Get your tastebuds ready for this deliciously gooey red velvet Nutella stuffed cookies. These stuffed cookies are so addictive: you’ve been warned.
So there is kind of exciting news for my house that probably isn’t exciting for anyone else. We finally caved and got TV back after a year without it. I think the breaking point was missing out on The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones last year and then our blueray dying a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, I hate to admit it, but I am excited to be able to catch up on The Walking Dead and not have to wait for things to come out on Netflix and hide from any and all spoilers.
In celebration, I thought I’d do something different and try to use up the red of my red velvet emulsion I bought for Halloween. I’ve always wanted red velvet cookies before, so I thought this would be something really fun. I love stuffed cookies (as you already know… I mean come on, it’s the American way), and I haven’t used Nutella in a while…. so red velvet Nutella stuffed cookies seemed like a delicious combo.
And it was. It really, really was. How can I explain the deliciousness that is a red velvet Nutella stuffed cookie? It is so rich and incredibly moist and the edges are nice and crispy. And that Nutella…. oh that Nutella. It just oozes out once you take a bite (but not so much that you need to wear a bib while you eat). It is the perfect combination and I think I will need to make more of these cookies soon.
I gave some to the neighbors and almost regretted it. I guess I will need to make more. Not mad about it… not mad at all.
Red Velvet Nutella Stuffed Cookies
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Yield 18 cookies
Deliciously gooey red velvet Nutella stuffed cookies. Perfect for satisfying any sweet cravings you may have!
Ingredients
- 1 2/3 cups (213 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup (32 grams) Dutch processed cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon (5 grams) baking soda
- 1/2 (2.5 grams) teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cups (165 grams) lightly packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon(14.3 grams) milk, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons (10 grams) vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 tablespoons (23 grams) red velvet emulsion (or regular red food coloring)
- 3/4 cup (131 grams) chocolate chips, plus extra for topping.
- 18 teaspoons (114 grams)Nutella
Instructions
- Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- Beat the butter and both sugars together until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg and beat well. Beat in the milk, vanilla, and red velvet emulsion (or red food coloring). Add in the flour mixture and mix until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Chill the dough for an hour. At the same time, drop teaspoon dollops of Nutella onto parchment paper and freeze. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
- Take out 1 tablespoon of dough and place a frozen teaspoon of Nutella onto the dough. Add another half tablespoon of dough over the Nutella and cover the dollop. Roll the dough between your hands to form a ball. Repeat the the remaining dough and Nutella. You may need to chill the dough again halfway through. I found the dough to be a bit sticky. I also kept my Nutella in the freezer and took out a teaspoon as I needed it because it thaws out fairly quickly.
- Bake the cookies for 9 - 10 minutes. The cookies will still be puffy. Gently press down with a spatula and top with mire chocolate chips if desired.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Sally's Baking Addiction
Courses Dessert
Cuisine American
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You know that emoji with the heart eyes? That’s what I am right now, looking at this. XOXO
Oh man, these cookies look to die for! And I hear you on Walking Dead–you can’t miss that show!
Hey! Love the look of this! Going to try it sometime this week(:
Just wanted to ask, will these still be good overnight Meaning, the nutella will still be ooey gooey delicious?
Thanks!
Yay, I’m so glad you’ll be trying it! The Nutella won’t be GOOEY, but it will still be really delicious!! If you want the Nutella to ooze out like this, a couple of seconds in the microwave will do the trick. But I wouldn’t do more than 5 seconds in the microwave!
Thank you!
How much better should be used? 1/2 of… ?
*butter
It should say 1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter! Sorry! I’m fixing that now!!
Ps- the 1 stick (1/2 cup) still isn’t fixed. Thank goodness for the comments or I wouldn’t have known!
Thank you for that! I actually did forget to update the recipe. I am going to do that right now!
Hi, I am planning on making the cookies this weekend and was wondering if the cookies would be alright if i roll them with the nutella, then leave them in the fridge overnight to bake in the morning?
Hi Trish, I think that would work just fine! My tip of freezing the Nutella is mostly just to help make rolling the Nutella into the cookie easier, but once it’s in and fully covered by the cookies, you should be fine!
Wooow…. combining red velvet with Nutella … that’s like, illegal. I can’t wait to try this recipe!! It looks ahhhmazing.
Haha thank you!! I does taste like it should be illegal, but I live on the edge!