Nutella Mousse cookies made with chocolate chip cookie cups & a super simple Nutella Mousse inside! Nutella lovers go CRAZY over these cute little cookies!

Nutella cookies are an easy treat to make and one that is both pretty to look at as well as delicious to eat. With this simple and easy recipe, you can whip up a batch with little effort and still get maximum flavor. A soft and creamy Nutella filling awaits you inside every cookie cup. 

This recipe may just be the thing to switch up the Nutella uses in your life, especially if you find yourself only eating ripe bananas with it. I know I’m not the only ones because for a while there, I think my kids thought we could only eat bananas with Nutella!

What are Nutella mousse cookies?

They’re an easy chocolate chip cookie cup made using a simple cookie dough recipe in a mini muffin pan. Once cooled, the cookie cups are then filled with a homemade Nutella mousse which is only 3 ingredients and super easy to make. The flavors combine and taste incredible so I urge you to try and administer some sort of restraint because if you’re like me you may find yourself sneaking cookies at breakfast because they’re simply irresistible.

Nutella Mousse Cups Ingredients

For the Cookie Cups, You Will Need:

-Butter: Adding 1/2 cup (one stick) of butter to the dough will make it richer in taste.

-Crisco: You’ll want to use ½ cup of butter flavored Crisco to get a good texture out of our cookie cups.

-Sugars: Using ¾ cups each of granulated sugar and brown sugar, your cookies will be sweet and chewy.

-Eggs: You will need 2 eggs to help bind together the cookie dough well.

-Flour: The base of our cookie dough is 2 ½ cups of all-purpose flour.

-Leavening agents: To make our cookies puff up and rise properly we need 2 teaspoons of baking soda and ½ teaspoon of baking powder. 

-Salt: Adding 1 teaspoon of salt to the batter will help to enhance the natural flavors in our cookies.

-Chocolate chips: You will need 1 ¼ cups of mini chocolate chips so that every cookie cup has a great amount of chocolate flavor in every bite.

For the Nutella Mousse, You Will Need:

-Nutella: You will need ½ cup of Nutella so that the mousse filling has a great flavor.

-Whipping cream: Adding 1 ½ cups of heavy whipping cream will give us a lighter and more airy texture which is what you want in a good mousse.

-Powdered sugar: To make the mousse nice and sweet use ¼ cup of powdered sugar.

How to make Nutella mousse cookie cups

To make cookie cups: 

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees Fand spray a mini muffin pan well with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and Crisco with an electric mixer.

Add in the sugars and eggs and mix again.

Add in ½ of the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix well.

Add in the remaining flour and mix until combined.

Stir in your mini chocolate chips.

Scoop out and round the dough in 1 ½ tablespoon-sized balls. I use this cookie scoop here.

Press each dough ball into a mini muffin cup and then bake for 15 minutes. Let them cool in the pan for 5 minutes and press a tablespoon into each cookie to make a well in the center.

Let the cookies cool completely before removing them from the pan.

Place a metal mixing bowl into the freezer while the cookies are cooling to speed up the mousse-making process.

Carefully remove your cooled cookies from the pan and let them sit on a wire rack until filled and ready to eat.

To Make Mousse: 

Pour your whipping cream into the chilled metal bowl and add in the powdered sugar.

Use an electric mixer to mix on medium-high speed for about 5 minutes or until the cream holds a stiff peak.

Spoon the Nutella into the whipped cream ad mix again until the Nutella is incorporated. Do not over mix.

Scrape down the sides of the bowl and transfer the mixture to a sandwich bag with the corner snipped.

Fill each cookie cup with the Nutella filling. Then place about 2 tablespoons of Nutella into a sandwich bag and snip the corner of the bag. Drizzle over the tops of the cookies before serving. Enjoy!

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Nutella Mousse Cookie Cups

Nutella Mousse cookies made with chocolate chip cookie cups & a super simple Nutella Mousse inside! Nutella lovers go CRAZY over these cute little cookies!

Course Cookies, Cookies, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Nutella Mousse Cookies

Servings 24

Calories 312kcal

Author Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter softened
• ½ cup butter flavored shortening
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 ½ cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 ¼ cup mini chocolate chips

Nutella Mousse:

• ½ cup Nutella
• 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
• ¼ cup powdered sugar

Instructions

To make cookie cups:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a mini muffin tin liberally with non-stick spray.
• Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and Crisco. Add in sugars and eggs and mix once more.
• Add in 1/2 the flour, the baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix well. Add in remaining flour and mix until combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Scoop a rounded 1 1/2 TBSP (I use this cookie scoop here) into each mini muffin cup.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool in pan for about 5 minutes, then press a teaspoon into each cookie to make a well.
• Let cookies cool completely prior to taking them out of the tin. (To speed the process up, you can place them in the freezer for 5-10 minutes.)
• Place a metal mixing bowl in the freezer while cookies are cooling. This helps to make the heavy cream whip faster.
• Carefully remove each cookie cup from the tin.

To Make Mousse:

• In the metal mixing bowl, pour in the whipping cream and powdered sugar.
• Mix on medium-high for about 5 minutes, until cream holds stiff peaks.
• Spoon in Nutella and mix again just until Nutella is incorporated. Don’t over mix!
• Scrape sides of the bowl and transfer mousse into a piping bag.
• Pipe mousse into each cookie cup.
• Place about 2 TBSP of Nutella in a sandwich bag and clip the corner.
• Drizzle additional Nutella on top of mousse cups. Enjoy!

Notes

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 312kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 244mg | Potassium: 74mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 378IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1mg

When is World Nutella Day?

World Nutella day is a fun holiday that happens in February. on February 5th every year recipe blogs, websites, and places dedicated to food may show off their best and favorite Nutella products and recipes. While this may not be a traditional holiday like Easter or Christmas, it is still a fun one to celebrate and acknowledge, especially when you enjoy Nutella as much as we do!

How long are Nutella cookie cups good for?

These cookies can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. While these cookies taste amazing the first day, they also taste great a few days later. They become softer and chewier and are still so good!

More delicious cookie cup recipes to try

• BANANA SPLIT COOKIE CUPS
• RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE COOKIE CUPS
• STRAWBERRY COOKIE CUPS
• REESE’S CHOCOLATE COOKIE CUPS
• HOT CHOCOLATE COOKIE CUPS
• FUDGE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE CUPS
• SNICKERDOODLE APPLE PIE COOKIE CUPS

This is my baby! Isn’t he a cutie? He’s not so little anymore, but every once in awhile I find him doing something so clearly imaginative that only kids do, and I just LOVE it. It’s hard to be a kid when you are constantly trying to catch up to your older brothers! I just adore it when he goes off by himself and just PLAYS. I asked him if he needed any help, to which he replied, “No, Mom, I’ve got this. Need anything else fixed?” Ha! {Note the cute plastic drill!}

You’re going to love these Nutella filled cookies any time of the year. These cookies are simple and easy to make and oh so delicious too! With Nutella Mousse Cookie Cups, you will always have a perfect dessert on hand.

Nutella Mousse cookies made with chocolate chip cookie cups & a super simple Nutella Mousse inside! Nutella lovers go CRAZY over these cute little cookies!

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