I’m very excited to share with you today’s recipe for Nutella brownies. My excitement has nothing to do with the fact that anything made with Nutella tastes better. However, I’m excited because this recipe only contains only four ingredients!!! Now you may be asking yourself right this minute on whether or not you can trust a brownie recipe with only four ingredients. This is a fair question I will address because I had some skepticism myself. But rest assured, these little hazelnut chocolate bites are well worth the 3 minutes (if that) it took for me to mix the batter and the 12 minutes it required to bake.
This recipe comes from pasty chef, cookbook author, and Fine Cooking Magazine’s contributing editor, Abby Dodge. She has a new cookbook coming out next week called Desserts 4 Today: Flavorful Desserts with Just Four Ingredients
Back to the brownies. The texture of the brownies are more similar to a gooey cake.. .molten lava cake to be exact. If you’re hoping for a chewy brownie, these are not it. Instead, they are more like super moist cake except the brownies literally melt in your mouth. The recipe makes exactly 12 mini cupcake sized bites and it is hard not to eat them all in one setting. I can already tell these little chocolate bites of yumminess are going to become my regular late night pick me up snack.
I should also mention, this recipe does not require a mixer and children can easily whip up a batch. Enjoy!
- ½ cup Nutella spread
- 1 large egg
- 5 tablespoons all=purpose flour
- ½ cup chopped hazelnuts
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-cup mini muffin pan with paper or foil liners.
- Put the Nutella and egg in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth and well blended. Add the flour and whisk until blended.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tins (about ¾ full) and sprinkle with the chopped hazelnuts.
- Bake until a pick comes out with wet, gooey crumbs, 11 to 12 minutes. Set on a rack to cool completely. Serve immediately or cover and store at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Switch-Ins: In place of the hazelnuts, switch in one of the following:
- ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon (add with the flour)
- peanuts, chopped, 1/4 cup
Made these last night but doubled the quantities, left out the nuts, added caramel chips to the batter and stuck half a white chocolate button in the top of each one. Soooo good! Will be making another batch to bring to work for World Nutella Day next month. I’m quite chuffed I actually managed to cook something in my super temperamental oven without burning it! Yay!
I don’t have any mini-muffin liners. Would they work just fine without them/ just using Pam?
I didn’t have much Nutella left, so I used only slightly more than 1/4 cup. They still turned out pretty good though, although the inside was not as gooey as I wanted. This is also rather easy, and combined with my Tefal Pie and Co., it’s totally idiot-proof! Thank you.
Made this this afternoon, followed everything exactly. While they were good, they weren’t my absolute favorite. My kids loved them! This recipe is a keeper though, simply because its so easy with few ingredients! Thanks for sharing.
I used a regular sized muffin tin. They were a little too rich for me as a cupcake, so i took them out of the cupcake wrapper, put them in bowls and put vanilla ice cream on top. OMG was it good! It tasted just like a brownie sundae!
I just tried it..n its delish and so easy to make…perfect for my lazy afternoon snacks…thanks u.
I’m looking forward to trying this, but I’m confused:
1. How does this work without baking powder & soda?
2. There is also a 4 Ingredient Nutella Cookie recipe. What are the differences in the two recipes? Is it only the presence of sugar and the different amounts of flour?
I’ve made these twice and they’re SO GOOD! Thank you! make sure to bake small ones so the center bakes, though.
P.S we used a very small glass cake pan in the toaster oven on bake with temperature just a little higher than directions. Center was nice and gooey. Do not add to much flour. We also substituted almond slices. If you have a nut allergy you can use pretzel. If you like sweeter add a little powder sugar or Stevia.
Husband didn’t have all ingredients to make chocolate chip cookies and he had a sweet tooth. I remembered we have huge jar of Nutella. Found this recipe, seemed easy enough so we tried it. It was soooo easy, taste fantastic. You must try these for yourself!
Depending on what size your eggs are, the texture can get a bit rubbery. Doubling the recipe with 2 large eggs and 4/3 cups of Nutella works well for more.
I have baked these many times, but once I tried as “Nutella Pie” (in a circular 9″ shallow pan) and they were great!
I was in search of a simple recipe to fulfill my sweet tooth and use up some Nutella I had in the cabinet. This was not the right recipe. I decided to try it based on the majority of the reviews being good. Everyone just does not have the same tastes. This recipe was horrible. The consistency was definitely there…brownie like with a gooey center but it tasted like nothing. I couldnt even taste the nutella. This recipe was a waste of my perfectly good Nutella.
Pretty good. Although I do agree messurements are way off. It barley made 6.
Delicious! Just came out of the oven and they are perfect! I used a regular sized muffin tin and filled the liners halfway. I also used whole wheat flour instead. Thanks for the recipe! So easy!!
chia seeds soaked in water can be used for egg sub…they are good for you too.
Hi!
This seems really YUMMY!
Though, I was just wondering if you suggest me an alternative for the Nutella?
Please & Thank you! 🙂
Yumm-oh!!! Loved these!
Yum! Loved these!!!
I liked this recipe! I did not get the lava cake effect, but they are very yummy!! Good for when you don’t have a lot of ingredients in the kitchen!! 🙂 Thanks!!!
I tried the recipe yesterday! And I as well was skeptic at first, but it turned amazing!!
totally recommended! 😉
I made these today and took them to work- they were fantastic! So easy to put together & so tasty!
Thank you for the recipe.
They were good but it was very messy for me to get it in. I think my consistancy is wrong.
o well they were still good
I made these exactly as written and they were perfect. A definite keeper. I can’t wait to try some more of the recipes you have here!
I think it’s because I’m a guy or something like that, but the brownies turned out horrible. It has a very weird centre and the crust is awful tasting…I’d give it another go but the taste still haunts me…