🍫 Crispy Air-Fried Chocolate Hazelnut Crescent Rolls 🥐

A spectacularly rich dessert that delivers pastry-shop elegance with zero effort! Soft, buttery crescent dough is layered with a decadent hazelnut chocolate spread, rolled into neat packages, brushed with a sweet butter wash, and air-fried until the exterior pastry sheets laminate and expand into a brittle, golden-brown shell that shatters on impact to release a warm, molten chocolate core. 😋✨

• ⏱️ Prep Time: 10 minutes

• 🍳 Cook Time: 8 minutes

• 🍽️ Servings: 4 servings (makes 8 crescent rolls)

🛒 Ingredients

• 1 can (240g) refrigerated crescent roll dough 🥐

• 1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut spread (like Nutella) 🍫

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted) 🧈

• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar mixed with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon ⚪

• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar (for dusting) ❄️

• 1/4 cup toasted hazelnuts (finely chopped, optional) 🥜

👩‍🍳 Detailed Instructions

1. Unroll the Triangles: 🔪 Pop open the crescent roll can and carefully unroll the dough onto a clean sheet of parchment paper. Separate the dough along the perforated lines into 8 individual triangles.

2. The Chocolate Core Insulation: 🥣 Spoon a generous tablespoon of the chocolate hazelnut spread onto the widest end of each dough triangle. If using chopped hazelnuts, sprinkle a tiny pinch directly over the chocolate spread.

3. The Roll and Seal: 📐 Starting at the wide base, roll the dough tightly toward the pointed tip. Gently pinch the left and right corners of the roll inward slightly to trap the chocolate spread inside so it doesn’t bleed out during baking.

4. The Sweet Butter Wash: 🧈 Brush the tops and sides of each rolled crescent generously with melted unsalted butter, then sprinkle a light layer of the cinnamon-sugar mix over the damp dough to build a texturized crust.

5. Air Fry to an Ultra-Crisp Lamination: 💨 Preheat your air fryer to 175°C (350°F). Arrange the crescents in a single, well-spaced layer inside the basket, ensuring they aren’t touching. Air fry for 7–8 minutes until the pastry is puffed, deeply bronzed, and rigidly crisp. Remove, dust heavily with powdered sugar, and serve warm while the center is molten!