I think hazelnut chocolate is my second favourite chocolate, I boldly declared to Mr Chocolate.
It’s not quite as good as marzipan, but it’s definitely up there… trailing off just a little as I mused on the merits of both of them.
Yep… hazelnut and chocolate, they go really well together.
After voicing my new-found decision of having a second favourite chocolate, I decided I needed to revisit the taste as quickly as possible. Just in case my bold statement had been made in haste. Chocolate…check. Hazelnuts…check. Fifteen minute window period to put it all together?…check. Melt, stir, pour, bake.
It seemed too easy.
Usually my baking needs a few tweaks, a change here and there, and trialled a few times to get it right. So I was surprised after tasting a corner of this one to find it worked just the way it was. I tried another corner just to make sure. No, seemed fine there too. A third corner? Yep, pretty similar to the other two corners.
It really was a surprisingly good hazelnut brownie.
Chocolate Hazelnut Brownie
200g chocolate (50%)
250g butter
200g brown sugar
4 beaten eggs
2 tsp vanilla
150g hazelnuts (I blitzed whole ones)
50g self raising flour
In a pot add the chocolate, butter, sugar and vanilla. Gently melt it down and add remaining ingredients. Pop into a greased and lined tray.
Bake at 180C for approximately 35minutes, and then let it cool in the tin.
Yummy! looks so good! thanks for sharing!
Thank you Vini.
This could easily become a favorite
I think it could Tandy!
Yum so good, I possibly put chocolate hazelnuts at the top of my list and marzipan second, but I am willing to go with your expert opinion. I think your brownies are calling to me. Did you use skinned ones to get that 15 minute window or did you use them with their skins on? Oh I feel all inspired to bake something now xx
Nope, definitely no skinning in that 15 minute period Joanna. The packet, had them half on and off- so just blitzed them with their remaining skins on. I hope you do bake it
So dense and moist, just how a good brownie should be.
very dense and moist is this little number.
Perfect
Looks very decadent looking at the quantities of chcolate, butter and sugar to flour. I’m sure it tastes all the better for it
No, not particularly ‘light’ is this one. Best teamed up with a salad
This sounds so easy yet they look so amazing it would seem there has to be so much more to it than that. What a great brownie recipe and I think hazelnuts and brownies go so very well together xx
That’s the good thing about brownies, reliably simple.
I am a fan of hazelnut and chocolate, as well.
These look really good and dark and scrumptious.
Blitzed- like into a meal or just very small pieces?
Not quite meal (although that would work fine) and not quite small pieces… somewhere in between if that makes sense Heidi. I like it with a bit of texture still.
I quite agree about the hazelhut and chocolate. I might make this recipe, and then freeze all but a few. Everyone deserves a treat!
Perfect for a freezer treat Misky. Although you might have to hide it from your husband
That’s why I’d freeze them; he’d have to think twice and wait for it to defrost before eating one. That should give him time enough to rethink if he really wants one.
I love the combination of chocolate and hazelnuts…like a Baci candy. Love the sound of your brownies.
Mmmm baci… I haven’t had one of them for a long time.
I used to have a candy store and Baci was one of the big sellers. Now I can recreate that flavor with your brownies.
So simple. I shall give this recipe a whirl.
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Let me know Zara, I would love to know what you think of it… I hope my taste buds aren’t being misguided.
That is so easy I think I’ll just have to do it. Thanks Brydie.
Like Zara, let me know if you do Rose. I would love to know what you think.
Yummy, I think you really needed to invent this. Our teenage daughter Grace invented something new today too with her cooking…. ‘the choc chip caramel tart ‘ . I will try your recipe asap . You can never have too much chocolate.
Very, very rarely can there be too much chocolate Kim!
Love the simplicity! Lovely, bright photos too. Thanks for sharing
Hehe I love that title! It’s like you didn’t expect them to be as fab as they are!
Isn’t it nice when things work out the first time?
These look yummy indeed, and I love chocolate hazelnut combos too!