3-Ingredient Banana Nutella Croissant Recipe (2024)

March 5, 2015

I got on the Nutella bandwagon in high school, when my German teacher served it to us on slices of sourdough baguette. Is it just me, or does food taste about 100x better when your teacher hands it to you in class? Doesn’t matter if it’s goldfish in third grade or chocolate spread on bread in high school– it’s such a treat! As odd as the combination might have seemed in any other context, it was like magic that chilly morning in third period. Chocolate spread on bread?! That’s allowed?!I thought. That seriouslymight be the most lastingthing I took from that class (my teacher was great, but honestly, I’ve never used my German since).

Since then, loads of people have fallen in love with the stuff, and for good reason. Here is one of my favorite applications of Nutella: Banana Nutella Croissants.Guys, these are SO GOOD. I want them ALL THE TIME. I think I first saw Giada make these on Food Network, but I can’t seem to find her recipe online. All I know is the freshly-married young JoEllen immediately set out to Safeway, picked up croissants and bananas, and put her new panini grillto work.

The result was glorious: We bit into those crisped, buttery, flaky croissants only tomeet a burst of warm, oozy nutella with nuggets of warmed banana slices rounding out the sweetness. HEAVENLY.

I’ll be the first to say that these don’t make for the prettiest presentation… but it doesn’t matter. Whip these up in front of your friends and when they smell the buttery croissanty nutella goodness, the only thing they’ll be thinking of is biting into one of these delectable treats. Try it, and tell me you didn’t love it!

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Banana Nutella Croissant Sandwiches
Makes 4 sandwiches

Ingredients

• 4 croissants
• 1 jar of Nutella
• 2 bananas, sliced into coins
• Cooking spray (optional, but adds some crispness)

Instructions

1. Preheat your panini griddle to a medium-high setting. If you don’t have one, preheat anonstick pan to medium high heat.
2. Assemble your sandwiches: Cut each croissant in half, like a sandwich, and spread a thin layer of Nutella on the inside of both sides. Don’t overdo it– you’ll get plenty of sweetness. Add one even layer of bananas and close your sandwich.
3. Lightly spray the outside of the top and the bottom of the croissant with cooking spray, then place on hot panini grill. Close, and let heat until golden brown and crisp on the outside. If you are using a nonstick pan, then place croissant into preheated pan and place a flat, heavy lid on top to smush it down a bit. Let it heat until crisp, 1-2 minutes, then flip and repeat.
4. Cut in half and serve immediately! Yummmyyyy!!!

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