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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I made this for my kids and their friends this morning- absolutely brilliant! It took a little practice to get the technique right, but they were perfect once I worked it out.
I saw another reader ask about making ahead and reheating. This is great news for me, it means Christmas breakfast is sorted. Yum!
Hi Nagi. It was awesome my 3 years old loved it. Only one small thing, out of 5 nuttella disk which i left in the fridge overnight only 3 turned out good. The rest did not come out nicely, sticked on the baking paper badly. A bit waste of money. For myself I stuffed with banana cinnamon. It was awesome. Thank you for wonderful recipes.
Hi Shamala, they need to go into the freezer – they will then peel off the paper easily! N x
The pancakes were fluffy and nutella thing worked really well. But the pancake was a little bitter. But the batter wasn’t. Would you be able to tell me why that is ?
Hi Nethamie, that doesn’t sound right at all! I’m not sure what’s happened there if the batter didn’t taste bitter! N x
It’s a wonderful recipe. Just wondering if i can use a chocolate piece instead of nutella? Would that yield similar results or will it end up melting and oozing out of the pancake?
Hi Naz, i haven’t tried to be honest – would love to know if it works! N x
I also don’t bring Nutella home since tend to eat off the jar. Had a go at this and it was so good… naughty but nice!
I know this problem ALL too well 😂
Want the recipe in gram, coz the cup size is totally different between USA and Canada
Sorry will update this for you – that will be 225g flour – N x
Thank you. Great recipes.
You’re so welcome Grace!
You are a genius. Seriously, hats off 🙂
My daughter loves nutella. And when we both seen your video for the pancakes I went and bought it. So guess we are having it for dinner tonight. Never knew you had to freeze it. Thanks for the video. Hope this works and she likes it.
I made this today and my son loved it we both can’t stop eating it 😍 thank you for the yummy bfast recipe tina ❤ more power to you!
What a great start to the day Ron ❤️
Thank you!!! I was happy that finally I made fluffy pancakes from scratch–for the first time!
That’s terrific to hear!! Thanks for letting me know! N x
Can you freeze the finished product and reheat?
Yes! 🙂
Hi! Mine turned out so perfect! But we all found the smell of egg too distinct! I also added vanilla. Can we make these without egg?
Egg???? I’m sorry but egg is required! What type of egg did you use? 🙂 N x
Whenever I don’t have egg I use a couple table spoons of mashed banana or applesauce. Turned out perfect and delicious!
In the pancake or in the bowl you used? Because I find egg can leave a strong smell (strong to my young nostrils) on plates, glass bowls, sometimes cutlery but unlikely.
Made this today. Very good – I was surprised to see how much less than I expected on the bottom, and much more than I expected on the top was needed. I couldn’t get mine as round and perfect as yours in the picture but that didn’t stop them from being fantastic. Great Recipe.
That’s wonderful to hear! Thank you for letting me know you enjoyed this – N x ❤️
Always wondered why my Nutella pancakes never came out right. Now I see I’ve been missing the freezing step. I will be freezing these tonight and making for breakfast tomorrow. Thanks for the advice
Hope you loved it!!