Chocolate Paninis
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Chocolate craving? Try these delicious and sinful chocolate paninis with gooey, melty chocolate.
Reading all the food media in February always leaves me feeling hopelessly unromantic. I don’t even remember the last time I made my husband a romantic dinner for two. Do people really do that? On weeknights? Valentine’s Day at our house is more of a family affair. We open up dozens of homemade Valentines stuffed with cheap candy from all the kids’ classmates, and also the card my 91-year-old grandmother sends us every year with a lipstick kiss on the envelope and a Hershey’s Kiss tucked inside. These chocolate paninis are my way of making Valentine’s Day a little sweeter, even if it’s not the typical romantic dinner. The kids love these for breakfast, as an after-school snack, or even for dessert.
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Chocolate Paninis
Chocolate craving? Try these delicious and sinful chocolate paninis with gooey, melty chocolate.
Ingredients
- 8 ½-inch thick slices from 1 loaf challah, brioche, white or Italian bread
- 3 to 4 tablespoons salted butter, softened*
- 4 ounces (⅔ cup) semisweet chocolate chips or finely chopped chocolate, best quality such as Ghirardelli or Guittard
Instructions
- Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper for easy cleanup. Spread one side of each bread slice with about 1½ teaspoons butter and place 4 slices, buttered side down, on the prepared baking sheet. Spread about a quarter of the chocolate chips evenly on each of the 4 slices, leaving a ¼-inch border around the edges. Cover with the remaining bread slices, buttered side up.
- Bake until the bottoms of the paninis are crisp and golden brown, 7 to 9 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven. Using a metal spatula, gently press down on sandwiches to spread the soft chips into melted chocolate. Carefully turn the sandwiches over and continue baking until the bottoms are crisp and golden, about 5 minutes longer. (Keep a close eye on it; the sandwiches go from golden brown to burnt quickly!) Let cool slightly, cut paninis in half and serve.
- Note: If you don’t have salted butter, use unsalted and sprinkle a pinch of salt on top of the sandwiches.
Nutrition Information
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- Per serving (4 servings)
- Calories: 441
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated fat: 12 g
- Carbohydrates: 56 g
- Sugar: 17 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 9 g
- Sodium: 376 mg
- Cholesterol: 64 mg
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I made these with nutella and sliced bananas on my George Foreman grill using challah bread. So delicious and just like a cousin to a chocolate croissant.
Another great recipe from Jenn.
That loaf of bread looks amazing! Do you have a recipe for that, too?
Hi Wendy, that’s a store-bought challah in the picture. 🙂 I do have a challah recipe on page 217 of my cookbook. If you don’t own the cookbook, let me know and I can send you a copy of the recipe via email.
What a great idea! I have never thought of making a sweet panini. I made mine with brioche and used a mixture of semi-sweet and dark chocolate chips. I also sprinkled a little powdered sugar on the top – messy but delicious!
I want to make these for school, but I will need to make them the night before. Would that be ok with this recipie?
Hi Cam, The chocolate will solidify — won’t be bad at all, just firm instead of gooey 🙂
We loved these …but by request from the kids we added a bit of nutella — they came out perfect!
I added Nutella to this recipe and it gave it a nice nutty flavor. Not too much, but just that hint of hazelnut. It was great!
I wonder what this would be like with pound cake slices… Hmmm…
Great recipe. Keeping it on my plan if I need a quick dessert
Needing a chocolate rush I made the chocolate paninis. Filled the bill to the T! Phew they were fantastic. Thanks for the inspiration.
Also made these with nutella …simply divine
made these and added marshallow fluff, good with nutella also
I made these for dessert at my daughters’ bday party and added marshmallow fluff and they were devoured
Utterly decadent. My granddaughter loves these.
I have made these a few times they are delicious!
These are addicting! It is also that perfect recipe for those “iffy” times where you want dessert, but not sure what to make. Recently, I decided I wanted to have some friends over for “happy” hour. It was kind of last minute, but I made your hummus recipe, my wings, and my daughter’s avocado salsa recipe up and then, was like…well, not sure we will have dessert. I did not have time to bake. So, I bought the bread and already had chocolate chips and the salted butter. Long story short. Our guests stayed late…and we decided we wanted something sweet…and like magic I produced this and it was absolutely perfect and impressive! Thank you. Problem is, we now look for every excuse to make these. (I make sure I have the bread on hand always now!)
I tried this, and it turned out delicious for father’s day. He love them.
We are empty-nesters, but I assure you I don’t need our three offspring home in order to make these! Looks delicious!
These so good and simple! I make mine with some good brioche (yum) and less chocolate chips with a smear of nutella.
I make Nutella sandwiches for my kids all the time and they love it…so I thought I’d give this a try! Followed the recipe exactly the first time and my kids really enjoyed it with a glass of milk. The next few times I made it I just used Nutella and toasted it in a pan on the stove top and it turned out just as good… Though a bit more runny, but still delicious!
I’d recommend cooking it in a skillet so you can more easily monitor the sandwich so the bread and chocolate don’t get burnt. Otherwise great idea! Also, I used to make something similar in one of those pocket press sandwich makers with peanut butter and chocolate chips (no butter needed because the press was nonstick) = peanut butter cup sandwich. Delish and sinful.
I made this for my boys for breakfast this past Valentine’s Day. It is now our go to special breakfast treat. I added some bananas because….well….it’s always nice to sneak in fruit where you can.
Now THIS is my kind of breakfast! Great idea!
I make this with Nutella and marshmallow, we love it!
Oh yeah! I am definitely going to have to make these for my kids. They are going to love them.
Looks delicious! will try this sometimes
Oh, this is a great recipe. I found that if you do not have chocolate chips nutella works great, and is just as delicious.
Finally, something my son will eat for breakfast!
This looks good and do believe the kids would love it!
Chocolatey goodness. Im thinking about adding a little nutella as well. Thanks for another great recipe!
Was a unique surprise to give my grandchildren a treat
Yum these were delicious!
I made these and OH MY! Perfect for a chocolate fix! This recipe is going to stay on my shelf for that fast chocolate fix.
Get out of town!
Chocolate Paninis. They sound sinful! Can’t wait to try them.
Perfect for a quick desert.I added fresh berriers on top, raspberries were great.
Great idea! I made something very similar with nutella and bananas for Valentine’s Day! Thanks for the idea!
These look absolutely delicious! Must try asap!
Wow! These look amazing. I will definitely be trying this one. Good bread is a must for paninis!
These also make a tasty afterschool treat!
chocolate heaven! cant wait to try this
Bread and chocolate, two of my favorite things! Combined for a tasty breakfast.
This post had me drooling! My husband wouldn’t go for it but my 3 kids sure would! Cannot wait to make this! I bet it would be good with Nutella too!
This was great! The kids loved it too!
I am now the Mom of choice to make Saturday morning breakfast for my daughter and her girlies! This was a total hit the morning after her last sleepover! Thanks for the new badge of honor! LOL
This was delicious!
they look great! will be trying them this weekend. might cut them into quaters and have them for dessert after a light supper – just an idea.
These look fabulous! I can’t wait to try them.
Once again, you woo me with your simple decadence. What better way to celebrate than with your family. You are so lucky to still have your Grandma! Love to all. Thank you.
Jenn, the romantic dinners at home start when the kids are gone to college! We do lobster and Champaigne.
Can’t wait to try these chocolate paninis!!
Thanks!
That looks great. I make mine with nutella & fresh raspberries…so good!
Our Valentines Day is a family affair too. Just more love to share!
Romance..whats romance? Yeah, its a magazine/movie thing! Love your chocolate paninis!