Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside. Uncover refrigerated croissant dough, and transfer to a lightly floured surface. Lightly flour top of dough; roll into a 19- x 11-inch rectangle.

'Pain au chocolat' is the winner here, as it is widely used and appears in more dictionaries. But if you want to sound like you’ve mastered French on your next vacation, use 'pain au chocolat ...

Paris -- Should one of the best known French pastries be called chocolatine or pain au chocolat? This is a debate that has been going on for decades in France. A group of right-wing French MPs are ...

The pain au chocolat, also known as chocolatine, is associated with France, but its origins actually go back to Austria before evolving in France.