Recette de cuisineHomemade recipes · Hainaut
Favorites
Hazelnut chocolate bombs

Izmir bombs with chocolate hazelnut

Baking

The star dessert of Izmir: soft dough balls filled with a frozen hazelnut chocolate filling, baked in a very hot oven to ensure the center remains molten.

Enlarge photo

Recipe from Samizambak, Joseph, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

↓ Jump to recipe

Izmir Bombs are a popular Turkish pastry, shaped like a ball and filled with hazelnut chocolate spread. The simple dough, made with basic ingredients, is easy to prepare.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time12 min
  • Resting1 hr
  • Total1 hr 42 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$3.14 $0.52 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

6 people

Decoration

  • $2.53

Dough

  • $0.29
  • $0.01
  • $0.04
  • $0.21
  • $0.06

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

Decoration

  1. Roll small balls of dough using a spoon and place them on parchment paper. Then, freeze them for at least an hour.

Dough

  1. Combine the flour, salt, sugar, and vanilla sugar, then add the oil and warm water, and knead into a soft dough. ≈ 10 min

Shaping and cooking

  1. With slightly oiled hands, divide the dough into balls, flatten them, place a frozen filling ball in the center, and then seal them up tightly. ≈ 10 min
  2. Place them, with the seams facing down, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. ≈ 3 min
  3. Bake in a preheated oven at approximately 200 °C for 10 to 12 minutes, until lightly golden, and serve warm for a molten center.

The bill

Izmir bombs with chocolate hazelnut

  • 300 g hazelnut chocolate spread$2.53
  • 180 g of flour$0.29
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar$0.01
  • 1 packet of vanilla sugar$0.04
  • 50 ml of oil$0.21
  • 1 tablespoon of oil for lubrication$0.06

Total$3.14

that's $0.52 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

Affiliate links

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g hazelnut chocolate spread
  • 180 g of flour
  • A pinch of salt
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 1 packet of vanilla sugar
  • 50 ml of oil
  • 100 ml of lukewarm water
  • 1 tablespoon of oil for lubrication

The screen stays on while cooking mode is open.
🎬 Have a video of this recipe? Suggest a YouTube link

Did you film this recipe, or do you know a video that shows it? Axelle watches it before adding it to the page.

Nothing is published before approval.

✏️ A mistake, an idea for this recipe? Suggest a correction

Reviews (0)

Rate this recipe Be the first to rate it!

Your rating

On our Facebook page

0 reactions · 0 comments

Comment on Facebook ↗