Former Meals Community star Giada De Laurentiis is attempting to begin a “chocolate pasta motion.” Lately, the Italian cook dinner shared a childhood recipe on TikTok: heat pasta coated in hazelnut unfold. Alarming? Buddy the Elf spaghetti degree of craziness? Perhaps, however I’m not going to knock it till I strive 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 slightly 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 appears like extra of a hug.” If Giada says it is good, there needs to be some fact to it. I needed to strive making it myself.

To begin, all you want is small pasta shells and a jar of hazelnut unfold. You possibly can add chocolate chips for extra nostalgic Giada aptitude in case you’d like. Right here’s how I made it, in line with 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 absolutely 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 unhealthy. Taste sensible, it simply tasted like hazelnut unfold with a bizarre, soggy pasta texture, and I stored pondering how a lot I’d have loved the 2 components individually. Perhaps let’s stick with protecting pasta savory (we’ll make an exception for this pumpkin dish), and having fun with hazelnut unfold on toast or fruit!