Last time Boyd and I had a date night, I tried out a new dessert recipe. It was phenomenal. So good that I made it again before the weekend was out. So, I wanted to share it with you. My chocoholic son loved them as well. I was looking for a recipe that used Nutella that I had seen before and I believe I was missing an ingredient. A lucky Google search connected me to this recipe from yummly.com - it was fate. :-) Quick note, I worried that it looked like too much trouble (I usually stick with simple recipes), but this is soooooo totally worth it!

Molten Chocolate-Nutella Pudding Cakes

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons of Nutella

1. Preheat oven to 350. Mist 6 6-oz ramekins with cooking spray. Place a roasting pan in oven; pour in 1/2 inch of hot water.

2. In a bowl, whisk flour, cocoa and baking powder

3. Combine chocolate & butter in a microwave-safe bowl; cook on high, stirring one or twice, until almost melted, 1-2 minutes. Whisk until smooth.

4. In a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat eggs, vanilla, sugar & salt until pale yellow, about 5 minutes. Beat in melted chocolate mixture. Stir in flour mixture. Spoon half of batter into ramekins. Drop 1 tablespoon of Nutella into the center of each. Cover with remaining batter.

5. Transfer ramekins to roasting pan. Bake until cakes have risen and are cracked on top, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes. Serve warm.

http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Molten-Chocolate-Nutella-Pudding-Cakes-MyRecipes-265075?columns=4&position=1%2F1

Notes:
~ 2nd batch, I only used teaspoons of Nutella and everyone liked better
~ I didn't have 6 ramekins, so I used 2 larger mugs that I had which I knew were oven safe & 2 regular ramekins. It worked fine.
~ Heads up. The beautiful cracked top will fall. I was so proud when the first came out and then had to laugh when I returned to serve them.
~ Warm they are amazing, but they were just as good at room temperature the next day.

Perfect from the oven

Falling tops