Strawberry Nutella Pretzel Bites

Strawberry Nutella Pretzel Bites from Wine & Glue

Chocolate Raspberry Crescents [Valentine's Day treats]

Chocolate Rasberry Crescents from Pillsbury

Heart Breakfast Pastry [Nutella Poptart]

Nutella Strawberry Heart Poptarts from The Novice Chef

Chocolate Nutella Valentine Heart Candy

Chocolate Nutella Valentine Hearts from Homespun With Love

Nutella Fudge

Nutella Fudge with Sea Salt from The Crunchy Mamacita

Nutella and Banana French Toast

Nutella and Banana French Toasties from DuhLicious

Nutella Cupcakes

Self Frosting Nutella Cupcakes from Babble

Nutella Croissants

In Julie's post about the Monte Cristo sandwiches, she linked to a recipe for Nutella Croissants:

And if you have ever had nutella or a croissant than you need no explanation as to why this might be the yummiest thing EVER!  You can get the recipe fore this devilish creation over at Angel Face Designs.

Nutella and Banana Wontons

I don't post many recipes from the Pioneer Woman.  Not because I don't think they are wonderful, but because I assume EVERYONE reads The Pioneer Woman.  But I had to post this one:

My kids have become obsessed with wontons.  This summer Lou La took a cooking class with her cousin and one of the days they made wontons.  They were good too!  Add their love of Cream Cheese Rangoons to the mix and you have an all out wonton love.  They even ate Crab Wontons the last time we went out.

But these wontons, these are made with Nutella!  And bananas!  YUM!  You don't even have to be a wonton fanatic to love one full of Nutella!  And you can get the recipe at Tasty Kitchen.

Red Velvet Bundt Cake

The boy has become obsessed with Red Velvet Cake as of late.  It is his cupcake of choice this summer (and we won't disclose how many cupcake places we have gone to, but you can't skip Sprinkles when you are in AZ)  He even went as far as to beg me to Red Velvet Yoplait Yogurt.  AND he liked it.

So I am in the process of looking for recipes for our Last Picnic and I think, in honor of The Boy's new found obsession with red velvet, we might have to have this for dessert:

This Red Velvet Bundt Cake is from Cheeky Kitchen and although the cake looks great, it is the cream cheese frosting that I really want to try.  She calls it her 'come to mama cream cheese frosting.

And then I am going to have to find an excuse to try her Nutella Buttercream Frosting.  And then I am going to have to go to the gym.  Maybe I need to find some fitness blogs to read?  I bet they don't have pretty pictures though!

Nutella S'mores

How did I not think of this?  Remodelaholic posted a recipe for S'mores using NUTELLA:

I no longer will be able to resist the two giant jars of Nutella that they sell at Costco.

You can check out the rest of this yummy S'more HERE along with all of the other recipes that her readers have linked up!

Chocolate and Peanut Butter S'mores

Hello! Where have you been all my life? And could you go back there so I don't gain 10 lbs this summer:

Chocolate and Peanut Butter S'mores from Sunset

What you need:

• 1  tablespoon  peanut butter (preferably at room temperature, for easy spreading)
• 2  thin, crisp chocolate wafers (such as Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers)
• 1  skewer-toasted marshmallow

What you do:

Spread peanut butter onto one of the wafers. Slide marshmallow off skewer onto peanut butter. Top with remaining wafer and squish down gently. Eat, licking fingers.

More s'mores for grown-ups

Thin peanut-butter cookies with Nutella, sliced banana, and marshmallow.

Thin peanut-butter cookies with bittersweet chocolate, caramel sauce, and marshmallow.

Graham crackers with a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (or Nutella), sliced banana, and marshmallow.

Gingersnaps with a caramel-filled chocolate square and marshmallow.

Graham crackers with plain dark chocolate, marshmallow, and strawberry slices.

Ferrero Rocher Cupcakes

First it was the Girl Scout Cookies and now this!! These people know how to kill someones resolutions!

How To Eat A Cupcake has a recipe for Ferrero Rocher Cupcakes!!



Ferrero Rocher Mini Cupcakes
Makes 24 minis and 6 regular

recipe from How To Eat a Cupcake

What you need:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
3/4 cup Nutella (plus the rest of the jar, for filling)
1/4 cup milk

Ganache
8 oz. semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips (or both)
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup chopped, toasted hazelnuts

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line mini muffin pan with paper or foil liners.

Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together and set aside.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy (2-3 minutes) . Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add 3/4 cup of Nutella and blend thoroughly. Alternately add flour mixture and milk, blending well after each addition (Don't over mix! Blend only until no traces of flour remain.)

Using a tablespoon, fill each cup with batter.

Bake for 14-16 minutes or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool on wire racks.

When cupcakes are cool, fill them with the remaining Nutella.

To make the ganache, Warm the cream (you can do it in the microwave, but I like to use the stove top) and then stir in the chocolate chips until melted. Let sit until spreadable. (about 30 minutes)

Stir in chopped hazelnuts and spread on cupcakes.

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You can see step by step pictures and even watch a video on her blog! Go check it out! Unless you are trying not to eat sweets or lose weight for your New Years resolution. Then DO NOT LOOK under any circumstances!

Totally random fact for the day. Ferrero (the company that makes Rocher) also makes Nutella. Which makes sense, since Nutella is a hazlenut spread. But guess what they also make. I bet you won't guess!




Tic Tacs! Odd combination!