Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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🍄‍🟫 Mushroom Chocolate Bun
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So simple yet so cute! I bet kids will love seeing and eating these 🍄
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*Swee Stiff Starter*
30g starter
90g high protein flour
40g water
20g sugar
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*Dough*
200g high protein flour
20g sugar
4g salt
1egg
90g milk
20 butter
All SSS
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*Cocoa paste*
6g cocoa powder
15g hot water
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Method
➡️ Prepare sweet stiff starter and use when it triples, about 7-8hr at 27-28C.
➡️ Mix everything except butter till dough comes together and is strong.
➡️ Add butter in 2-3 batches and knead until butter fully incorporated, and dough achieves window pane.
➡️ Bulk proof the dough for 2hrs at 28C
➡️ Punch down the dough and split into 8 equal parts, round it up and rest for 15mins
➡️ flatten each dough and wrap in chocolate bar (approx. 30g each)
➡️ brush the dough with cocoa paste
➡️Final proof at 28C for 3-3.5hr or until dough rises 1.5x
➡️ Once the dough is sufficiently proofed, the surface may dry and crack, mimicking a mushroom’s look.
➡️ score a star lines at the top of the bun
➡️ Bake at 180C for 18mins

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