Unhealthy dessert from healthy chocolate hazelnut butter

April 14, 2023 9:42 AM

I have a mostly-full, about-to-expire jar of Justin's Chocolate Hazelnut Butter that I bought as a dairy-free Nutella substitute. It's not sweet enough to be a 1:1 Nutella substitute, though (I recommend Rigoni di Asiago Nocciolata instead), and eating it on toast has proven to be a great idea in theory but never reached for in practice. What can I make or bake with Justin's Chocolate Hazelnut Butter to turn it into a properly unhealthy dessert?
posted by serelliya to Food & Drink (7 answers total)

Best answer: I bookmarked this recipe a few days ago, as i have a jar of hazelnut chocolate spread, and plan to make it tomorrow.
You may need to add sugar if yours is not already very sweet. I would make the dough and taste it If it is sweet enough.

Fitwaffle’s five-ingredient brownies. Photograph: Ebury
Makes 16
Prep and cooking: 30 minutes (plus 2-3 hours, or overnight, cooling)
370g chocolate spread (1¼ cups)
2 large eggs
65g plain flour (½ cup)
½ tsp salt
120g milk or dark chocolate chips (9 tbsp)

Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan) and line a 20cm square baking tin with nonstick baking paper.

Put the chocolate spread and eggs into a large mixing bowl and beat together with an electric hand mixer until fully combined. Add the flour and salt and fold in with a wooden flour spoon or rubber spatula. Then fold in the chocolate chips until evenly distributed.

Scoop the batter into your prepared tin and spread it out evenly with the back of a spoon.

Front cover of Fitwaffle’s Baked In One cookbook by Eloise Head
Bake for 20 minutes until a light, crackly crust forms. Leave to cool completely in the tin for two to three hours or chill in the refrigerator overnight for extra fudgy and delicious brownies. Cut into 16 squares and serve. The brownies will store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or at room temperature for up to five days.
posted by 15L06 at 10:02 AM on April 14, 2023 [1 favorite]

You can bake it into a puff pastry braid
posted by Mchelly at 11:04 AM on April 14, 2023

Response by poster: I don't know why I didn't think of just adding more sugar! FYI to anyone else in this predicament, Rigoni di Asiago Nocciolata contains an additional 5g sugar per tablespoon vs. Justin's Chocolate Hazelnut Butter.
posted by serelliya at 11:44 AM on April 14, 2023

Best answer: MUFFINS, YO: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/nutella-stuffed-cinnamon-sugar-muffins/

Eat as-is for breakfast, or top them with real whipped cream (mix of whipping cream and confectioner's sugar) as a dessert.
posted by wenestvedt at 11:44 AM on April 14, 2023 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Cookies.
posted by dizziest at 4:26 PM on April 14, 2023

Make ice cream! Heat it briefly in the microwave and pour into a bowl, and add an equal amount of heavy whipping cream. Whip for a minute or two with a hand mixer, immersion blender, or stand mixer. A regular blender would also work. Blend in some extra sugar if you want. Pour into a lidded freezer-safe container and freeze 3 hours for soft serve consistency or 8 hours for regular ice cream consistency.
posted by ananci at 4:28 PM on April 14, 2023 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Make a babka! Mmm, babka.
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/nutella-babka/
posted by ourobouros at 3:12 AM on April 15, 2023