Nutella Cookies are a fun and flavorful treat stuffed with hazelnut flavor, chocolate chip chunks and sprinkled with some sea salt making them ever so addicting.
So I know that there is a lot of up and down with Nutella, either you love it or you hate it. I’m on the love side of this debate. But I adore anything hazelnut flavor.
We used to make Nutella Cookies all the time and it has been so long since I’ve made them that I figured it was time I whipped up a batched and shared them with you.
My family absolutely loves the flavor combination of these cookies. Chocolate, Nutella and a touch of sea salt to break up the sweetness.
I’m a big sweet and salty person so I absolutely recommend adding the sea salt to these bad boys, they really give them the best flavor contrast ever.
INGREDIENTS YOU NEED:
- Flour
- Cocoa powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Cornstarch
- Butter
- Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Eggs
- Nutella
- Vanilla
- Chocolate Chunks
- Sea Salt
So these Nutella Cookies are basically a peanut butter cookie recipe, but with cocoa and Nutella instead. They are a little crunchy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside.
I have said many many times before that I had hated making cookies or eating cookies for the longest time because my mom always made hard chocolate chip cookies.
That is just a no-go when it comes to cookie eating in my books. I need a cookie that has equal chewiness and crunchiness in each and every bite.
Enough crunch to hold the cookie together, but mainly chewy so it literally melts in your mouth. This Nutella cookie recipe is just that!
HOW TO MAKE NUTELLA COOKIES:
- In bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, cornstarch and salt, set aside.
- In stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment cream together your butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Add in eggs until combined then add in your Nutella and vanilla.
- Slowly add in your dry ingredients until just combined then fold in your chocolate chunks.
- Cover and refrigerate for about 3 hours (trust me on this).
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Take your cookies out of the refrigerator and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat mat.
- Grab aout 2 Tbs of your cookie dough and roll into balls and place them at least 2″ apart on baking sheet.
- Sprinkle/press sea salt onto tops of cookies and bake I oven for 15-18 minutes until just done on the outside but gooey on the inside.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle with more sea salt if desired, let cool on pan for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack to cool completely.
These are a pretty straight forward cookie recipe, nothing special about these other than the flavor. Which let me tell you, will hook you every time.
There is just something about the hazelnut in things that really draws me in and these cookies are amazing.
Some of my other fave Nutella based desserts include:
Depending on the size of cookies you make this dough makes a hearty 24-30 cookies easily. That is what I love most about this, because I love cookies that make larger batches.
I like to be able to snack on them throughout the week, send them with my kids to school for snack and have them late at night with a glass of milk, because cookies always need milk right?
TIPS AND TRICKS:
- Chilling the dough not only enhances the flavor, it helps the cookies from spreading too much and making them flat.
- The dough will be a little crumbly when you pull it out of the fridge, this is why I say to roll into balls instead of scooping, it helps press that dough back together.
- You can use regular chocolate chips for these, dark, semi-sweet or milk if you want. We use the chunks because we love them.
- We used flaked sea salt in this recipe, but you can use any kind of sea salt that you have.
- To keep these cookies soft, store them in an airtight container with a piece of bread, it will help distribute the moisture properly to keep them optimal.
So if you are a lover of Nutella like my family is then these Nutella Cookie are not only a delicious option, they are an easy and fun option to switch up your normal cookie routine.
If you like this recipe you might also like:
- Caramel Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
- Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Sea Salt Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Nutella Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup nutella
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup chocolate chunks
- Flaked sea salt
Instructions
- In bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, cornstarch and salt, set aside.
- In stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment cream together your butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Add in eggs until combined then add in your Nutella and vanilla.
- Slowly add in your dry ingredients until just combined then fold in your chocolate chunks.
- Cover and refrigerate for about 3 hours (trust me on this).
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Take your cookies out of the refrigerator and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat mat.
- Grab aout 2 Tbs of your cookie dough and roll into balls and place them at least 2" apart on baking sheet.
- Sprinkle/press sea salt onto tops of cookies and bake I oven for 15-18 minutes until just done on the outside but gooey on the inside.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle with more sea salt if desired, let cool on pan for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
PIN IT FOR LATER!
Julia
I’m making these for the second time now. They are the bomb.
Julie Blanner
I doubt these will last long in my house! My girls love Nutella.
lauren kelly
I am making these for my kids this weekend!
Katerina @ diethood .com
These are definitely my kind of cookies!! I would love one or maybe 5 😉 YUM!!
Jen
These will definitely become a family favorite! I’ll take a tall stack of them and large glass of milk, please.
Amy
These cookies are incredible!