Somebody Help This Poor Girl: Chocolate Eclairs in Dallas

Posted on August 17th, 2012 10:00am by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Bring it!, Somebody Help

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I love SideDish & hope you and your readers can help me out. I am in search of good eclairs in Dallas.  Really good ones with a chocolate filling & topping.  My 80+ year old Dad grew up eating them from McKenzie’s Bakery in New Orleans & I’d like to surprise him with some. La Madeleine used to have them but not anymore.

13 comments

  1. Deli News at Preston and Campbell, Great Eclairs

    @ 10:08 am on August 17, 2012

  2. How about really fine real whipped cream Napoleans?

    @ 10:20 am on August 17, 2012

  3. Central Mkt has really good vanilla filled eclairs. Not sure about chocolate filled, though. You might try a special order from Rush Patisserie.

    @ 2:12 pm on August 17, 2012

  4. Try Rush Patisserie in Oak Cliff. If Samantha doesn’t already make them with chocolate filling, I believe she takes special orders. Easily the best pastry shop in Dallas, especially for eclairs, etc…

    @ 2:30 pm on August 17, 2012

  5. May consider calling Jimmy’s Italian Market in East Dallas. Mary (the sister) makes cream puff which are amazing (way better than central market cream puffs), and may be willing to make eclairs for the special occation?

    @ 3:33 pm on August 17, 2012

  6. Thirding Rush Patisserie. Samantha is a serious pastry artist and she uses the best ingredients. She can make anything.

    @ 4:28 pm on August 17, 2012

  7. The best I’ve had–with chocolate filling and topping–was at Eclair Bistro in Cedar Hill. It’s worth the drive.

    @ 4:41 pm on August 17, 2012

  8. The Swiss Pastery Shop in Ft Worth has unbelievable eclairs & napoleons

    @ 6:24 pm on August 17, 2012

  9. Had one from Hank’s last night (who knew they were open at night?) with a Barvarian cream filling. It was beyond words good…and a very fare price.

    @ 2:07 pm on August 19, 2012

  10. [...] Texas – Where did all the eclairs go? [...]

    @ 11:48 pm on August 19, 2012

  11. There is a hidden place in Cedar Hill called (ironically) Eclairs. The owner is a retired New Orleans cop, so talk about you really can go home again. Enjoy. I sure did.

    @ 9:10 am on August 20, 2012

  12. Oh my! I haven’t heard anyone mention McKenzie’s Bakery in New Orleans before. I grew up going there every Sunday! I loved all the baked goods!

    @ 11:12 am on August 22, 2012

  13. Main Street Baking Company (Grapevine and Plano) makes a tasty eclair (not my favorite type of pastry but these are good) ….

    @ 4:10 pm on August 23, 2012