The best profiteroles to buy: tried and tasted

M&S Profiterole Stack

Winner

300g, £5.50

Arranged as a rectangular stack, these are nicely decorated and appealing.

The choux is soft and light and the cream excellent, while the rich chocolate topping is appetising, though blobbed on and firm, not ‘smothered’ as described on the packaging.

8/10

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Aldi Dessert Menu Profiterole Dessert

450g, £2.75

An excellent value tray of large profiteroles smothered in tasty chocolate sauce, albeit less rich than Belgian chocolate ones.

The choux is firm, while the cream has a good consistency and quite a boozy flavour, which may be too much for some.

7/10

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Co-op Rich and Chocolatey Profiteroles

150g (2x75g), £2.65

Three relatively small-sized buns, with perfect choux pastry and plenty of chocolate sauce, in an individual pot.

The sauce is exquisite and combines wonderfully with the vanilla cream filling enhanced with a subtle alcohol flavour. If only they were bigger.

8/10

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Tesco Belgian Chocolate Profiteroles

300g, £4

Nicely presented in a pyramid with a dusting of icing sugar, though the pastry is a little soggy and the chocolate has a slight aftertaste.

But, they do have a great combined taste – and they look appetising too.

7/10

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Sainsbury’s Belgian Chocolate Profiteroles

220g, £4

Good sized profiteroles in a pyramid stack, though the chocolate coating is sparse and unevenly distributed.

The pastry isn’t firm enough, the cream doesn’t really hit the spot and there isn’t much satisfaction in the overall, rather bland, taste.

6/10

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Waitrose 12 Belgian Chocolate Profiteroles

230g, £4.25

A pleasantly presented stack served with chocolate sauce and topped with grated chocolate. The topping improves when softened, and is in fact our favourite, though the amount is insufficient.

The choux tastes a tad overcooked and dry and the cream filling is good, but a bit synthetic.