Easy Homemade Nutella Bonbons: Irresistible Chocolate Treats
These Nutella bonbons are a chocolate-lovers dream. Loaded with chocolate, hazelnuts, and Nutella, each bite is packed with flavor. Tiny little treats that are as pretty as they are delicious. The perfect treat to make for Valentine’s Day, the holidays, or any special occasion when you want to make a homemade gift.
How to Make Nutella Bonbons
On top of being easy to make, these Nutella bonbons have very few ingredients. It is a 5-ingredient dessert. Just 3 ingredients at its core, and then the last two ingredients help bring everything together.
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup Nutella
- ¼ cup raw hazelnuts
- 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 Tablespoon powdered sugar
Step by Step Process
When you’re making a recipe with very few ingredients, you want to make sure that you make the most out of each ingredient. For these Nutella chocolate bonbons, that means that you want to use a good chocolate. And for the hazelnuts, toasting the nuts helps accentuate their flavor.
Preparing Nuts
Start by spreading the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and toasting in a 350 degree oven for about 5 minutes. The nuts give off a delicious fragrance when they are ready.
Let the hazelnuts cool and then remove their skins. Next, place the nuts in a food processor and pulse a few times until the hazelnuts are chopped into smaller pieces. If you don’t have a food processor, you can use a nut chopper instead.
If you don’t have either of those you can chop the nuts with a knife. However, since they are a round nut they are more difficult to chop because they slide around. A safer option is to place the nuts in a Ziploc bag and use a meat mallet to break them up. Once they are broken up you can transfer them to a cutting board and chop into smaller pieces if needed.
Make Nutella Filling
Using a microwave-safe bowl, heat the Nutella and butter in the microwave for 30-seconds. Heat for another 15-30 seconds, until the butter has melted. Stir the butter and Nutella together to combine. Add the powdered sugar and stir.
Melt Chocolate
Now you’re ready to move onto the chocolate. The easiest way to make these bonbons is by using chocolate chips. However, if you have a favorite chocolate bar, wafers, or chocolate discs, they will all work. Just chop bars and discs into smaller pieces so that they will melt more easily.
Place the chocolate in another microwave-safe bowl and heat for 30-seconds. Stir and reheat as needed.
Assembling Chocolate Bonbons
Take the melted chocolate and pour it into the mold. This is the outer layer of the bonbon so you just want to coat the inside of each mold. After you pour the chocolate in each opening in the mold, tip the entire mold upside down so that the excess chocolate comes out. Use a metal scraper, or spatula, to scrape the mold to get rid of the excess chocolate on top. Refrigerate the mold for 10 minutes to help set the chocolate.
Add some of the hazelnuts into each mold, and then top it with the Nutella mixture. Be sure that you leave enough room to add more chocolate. This final layer of chocolate becomes the bottom of the bonbon and helps hold everything inside.
After the chocolate has been added, scrape-off the excess so that the bonbons are nice and clean. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, and then the Nutella bonbons are ready!
And that’s it. The Nutella bonbons are now ready to eat and enjoy. Or, box them up to give as a gift. I think that chocolate bonbons made with Nutella are a great gift idea for any occasion. A homemade treat is so special, and I think that they work for any occasion. A great gift to give someone special for Valentine’s Day. Or, to hand out at Christmas, Easter, or any holiday. These little bonbons are nuggets of chocolatey goodness.
Nutella Bonbons
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
- 2 Small bowl
- Heart mold
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup Nutella
- ¼ cup raw hazelnuts
- 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 Tablespoon powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Place the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and roast them in the oven for about 5 minutes. Once they are cook, use your hands to remove the skin.
- Process the hazelnuts in a food processor, or chop them into small pieces.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, combine Nutella and butter. Microwave for about 30 seconds, or until the butter has melted. Stir until well combined.
- Add powdered sugar to the Nutella mixture and mix again.
- In another bowl, melt the chocolate chips in the microwave for about 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until fully melted.
- Coat the bonbon mold completely with the melted chocolate. Then flip the mold over and let the excess chocolate drip out. Use a scraper to remove any remaining excess chocolate.
- Cool the chocolate mold in the fridge for about 10 minutes or until slightly hardened.
- Add the roasted hazelnuts to each heart in the mold.
- Spoon the Nutella mixture into the mold. Be sure to leave room for more chocolate.
- Pour the remaining melted chocolate over the bonbon molds. Make sure they are fully covered. Tap the mold on the table a few times to remove air bubbles and ensure the chocolate settles at the bottom.
- Use a metal scraper again to remove any excess chocolate from the mold.
- Place the bonbons in the fridge for at least 30 minutes or until hardened.
- Once hardened, remove the chocolates from the mold and enjoy!
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