Last week I found myself craving something sweet. In an effort to try to eat better, I haven’t kept any snacks in the house. But I really wanted something sweet and chocolaty and gooey. I planned on making some chocolate chip cookies (my go-to when I want a cookie) but I didn’t have any semi-sweet chocolate chips. I had white chocolate chips left over from some cake pops I had made for someone but that was all. So when life hands you white chocolate chips, you make white chocolate chip cookies! The canister with the white chocolate chips was right next to my jar of Nutella. So I figured what the hay…might as well throw some Nutella in there too. I felt like a cookie mad scientist. I really didn’t know how these were going to turn out but they are actually really good. I took my basic chocolate chip recipe and reworked it a smidge to get the desired result. Hope you like the recipe!
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), room temp
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 4 tbsp Nutella
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips some white chocolate chips for the top
- Preheat oven to 350° F
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together.
- In a separate bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar until creamy.
- Add vanilla and egg and mix until well incorporated. (I did all of this in my mixer but it’s easy enough to do by hand or with a hand mixer.)
- Add your Nutella into the wet ingredients and mix well.
- Once the butter/sugar mixture is well mixed, gradually add the flour until the dough just comes together. (You don’t want to mix it too much after that or the cookies will come out chewy)
- Gently fold in the white chocolate chips.
- Using a 2 tbsp cookie scoop, drop the cookies onto a parchment lined baking sheet or silicone baking pad. (I like to flatten them out just a little so that they don’t have a puffy center when they bake)
- Sprinkle a few of the white chocolate chips on the top of your cookies.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges begin to brown.
- Cool on baking sheets for 2-3 minutes. Move the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Eat and enjoy!
those looks so good! what a great idea! Pinned!
Thanks Emily!! 🙂
Very delicious – love the white chocolate chips!
Sharon and Denise
Oh yummy!!! Thanks for sharing at The Weekend Retreat, hope to see you back tonight! http://www.mommyondemand.com
Thank you!
I LOVE nutella – so these look perfect for ME (ahem) … my family! Thanks for sharing!
Jess
@www.barefootbysea.blogspot.com
Haha enjoy the recipe Jess! My "family" loves them too 😉
These look so delightful! I would love to be eating one right now!
Thank you! The recipe is super easy to whip up quickly so you can be eating them right now! 🙂
My kids are gonna love these cookies! Thank you for the recipe!
Enjoy! My daughter was after them for a while. She kept asking for cookies but they are so rich that I had to limit her to half of a cookie so that I could keep my sanity 🙂
I love nutella so this is a must try! Thanks for sharing at The Makers!
Corey @ TinySidekick.com
I love it too Corey! I'm like borderline obsessed and my husband thinks I'm crazy but it's so good! 🙂
They look yummy. I've never tried baking with Nutella. Thanks for sharing your recipe 🙂
Thank you! I've baked with it a few times and it comes out really good 🙂