Chocolate Nutella Cookies

If you're a chocolate lover through and through, you need to try these chocolate Nutella cookies. They're ultra rich with a deep cocoa flavor, beautiful shiny tops just like your favorite brownies, and the best part? Gorgeous pools of creamy Nutella in every bite. These cookies are a super fun recipe to make, and they come together in under an hour, so they're the perfect recipe when you're on a time crunch (or when you just need to satisfy your sweet tooth immediately)!

For more chocolate cookie recipes, try Soft Double Chocolate Chip Cookies, Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies, and Fudgy Mocha Brownie Cookies.

Why you'll love these chocolate Nutella cookies

• Fudgy, Decadent Texture: These cookies bake up super fudgy and chewy, especially with the pools of creamy Nutella throughout, making them truly indulgent!
• Shiny Tops: Just like freshly baked brownies, these cookies will have beautiful shiny tops when you take them out of the oven.
• No Chill Time: Since this cookie dough is similar to the consistency of brownie batter, it doesn't require any chill time!

Ingredient Notes

• Nutella: Use your favorite chocolate hazelnut spread to pipe into these cookies. I used Nutella!
• Chocolate: Use a high quality dark chocolate for a unique flavor profile. Alternatively, you can use semi-sweet chocolate chips, or even milk chocolate chips.
• Cocoa Powder: Use a high quality dutch process cocoa powder for a more rich chocolate flavor.
• Sugars: You'll need both granulated sugar and either dark or light brown sugars.
• Neutral Oil: I recommend using a neutral oil, such as light tasting extra virgin olive oil, canola oil, or vegetable oil. 
• Flour: Use high quality unbleached all-purpose flour best results.
• Eggs: Bring your eggs to room temperature quickly by placing them in a bowl of warm water for 10 minutes.
• Vanilla: Add a high quality vanilla extract for optimal flavor.

See recipe card for full information on ingredients and individual quantities.

Step by Step Instructions

Here are step by step photos and instructions on how to make this chocolate Nutella cookie recipe! For the full ingredient list and method, see the recipe card at the end of this post.

STEP 1: Mix dry ingredients. In a small bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

STEP 2: Heat chocolate and oil. In a medium heat proof bowl add the chocolate and oil, and place over a small saucepan with simmering water. Stir occasionally until completely melted. Remove from heat and set aside.

STEP 3: Whisk wet ingredients and sugars. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and one teaspoon vanilla on high speed for 2-3 minutes until light and pale in color.

STEP 4: Add melted chocolate. While mixing on low speed, drizzle in the melted chocolate mixture and mix until fully combined.

STEP 5: Add dry ingredients. Lastly add in the flour mixture and mix until just combined. The batter should be soft, but able to hold a ball shape when scooped.

STEP 6: Scoop and pipe. Immediately scoop the batter onto the prepared baking sheets about two inches apart. Inject each cookie dough ball with Nutella.

STEP 7: Bake and cool. Bake the cookies for about 8-10 minutes until they are crackly, shiny, and appear set. Allow to cool completely on baking sheet.

Expert Baking Tips

• Use a cookie scoop. Use a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop to portion the cookie dough into equally sized cookies!
• Avoid over-mixing or letting the batter sit out. To achieve a shiny, crackly cookie, you must move as fast as humanly possible from the time you add the dry ingredients to getting the cookies in the oven! Both over-mixing and exposure to the air will make the batter turn dull, and ultimately result in dull cookies. Mix the dry ingredients into batter quickly (but don't over-mix!), and scoop it onto the baking sheets immediately. Then, quickly pipe the Nutella into each and bake.
• Cover the batter with plastic wrap. If you can't fit both baking sheets in the oven, cover the second baking sheet with plastic wrap to avoid the batter becoming dull. 

All of the recipes on this blog are carefully developed with gram measurements so you can easily recreate them in your own kitchen with success. Volume measurements are extremely inaccurate and leave room for significant errors. Not all measuring cups are made equally, so your one cup of flour will be different from my one cup of flour. By providing precise measurements in grams (aside from minor ingredients, which are given in tsp/tbsp), you can make these recipes accurately and with less cleanup! All you need is this kitchen scale. 

If this still isn't enough to convince you, I have provided volume measurements in the recipe card. If you are interested in understanding the conversions, this is the best conversion chart.

But trust me, once you try baking in grams you'll never turn back!

Happy baking! x