Éclairs au Café et au Chocolat

Conjecture surrounds the history of the éclair. In the Oxford English Dictionary, 1864 is cited as the earliest the word éclair was being used to describe this pastry. Some historians use this date to discredit claims that the inventor of the éclair was Antonin Carême; however, he still may have invented this filled puff pastry under a different name. The pastry was also known in France as bâ