This easy Cream Horns recipe is made with puff pastry that’s wrapped and baked until golden and flaky and filled with a sweet and fluffy cream filling!
These are a classic dessert treat that is perfect for holidays and gatherings. You can also dip or drizzle them in chocolate!
Last week I had a serious craving for Cream Horns. If you’ve never had one before, you are missing out! The buttery puff pastry is baked to perfection and then filled with a sweet vanilla cream! They are AMAZING!
They are very popular in New England and you can find them shaped as a tube or as a cone/horn. I love this recipe because, with store-bought pastry dough, they are actually really easy to make!
Ingredients
The pastry is just store-bought puff pastry, there’s nothing you need to add to it. The filling is a delicious mixture of butter, shortening, powdered sugar, marshmallow fluff, vanilla, and heavy cream!
Don’t skip the shortening – it is key! And while the cream is optional, I highly recommend using it (or half & half) because it really fluffs up the filling for a lovely texture that doesn’t make it feel greasy.
How To Make Them:
As I said before, Cream Horns are really simple to make! You’ll need dough molds or you can also use sugar cones that have been wrapped in aluminum foil.
Step 1: Begin by unfolding your puff pastry dough on a lightly floured surface and rolling it out with a lightly floured rolling pin.
Step 2: You should still be able to identify where the fold lines were. Cut each section into 4 evenly sized strips with a pastry wheel or pizza cutter.
Step 3: Wrap your strips of dough around the molds, slightly overlapping the dough.
Expert Tip: Dip your fingers in water to soften the ends of the dough strips and make them sticky enough to adhere to each other.
Step 4: Bake them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper until golden brown.
Step 5: Prepare the filling with an electric mixer, once baked and cooled, fill the pastry horns with cream! Enjoy immediately or store in an airtight container for up to 3 days at room temperature.
Recipe Variations
- Fruit: Add fruit preserves or Raspberry Filling to the inside of the pastry before filling it with cream.
- Chocolate: Either dip the baked pastry in melted chocolate and allow it to cool before filling, or drizzle it with melted chocolate after filling.
- Powdered Sugar: Dust with powdered sugar after filling for a pretty finish!
- Frosting: Choose one of my frosting recipes like Chocolate, Nutella, or Peanut Butter as a filling instead of the traditional cream recipe!
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Cream Horns
Equipment
- Cream Horn Molds or Sugar Cones
Ingredients
- 2 boxes Puff Pastry Dough thawed1
- 1 tablespoon water2
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup vegetable shortening
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 3 cups marshmallow fluff
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream3 optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- On a lightly floured surface, unfold a sheet of pastry dough and gently roll it out with a lightly floured rolling pin.
- You should still be able to see where the fold creases in the dough ware. Use a pastry wheel (or pizza cutter) to cut each section of the dough into 4 even strips.
- Grab a strip of dough and begin winding it around the cream horn mold4. If you are using tube shape you can start at either end, if you're using a cone shape you will want to start at the point and wrap from there, slightly overlapping the dough as you wrap. Wet your finger in the water to soften the end of the dough strip and make it sticky enough to stick to the mold and the next strip of dough. 3 strips of dough should fit on each mold. Do not wrap too close to the edges of the molds or it will be difficult to get the baked pastry off.
- Place the dough wrapped mold on the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake for 12 minutes until light golden brown, remove from the oven and allow the dough to cool on the mold for 20 minutes.5 Gently slide the pastry off the mold6 and allow them to cool for an additional 10 minutes on a wire rack.
- While the pastry is cooling, prepare your filling by creaming together the butter and shortening with an electric mixer. Add in the powdered sugar, fluff, and vanilla and mix on low speed until the sugar has combined, then increase the speed to high and whip for 2 minutes. If you choose to add the heavy cream (which I highly recommend) add it in before turning up the speed.
- Transfer the filling to a pastry frosting bag fitted with a large piping tip and pipe filling into the pastry. If you are using a tube-shaped mold, fill from both ends. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
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Notes
- The dough will take about 2 hours to thaw or you can put it in the refrigerator the night before you want to use it.
- The water does not go into the recipe, it is only used to wet your fingers and help you prep the dough.
- I highly recommend adding the heavy cream because it helps the filling whip up into a light texture and makes it easier to pipe.
- If you do not have mold and don’t want to wait to order them, you can use sugar cones that have been gently, but tightly wrapped with aluminum foil.
- If you don’t have enough molds or not enough room on your pan, you can bake your pastry dough in two different batches.
- Make sure to lightly grip the end that is opposite from the direction you’re pulling the pastry off the mold from. Do not pull from the middle or there is a higher chance of the pastry breaking.
- There is enough butter in the pastry dough that you do not need to spray your molds, this can actually make it hard for them to stay on the molds when prepping and baking.
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Comments & Reviews
Barbara DeBruyne says
Can you use Marshmallo cream instead of marshmallow fluff? Just the marshmallow fluff in this recipe would cost me almost $15.00. Plus, it’s really hard to find. Can’t wait to try this.
Rebecca Hubbell says
Yes, it should be a fine substitute!
Pat says
I love creme horns and have been looking for a great recipe. This one looked like it would be perfect, except it did not tell how to prepare the filling. It lists the ingredients, but no AMOUNTS to use. The recipe did give directions that you should mix the filling with an electric mixer, but still no measurements for the filling.
Rebecca Hubbell says
Hi Pat, the amounts for the filling ingredients are listed in the ingredients list near the top of the recipe card.
Anna says
This pastry was a huge hit with our friends last weekend! Everyone had so much fun making them and we devoured the whole batch!
Rebecca Hubbell says
I’m so glad everyone loved them!
Jamie says
Absolutely loved these! The cream inside was so delicious! Thinking about making a chocolate version next!
Rebecca Hubbell says
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! Chocolate filling would be delicious!