These Nutella Pancakes are not just two pancakes sandwiched with Nutella. This is a pancake STUFFED NEATLY with Nutella. Find out how!! (It’s super duper easy!)
There are very few pancakes in this world where I won’t say “drown with copious amounts of maple syrup, butter and cream for optimal experience”. This is one of them.
When pillowy soft, fluffy pancakes are stuffed with warm, oozy Nutella, you simply don’t need anything else. I added some strawberries for a pop of colour and freshness. I probably could have added cream. But they are 1000% optional.
Look at this stack of irresistible-ness (is that a real word?!). Don’t you just want to reach through your screen and grab one of these Nutella Pancakes? 😉
I’ve seen plenty of Nutella Pancakes “around” on the world-wide-web. But they were all either two pancakes sandwiched together with Nutella, or you had to try to spread Nutella onto the batter in the fry pan (very difficult, I tried!).
The way I make these is a little….unorthodox, shall we say? This idea dawned on me when I read somewhere that the way restaurants make molten lava cake is to pop a frozen chocolate ganache into the batter. (Actually, I didn’t read that somewhere, I saw it in the movie “Chef” during the epic moment when Jon Favreau completely loses his cool at a restaurant critic!)
So what I do is make frozen discs of Nutella. Then when I’m making the pancakes, I just plonk a disc on the batter, cover with more batter, and hey presto! You have perfect Nutella Pancakes!! 🙂
I don’t usually have a jar of Nutella in my pantry. I can’t. It’s just too dangerous. Because I’m one of those people who will actually sit on the couch and eat Nutella straight out of the jar with a spoon.
No shame. Are you appalled? 😉
So Nutella is a treat in my books. Which means if I’m using it to make something, I’ve done something so exceptional that I have deemed that I deserve a treat. Like having a meat free carb free dairy free salad for dinner. (Correction: Couldn’t resist adding parmesan. So it wasn’t dairy free.). Which I did last night. Which means I can have these for Nutella Pancakes breakfast, right? I have plenty of calorie credits from last night to offset this against!
So….do you eat Nutella out of the jar too?? – Nagi x
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Nutella Stuffed Pancakes
Ingredients
- 10 - 14 tbsp Nutella
Dry Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups plain flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 4 tbsp sugar
- Pinch of salt
Wet Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 1cup + 2 tbsp milk (I used low fat)
- 1 tsp vanilla essence (optional)
Other
- 1 tsp butter , separated (2 x 1/2 tsp)
- Sliced strawberries (optional)
Instructions
Frozen Nutella Disc
- Line a baking tray with baking paper (parchment paper).
- Dollop 1 1/2 to 2 tbsp of Nutella onto the baking tray and spread into a disc around 2 1/2" / 6cm in diameter and 1/5" / 1/2 cm thick. (Note 1) Repeat to make 7 discs.
- Place the tray in the freezer until firm (around 1 to 1 1/2 hours).
- Peel off the parchment paper. Keep the Nutella discs in the freezer until required (they soften quickly).
Pancakes
- Place the Dry Ingredients in a bowl and whisk to combine.
- Make a well in the centre and place the Wet Ingredients in the well. Whisk until combined and lump free (stop whisking as soon as it is smooth, don't over whisk).
- Melt 1/2 tsp butter in a non stick fry pan over medium heat. Once melted, wipe most of the butter off with a paper towel. (Note 2)
- Take 3 Frozen Nutella Discs out of the freezer just before you start cooking. (Note 3)
- Dollop 1/4 cup of batter into the fry pan. Working quickly, place 1 Frozen Nutella Disc in the middle of the batter, then top with batter to cover the Nutella disc (Note 4).
- When bubbles start appearing around the edges (around 2 minutes), lift up the edge and make sure the underside is golden. Then flip and cook until the other side is golden.
- Repeat with remaining batter. Melt more butter in the pan after the 3rd or 4th pancake. You should be able to make 7 in total, but sometimes it makes 6 - depends on how much batter you use on top of the Nutella.
- Serve warm with sliced strawberries, if using. You could also serve with cream but I find that it's not necessary!
Recipe Notes:
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If you are as obsessed with Nutella as I am, you will LOVE these No Bake Mini Nutella Cheesecakes!
They’re made in a muffin tin!
Do they mean 308 calories per 1 pancake?
Hi Kirst! Yep, per pancake. Worth it. You won’t need lunch!!! 😉 (Go on, you deserve it!!!) N x
OMG! These look so amazing! Nutella is the best!
Tell me about it….
Hi, what do yo preheat your oven to and how long do you keep the Nutella disc in the oven?
Hi Jade! I just preheat it to very low, as low as it will go 🙂 The Nutella disc is not kept in the oven, it is frozen!! 🙂
Can you use boxed pancake mix?
