As much as I enjoy putting together layer cakes or intricately decorated cookies, sometimes you just need a recipe that only calls for two ingredients and a few minutes of work.

This is that recipe. I wasn’t totally sure how they were going to turn out, because Nutella + eggs = brownies seems too good to be true. But not only did they turn out, they were amazing: chocolatey, fudgy, and full of Nutella flavor.

You do have to beat the eggs for a long time, so you need to have some kind of electric mixer (stand or hand-held), but that’s the only special equipment you need. Make sure you let them cool completely before cutting them up, or they will be super crumbly. I used a cookie cutter to cut mine into football shapes (for Super Bowl), then piped laces on them with store-bought frosting. But I promise they will be just as good if they’re cut into squares, circles, or triangles.

I also wanted to share a photo of this year’s snack stadium. We decided to make it easier for ourselves by filling it with bagel dogs, pizza rolls and chips, with guacamole as the field, sour cream for the writing on the field, and Slim Jims as the goal posts. And we found the football plates and napkins at the grocery store the night before!

Two-ingredient Nutella brownies (Adapted from The Kitchn, makes 18 brownies)
Ingredients
8 eggs
2 cups Nutella (roughly one large jar)

Preheat the oven to 350F, and line a 9×13-inch baking dish with foil or parchment, leaving extra hanging over the sides of the dish (this will make it much easier to remove the brownies from the pan). Spray the parchment or foil with cooking spray.

Crack the eggs into the bowl of a stand mixer with a whisk attachment or, if using a hand-held mixer, crack the eggs into a large bowl. Start beating the eggs on low speed, then move to medium-high, whisking until the eggs are light-colored and tripled in volume (6-8 minutes).

While you’re whisking the eggs, put the Nutella in a microwave-safe bowl and heat for 1-2 minutes, stopping every 15 seconds or so to stir. Once the Nutella is thinned and creamy, turn the mixer on low and drop the Nutella in a spoonful or so at a time. Mix until the Nutella is well combined, then use a spatula to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl and make sure everything is well mixed.

Pour the mixture into the pan, then bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the brownies pull away from the sides of the dish and a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean. Allow to cool, then pull the brownies out of the pan using the flaps you left with the parchment/foil.