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I’m officially counting down the days till I will be home getting my fill of Christmas ham, silky mashed potatoes, and COOKIES. Fact: I plan on eating ALL the cookies. Yes. All of them.
Although I love pretty much every kind of cookie out there, fresh from the oven cookies of the chocolate variety definitely hold a special place in my heart. So today I’m sharing with you a double chocolate cookie recipe that is really easy to make and sure to win you some bonus points with the chocolate lovers in your life.
Bonus: these petite nutella chocolate fudge cookie cups make a great addition to any cookie basket you may be giving this holiday season! This recipe makes 24 cookie cups, and once they’ve cooled, they’re pretty sturdy. I think these cookies are a really sweet way to tell someone happy holidays 🙂
I topped each cookie cup with a sprinkle of salty pistachios (can’t stop; won’t stop), but you can totally ditch the nuts and decorate them with mini chocolate chips (I did that, too), sprinkles, or even crushed up candy canes! I think next time I make these I’ll do one batch of each.
These Nutella Chocolate Fudge Cookie Cups are SO easy to whip up on a whim, taking only about 15 (active) minutes to make! The dough does have to chill, but only for an hour. So that’s not too bad, right?
These cookie cups are a great gift to wrap up and give to friends, to make ahead of time for a party, or just to devour by yourself while watching holiday movies. xoxo
Nutella Chocolate Fudge Cookie Cups
Ingredients
- 4 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 4 ounces Nutella
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
For the Fudge Filling:
- 8 ounces dark or semi-sweet high quality chocolate, chopped into small pieces
- 8 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup pistachios, shelled and roughly chopped
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl using a handheld mixer cream the butter, Nutella, and sugars until well combined; about 2 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Gradually add it to the creamed mixture and mix until combined. Chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees (F) 30 minutes before baking.
- Grease 2 (12 mold) mini muffin tins; set aside.
- Shape chilled dough into 24 small balls, each a little less than 1 inch in size.
- Place balls in prepared pans.
- Bake in preheated oven for 14 minutes. Cool cookie cups in pans for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
For the filling:
- Place chopped chocolate in a small microwaveable bowl and heat on low in 20 second increments - stirring in between - until chocolate is completely melted; stir in condensed milk and salt; whisk until smooth.
- Fill each cookie cup with a scant tablespoon of the filling. Sprinkle with pistachios.
Notes
*The cookie cups will be very soft when removed from the oven. Allow them at least 5 minutes in the pan to firm up. Once cooled they'll become crunchy.
I’ve made these twice now – very tasty. Would highly recommend doing the fudge filling in a double boiler setup to keep it softer while you fill the cups. Otherwise I found that the filling hardened too much by the time I got to the last one, plus the toppings wouldn’t stay on.
Hi,
You dont mention to press the dough in to the tray. Does that mean just drop a ball of dough and leave it like that and put into the oven without pressing into and up the sides of the tray?
These photos are making my mouth water! Eeeee I want some now please!
Chocolate + pistachios = one of the best combos ever! Love the sound of these cookie cups!!
These look dangerously delicious!!!
I have been eating all the cookies for weeks now!!! lol! I am looking forward to some holiday food, food! These cookie cups look fabulous! So gooey and the pistachios on top are perfect! Pinned!
Holiday food food is the best, right?! Hope you have a great holiday, Lindsey.
Wow – these look incredible! The center is so ooey and gooey! I just made some chocolate and nutella cookies with pistachios too! So we are totally in sync. Great minds!!
Mmm! Your cookie sound amazing, Liz.
ooooh that luscious Nutella fudginess!!! I wish I could go to Christmas at your house!
Come on over, girl!
That filling is making me weak in the knees this very moment… And I would NEVER omit the pistachios!!! Pre-tty!