You sure can Grace!
OH MY GOSH. these were amazing. I want to eat the whole batch but I’m trying to have self control. My pregnant self and toddler really enjoyed making these and eating them!! Sooooo sooo good. The only part we had to change is we used peanut butter dreams instead of Nutella. It’s peanut butter mixed with dark chocolate. I also found the freezing brilliant!!!! So easy and no mess!!!!
OOOH!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it, thank you for letting me know Patti!!! 🙂
Do you have to freeze the nutella or can you just put a dollop on there?
Hi Alaina! I cam cup with the freezing method because dolloping it is so messy 🙂 Really awkward to make and it the end result isn’t neat at all! 🙂
I tried Larissa’s recommendation–mixing peanut butter and Nutella together and the mixture won’t freeze, but we were able to build a pancake around it, but it was not pretty, but with caramel sauce and whipped cream, nobody cared.
I found a easy to make uniformed sized Nutella patties. Put a glob of Nutella an a four-inch disposible aluminum pie plate, place another one on top of it, and press down–it smashes it flat. Then do itbagain to the one on top and repeat the process again. We had six pans, so we made five of them, and then put them in the freezer. Next morning, i pried them apart and popped them out with a small spatchala. They were all the same size, and they start to defrost immediately. We had to keep them in the freezer until we were ready to insert them into the pancake batter. We loved them. Thanks again Nagi!
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That’s really clever Dallen! Thanks so much for sharing that tip withe everyone!
I love Nutella, I’ve seen her many rules. Your and several others are very good.
I recommend also those with other additives http://www.open-youweb.com/how-to-make-homemade-nutella/
This you do by yourself is better than the store
Oooh! Homemade nutella, I’ve never tried that, I must! 🙂
Oh my Gosh! This looks a m a z i n g!
So clever! Thank you very much for sharing! 🙂
I’m actually from Serbia, where we have different kind of pancakes, so even making the usual so called “American Pancakes” was a big challenge to me lol But, hopefully I’ll master this one too! Again thanks, and best regards! xx
Oooh! I would love to know what Serbian pancakes are!! Sweet or savoury?
Oh, well it kinda depends! lol I would say the base is neutral, it depends whether you put chocolate cream or jam inside or some vegetables and so on lol
Here’s the link on how they look: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ldlkb1ZZdU8/TxxAtV5bXjI/AAAAAAAAMCc/aI9I-VwZPk0/s1600/IMG_6842blog.jpg
The base is similar to American pancakes, but we don’t use so many sugar and baking powder.. So they’re bigger and thinner.. 🙂 If you’re interested in recipe/tutorial, It’s quite easy, I would be more then glad to email you! 🙂 xo
My sister just sent me your post. I am very excited about trying this out. We are supposed to supply waffles for the big Easter bash, but I am thinking your stuffed Nutella pancakes instead. We have old family recipe for a fabulous caramel sauce, that is to die for. This sounds better than our chocolate waffles this year.
I agree with Larissa about the peanut butter and the Nutella. They sit side by side in our pantry. Thanks for sharing!
Ooooh!!! Now THIS is a centrepiece for an Easter bash, that’s for sure! 🙂
Wanting to make these, but NO PARCHMENT paper!! Can I use tin foil instead? Help help! Wanting to make these right now!
YES YOU CAN use foil!!!! 🙂
Oh my! This looks so delicious! I’m definitely going to try this out this weekend. My husband will love it! Thanks for the wonderful post!
I hope you enjoy it Christine!!! 🙂
youmiiii i’ll do it :p
Can you put the Nutella disks inside an aunt jemima pancake mix?
Any pancake mix will work with this!
I love what you’ve done here with this recipe its so innovative
Thanks Sade! I hope you try it, it’s pretty darn delicious!!! 🙂
These look awesome, fun and easy. Ill definitely whip this up the next time I have guest over.
Thanks!
Hope you do!! 🙂
Made these for breakfast this morning for friends! So deldelicious. I love how the Nutella becomes Gooey and warm when biting into them 🙂
So glad you enjoyed this Christina!!! 🙂
I love pancakes yum
ME TOO! 🙂
Honest to god, this is the most perfect pancake recipe I’ve ever tried!! With any other recipe my pancakes would turn out just wrong, but with this one they turned out so yummy even without Nutella. Thank you!
Gosh, thanks McKenzie!!! 🙂 So glad you enjoyed it!
Holy Santa Clause S@#T!!! Today’s Fat Tuesday and guess what’s for dinner?! I’m thinking I’m gonna forego the healthy looking strawberries, and go with a more decadent topping of vanilla ice cream and bananas foster! Thanks for the awesome recipe. I hope mine come out looking half as good as yours!
BA HA HA!! Love the enthusiasm!!