Chocolate Pastry Purses

This easy recipe, which uses puff pastry and chocolate morsels, can be created in a matter of minutes. I found it in a magazine ad for Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Sheets. I adapted it somewhat to suit my taste. It calls for semisweet morsels and pecans, but I combined semisweet morsels, milk chocolate morsels, pecans, and Heath Toffee Bits. Just use whatever sounds good to you. It is very versatile. This is a great dessert to serve to dinner guests! You can assemble them ahead of time and then bake them while your coffee is brewing.

Chocolate Pastry Purses

1 sheet Pepperidge Farm Frozen Puff Pastry
chocolate morsels (milk chocolate, semisweet, or both)
Heath Toffee Bits, if desired
chopped pecans
confectioners sugar

-Thaw pastry for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425.
-On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry to a 12" inch square. Cut into four 6-inch squares.
-In the center of each square, place about 1/4 cup morsels and about 1 tbsp pecans.
-Bring the pastry corners together just above the chocolate. Then twist and turn. Fan out the corners.
-Place on a greased baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until golden brown. Let stand for about 10 minutes.
-Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and serve warm.

Roll pastry out on a floured surface:

Cut into squares:

Place filling ingredients on top of each square:

Bring pastry corners together and twist and turn:

Place on a greased baking sheet and bake at 425 for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown:

Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and serve warm:

This would also be fabulous with a fruit filling.