Greggs Pain au Chocolat

£1.50 299 kcal Breakfast

Deliciously soft, our deliciously decadent Pain au Chocolat is great for snacking on the go.

Allergens: Eggs, Wheat, Milk

About This Dish

The Greggs Pain au Chocolat costs £1.50 and folds 299 calories of dark chocolate batons into laminated butter pastry. It is the continental corner of a defiantly British counter, and it holds its own against coffee shop versions at nearly twice the price.

The pastry does the talking: proper layers that shatter at the edge and pull soft at the centre, with two chocolate lines that stay just molten when the batch is fresh. Alongside the All Butter Croissant at £1.45 it forms the counter's French delegation, and the Breakfast Pastry Meal Deal bundles either with a hot drink at £4.25, which is where the value turns absurd.

It suits the slower breakfast, the desk unwrap, the elevenses that need chocolate without commitment. Pair it with a Regular Cappuccino and the whole affair still undercuts a single pastry at the chains. The breakfast menu lists the pastries with live prices.

Greggs Pain au Chocolat Nutrition Info

299 kcal Calories 15% RI

14g Fat 20% RI

9.5g Saturates 48% RI

35g Carbohydrates 13% RI

7.9g Sugars 9% RI

6.6g Protein 13% RI

0.55g Salt 9% RI

* Values approximate, per 79g. Data from publicly available Greggs information · Updated 8 July 2026. Report an error.

How to Make Pain au Chocolat at Home

True laminated pastry is a weekend project; the honest home shortcut uses all butter puff pastry and delivers 80 percent of the joy for 5 percent of the work.

Prep: 15 minCook: 18 minDifficulty: EasyServings:6

Ingredients

1 sheet (320g) all butter puff pastry
100 g dark chocolate, cut into batons
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp demerara sugar

Method

0 of 4 steps

Heat the oven to 190°C fan and cut the pastry sheet into six rectangles.
Lay a chocolate baton across one end of each, fold over once, lay a second baton, and roll to the end.
Set seam down on a lined tray, egg wash, and scatter the sugar over.
Bake 16 to 18 minutes until puffed and deep golden. Cool 5 minutes; the chocolate runs hot.

Tips

Chill shaped pastries 15 minutes before baking for taller layers.
Chocolate chips work; batons melt into better lines.
Eat within hours; laminated pastry lives fast.

Variations

Add orange zest to the sugar topping.
Hazelnut spread instead of one baton, sealed well.
Almond flakes over the egg wash.

Serving ideas

Warm with black coffee, in the continental fantasy of a Tuesday morning.

Pain au Chocolat FAQs

How much is the Pain au Chocolat?

It costs £1.50 alone, or bundles with any hot drink through the Breakfast Pastry Meal Deal at £4.25.

How many calories does it carry?

The pastry holds 299 calories, standard for a laminated chocolate pastry. Full figures show above.

Is it baked in shop?

Pastries bake through the morning, so early and mid morning batches eat freshest, with the chocolate still soft.

Is it vegetarian?

Yes. Butter, milk, egg and wheat all feature, so it suits vegetarians but not vegans; the vegan menu covers plant based sweet options.

Croissant or pain au chocolat?

The All Butter Croissant at £1.45 plays it straight; this one brings chocolate. The pastry deal prices either identically with a drink, which settles nothing.