National Chocolate Eclair Day

National Chocolate Eclair Day can offer a great opportunity to grab a doughnut if you missed National Doughnut Day! Even if you celebrated that unusual holiday earlier this month, today’s a perfect day to eat a chocolate eclair! Chocolate eclairs are oblong pastries made with choux dough, filled with cream, and topped with chocolate icing. The dough is usually formed into an oblong shape with a pastry bag and baked. The pastry is then typically filled with a chocolate-flavored custard or cream, and chocolate icing is applied to the top. In the United States, chocolate eclairs are normally filled with vanilla pudding or custard.

Celebrate this fun holiday by visiting your favorite bakery and buying a chocolate eclair or seven! Wake up early and serve your family chocolate eclairs in bed! If you are running late to work, go to the doughnut shop and buy a box of chocolate eclairs for your boss and coworkers. Tell your boss that you were late in honor of National Chocolate Eclair Day! Have a competition with your friends to see who can eat the most chocolate eclairs! Buy a ton of chocolate eclairs and try to break the record for the world’s largest! However you decide to spend National Chocolate Eclair Day, we wish you an extra delicious and chocolatey day!

Interesting Facts

• Éclair means “lightning” in French. Many people believe that eclairs got their name from the glistening sparkles from the frosting that resemble a lightning bolt.
• Although the origin of the chocolate éclair is unknown, it has been hypothesized that Marie-Antoine (Antonin) Carême, a French chef, made the first chocolate éclair.
• The oldest recorded éclair recipe discovered in an American cookbook is from 1884.
• The most popular chocolate éclair filling is vanilla cream or whipped cream.
• In the United States, a chocolate éclair is sometimes referred to as a “Long John.” A Long John is an elongated doughnut filled with custard, cream, or jelly and covered in chocolate frosting.

Jokes

• A policeman pulls a man over for speeding and asks him to get out of the car. After looking the man over he says, “Sir, I couldn’t help but notice your eyes are bloodshot. Have you been drinking?” The man gets really indignant and says, “Officer, I couldn’t help but notice your eyes are glazed. Have you been eating doughnuts? A chocolate éclair perhaps?”

• Dear Chocolate Éclair, Thank you for making my hour-long Zumba class worthless. Sincerely, Overweight Mom. Today is a perfect day to loudly éclair that I couldn’t care less.

• Why do officers never eat chocolate éclairs?
• Cops can’t put their thumbs through them to chase down criminals!

• Why did the chocolate éclair have to go to the dentist?
• It needed a chocolate filling!

Quotes

• “He has no more backbone than a chocolate éclair.” – Theodore Roosevelt
• “I owe it all to little chocolate donuts.” – John Belushi
• “Even in the old days, we’d make an effort. When I’d go out to score on Eighth Avenue, I’d get my junk and a chocolate doughnut. But I’d always also pick up one of those pita-pocket health food sandwiches. You know, something really good for me.” – Steven Tyler

Destinations

• Wake up early and go to the doughnut shop to order a chocolate éclair!
• Go on vacation to France, the place where éclairs originated!

This holiday has also been called: Chocolate Éclair Day, International Chocolate Éclair Day, Chocolate Éclairs Day, National Chocolate Éclairs Day, and International Chocolate Éclairs Day.

June 22nd is also Great American Backyard Campout, Soap Microphone Day, and Stupid Guy Thing Day!

National Chocolate Éclair Day is celebrated in June, which is: Adopt-A-Cat Month, Fight the Filthy Fly Month, Great Outdoors Month, LGBT Pride Month, National Accordion Awareness Month, National Candy Month, National Dairy Month, National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, National Rose Month, National Turkey Lovers’ Month, and National Zoo and Aquarium Month!

When is National Chocolate Éclair Day in 2025?

National Chocolate Éclair Day is observed on June 22 each year.

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