Cream Cheese Chocolate Chunk Pastries

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 frozen puff pastry sheets (2 sheets)
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (8 ounce) package semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 4 (1 ounce) chocolate baking squares, chopped
• 2 (1 ounce) chocolate baking squares, for decoration

Recipe

• 1 thaw pastry sheets at room temperature 30 minute preheat oven to 375°f mix cream cheese, sugar and vanilla.
• 2 unfold one pastry sheet on lightly floured surface. roll into 14" x 10" rectangle. spread half the cream cheese mixture on pastry sheet to edges, except leave 1" border on one long side.
• 3 sprinkle half the chopped semi-sweet and chocolates over cream cheese. starting at long side covered with cream cheese, roll up like a jelly roll. press edges to seal. repeat with second pastry sheet. cover and refrigerate rolls for 1 hours.
• 4 cut each roll into 12 (1") slices. place 2" apart on greased baking sheets.
• 5 bake 20 minute or until golden. remove from baking sheets and cool on wire racks. decorate pastries with chocolate. makes 24 pastries.
• 6 tip: *to decorate: place chocolate in heavy-duty zipper-style plastic sandwich bag. close bag tightly. microwave on medium (50% power) about 1 minute or until chocolate is melted. fold down top of bag tightly and snip a tiny piece off one corner (about 1/8"). holding top of bag, drizzle chocolate over pastries.