I Tried Giada’s Viral Chocolate Hazelnut Pasta And I Did not Hate It

Former food Community star Giada De Laurentiis is attempting to start out a “chocolate pasta motion.” Lately, the Italian prepare dinner shared a childhood recipe on TikTok: warm pasta covered in hazelnut unfold. Alarming? Buddy the Elf spaghetti degree of craziness? Possibly, however I’m not going to knock it till I attempt it.

Chocolate pasta isn’t precisely new—it’s historically made within the Umbria and Tuscany areas of Italy, the massive distinction being that these conventional dishes use pasta noodles made with chocolate moderately than slathering pasta in chocolate unfold. She additionally explains that it is a particular deal with her mother used to make for her with chocolate sauce and even chocolate chips.

In her video, as she eats it she says “nothing is extra comforting or looks like extra of a hug.” If Giada says it is good, there must be some fact to it. I needed to attempt making it myself.

To begin, all you want is small pasta shells and a jar of hazelnut unfold. You’ll be able to add chocolate chips for extra nostalgic Giada aptitude for those who’d like. Right here’s how I made it, based on her directions:

1. Boil the pasta till cooked.
2. Serve heat noodles in a bowl.
3. Prime heat noodles with a beneficiant spoonful of hazelnut unfold.
4. Combine till totally mixed. Eat and (attempt to) get pleasure from!

The Outcomes

From the get-go, the method of blending hazelnut unfold with heat, moist pasta was disgusting sufficient to place me off. However after incorporating the sauce nicely sufficient, it didn’t look too dangerous. Taste sensible, it simply tasted like hazelnut unfold with a bizarre, soggy pasta texture, and I saved considering how a lot I might have loved the 2 elements individually. Possibly let’s keep on with protecting pasta savory (we’ll make an exception for this pumpkin dish), and having fun with hazelnut unfold on toast or fruit!