Pain au chocolat
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Pain au chocolat (pronunciation ), also called a chocolatine in certain regions of France and in Quebec, is a French pastry, consisting of a cuboid-shaped piece of puff pastry containing one or more strips of chocolate. In France, they are often sold still hot or at least warm from the oven.
Translated literally as 'bread with chocolate', it is fundamentally a croissant variation and is commonly sold alongside croissants in French bakeries and supermarkets. They are typically eaten for breakfast or in the afternoon, usually by children coming back from school, so they can wait until dinner.
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In Iran, they are most often sold in packages at supermarkets and convenience stores, and occasionally made fresh in pastry shops. The packaged variety are most popular amongst schoolchildren as a quick breakfast.
In the United States, like croissants, they are typically eaten for breakfast and are often heated before consumption, making the chocolate melt throughout.
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