Categories: Kids, Vegetarian Profiteroles are everyone's favourite. While profiteroles and choux pastry are generally considered to be of French origin (think eclairs), they were invented by one of Catherine de' Medici's chefs, Popelini (presumably this is where the cream puff shop in Paris derives its name) and in French are even sometimes called popelin or poupelin. (Catherine de' Medici was a 16th century Tuscan noblewoman who married King Henry II of France.) Profiteroles are typically filled with whipped cream and topped with chocolate glaze. My favourite version of profiteroles is filled with and coated with chocolate mousse and the added benefit is our gluten-free friends are not left out as they can still enjoy the chocolate mousse on its own. These can be filled with lots of different flavoured creams such as coffee, caramel, mango, yuzu, Earl Grey, lemon, etc.