Dave, Kora, and Logan are all big fans of breakfast. They always look forward to it even if it’s just a bowl of cereal or frozen waffles. I’m not much of a breakfast person but I like to surprise the three of them every now and then with something special. One of the easiest ways to get them smiling is by serving a big stack of pancakes. They all loooove pancakes!
We’ve played around with different ingredients in the pancakes in the past and they have a long list of favorites: chocolate chips, strawberries, sprinkles, and more. Recently we had Kora & Logan’s cousins over and I wanted to make something special for breakfast. I remember that awhile back I had made some pancake mini muffins and everyone enjoyed them. I thought I’d give them a try again but wanted to use a surprise ingredient.
I opened my cupboard and there it was staring at me – Nutella! I used some in my Nutella Stuffed Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Easter Eggs and was impressed. I couldn’t wait to mix it into the muffins to see how they would come out.
As soon as the oven timer went off, I quickly pulled them out and was thrilled with how they looked. The Nutella swirled through the muffins perfectly and they looked fantastic!
I was a bit afraid it would just blend into the muffins giving them a dark brown color but when I mixed the Nutella into the batter I made sure to first drop it in by spoonfuls and then mix very lightly. I was so pleased it worked and the muffins are wonderful!
Kora, Logan, and their cousins were thrilled and declared these, “Amazing!” and “Awesome!” I love them too especially either warm right out of the oven or heated in the microwave for a few seconds and then topped with just a bit of butter. Yum!
I’m adding this recipe to our list of favorites and look forward to making it for other special occasions, the first day of summer vacation, getting a good grade on a test, walking the dog, tying shoes, wearing matching socks…we love these so much I’m looking for any reason to make them again!
Ingredients
- 2 cups of pancake mix
- 1 tbsp Canola oil
- 3/4 cup of milk
- 1/4 cup of brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup Nutella
- 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat 3 mini-muffin tins with cooking spray.
- Except for the Nutella, mix all of the ingredients in a large bowl.
- Put the Nutella in a microwaveable safe bowl and heat on high for 20-30 seconds
- Spoon the Nutella into the batter – use another spoon to help drop in large spoonfuls. Then very lightly drag a butter knife through the spoonfuls so it will swirl just a bit but not mix completely into the batter.
- Spoon the batter into the mini muffin tins until each is about 3/4 full.
- Bake for 15 minutes, use a toothpick to test the center, if it comes out clean they are ready.
- Serve warm with butter and enjoy!
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Ohh…I may have to try these for a weekend breakfast! My teenage son LOVES Nutella!
Nutella is a favorite in my house, these sound like a better way to eat it than by the spoonful straight out of the jar. Hah!
This looks good and not too hard to make. We like Nutella on everything.
wow thislooks good and a fun way to use nutella
These look so good! Can’t go wrong with nutella, can you?
Looks so delicious! I love Nutella
Pancake mix and Nutella, sounds interesting, going to have to try these!
The kids will love these, because they have Nutella, I like them because they are easy to make.
These look so good. I know my boys would love them.
I have never tried Nutella. People go crazy over Nutella.
These look delicious! I want some! :)
Yummm I love Nutella!!!
This looks so simple but decadent!
These muffins sound so good…my kids love Nutella. I have to give this a try.
I love Nutella! I could eat it every day. I love the Pancake muffins and I am going to make these. They look scrumptious!!
this looks so delicious. it reminds me of the muffins my mom used to make sunday before church.
Those look so good! I have never had Nutella.
These look delicious. I’ve seen so many different Nutella recipes but nothing like this! I’ll definitely have to try making them.
These look great. I know my boys would love them.
Wow! What a recipe! Definitely a keeper, gotta try this!
This would quickly become a new favorite in my house! This looks delicious!
I never thought of using pancake mix to make muffins. Sounds like a great shortcut and everything is better with Nutella.
These look awesome! The kids love pancakes and muffins so these would be a big hit in my house.
Oh my, these look yummy! Anxious to give them a try.
Oh those look so good! I have never tried Nutella before. I have to give these a try! I think everyone would love them! Such a unique idea!
I have not tried Nutella yet, but I think I may try this recipe. They look super yummy.