spiced Molten Chocolate Cakes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=66\">here<\/a> and Cinnamon Cupcakes with Chile-Chocolate Buttercream <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=491\">here<\/a>.) There was just enough chile &#8220;kick&#8221; in these without being too hot and the cinnamon really added a lot of depth to the filling.\u00a0 If I&#8217;m going to do this again, it&#8217;s probably not worth using a subtle vanilla bean, if I&#8217;m just going to cover it up with cinnamon.\u00a0 If I doctor it again, I&#8217;d probably use vanilla extract in the filling and not waste the effort (and money!) on a vanilla bean unless I&#8217;m keeping the filling plain vanilla, where the bean&#8217;s flavor can be appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I decided to spice up the eclairs that I made recently to go with last night&#8217;s Mexican meal.\u00a0 I used the same recipe, but added about 1\/8 tsp. of Cinnamon Spice Blend to the vanilla filling and 1 teaspoon of McCormick Cocoa Chile Blend to the chocolate glaze.\u00a0 I really liked the original version &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=1276\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mexican Chocolate Eclairs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts","category-spices-and-seasonings","category-vegetarian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1279,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276\/revisions\/1279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}