Okay, I have to tell you this, enough is enough. Enough, eating Nutella out of the jar. There are far better uses for Nutella.
Did you know about this secret of what happens when Nutella and chocolate chip cookies meet? Honestly, magical stuff! The flavor goes beyond what a good chocolate chip cookie means. The ingredients unite in a way that puts all the other cookies I’ve had to shame. It’s the warmest, nuttiest, chocolatiest cookie you could imagine.
These Nutella lava cookies are my chocolate chip cookie dreams come true. As if chocolate chip cookies weren’t already tempting enough, they are now packed with melting Nutella lava flowing out when you break them apart.
We’re talking thick and fudgy cookies this time. A chocolate lover’s utopia. I wonder if I’ll ever find a dessert I love more than a big, soft, freshly baked, Nutella lava cookie.
Doubtful.
We’ve been making salads and stuffed peppers and all kids of yummy and healthy soups for the last few days. I love food, and I love healthy food, and I love vegetables. But sometimes I just want to snuggle with my loved ones, and sleep in a little bit, and have these thick and soft Nutella lava cookies with a glass of milk.
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp sea salt, plus more for sprinkling
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 cup butter, at room temperature
2 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
24 tablespoons Nutella, chilled
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, plus more for topping
Start by scooping out 24 tablespoons of Nutella onto a sheet of parchment paper or a silicon mat. Then freeze them for 1 hour or until solid.
In the meantime, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
In a separate large bowl whip up the butter until soft and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Then add both sugars and whisk together for another few minutes.
Mix in the eggs and vanilla until incorporated and gradually add cocoa powder.
Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips to the bowl. Mix until everything is combined.
Scoop about 1/4 cup of the dough mixture at a time and using your hands roll the ball. Place the ball onto a baking sheet covered with parchment paper or silicon mat and repeat to make 24 equal dough balls.
Using the back of a spatula make holes in the centre of the dough balls and place frozen Nutella scoops in the middle.
Cover Nutella scoops completely inside by pulling the dough and forming balls. Make sure to work fast as Nutella quickly melts with the heat of your hands. Then place them on a silicon mat or baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
Sprinkle the tops with few additional chocolate chips and sea salt. Freeze the balls for at least 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Remove the cookie balls from the freezer and space them 2 inches apart on a baking sheet or silicon mat.
Bake for 12 minutes or until the cookies flatten with a slight dome and edges start to harden. The center should remain soft though. Don’t worry it will continue to cook outside the oven while resting.
Let the cookies rest for 15 minutes before serving.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp sea salt, plus more for sprinkling
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup butter, at room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 24 tablespoons Nutella, chilled
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, plus more for topping
- Scoop out 24 tablespoons of Nutella onto a sheet of parchment paper or silicon mat. Then freeze them for 1 hour or until solid.
- Whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
- In a separate large bowl whip up the butter until soft and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add both sugars and whisk together for another few minutes.
- Mix in the eggs and vanilla until incorporated and gradually add cocoa powder.
- Add the flour mixture and chocolate chips to the bowl. Mix until everything is combined.
- Scoop about 1/4 cup of the dough mixture at a time and using your hands roll the ball. Place the ball onto a baking sheet covered with parchment paper or silicon mat and repeat to make 24 equal dough balls.
- Using the back of a spatula make holes in the centre of the dough balls and place Nutella frozen scoops in the middle.
- Cover Nutella scoops completely inside by pulling the dough and forming balls. Make sure to work fast as Nutella quickly melts with the heat of your hands. Then place them on a silicon mat or baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
- Sprinkle the tops with few additional chocolate chips and sea salt.
- Freeze the balls for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Remove the cookie balls from the freezer and space them 2 inches apart on a baking sheet or silicon mat.
- Bake for 12 minutes or until the cookies flatten with a slight dome and edges start to harden. The center should remain soft though. Don’t worry it will continue to cook outside the oven while resting.
- Let the cookies rest for 15 minutes before serving.
These look simply incredible!!! I wish I would just reach through the screen and grab one!!
I know, right?? It’s dreamy… Thanks!
“Chocolate lover’s utopia” might be an understatement – these look amazing! Can’t wait to make them – and then hide in the closet so I can eat them all for myself! 🙂
You’re hilarious! 🙂 Enjoy!
These look amazing!!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thank you!
I was wondering if I could freeze these in advance and be able to just take some and put them in the oven? And how long do they stay frozen? Btw this is an amazing recipe! It gets easier and easier to make and everyone loves them! Thank you very much
Thanks! Sure, they would stay perfectly frozen for about 1 month.
Hi Lily! Just saw this and wanted to say that oozing nutella looks incredible – so gooey, and such a good idea to encase the nutella in the chocolate cookie batter. Love it!
Agreed! Nutella = amazing. 🙂 Thank you!
You mentioned to scoop 1/4 of the dough and form 24 balls. When do you use the rest of the dough?
Agh, I’m the worst! Sorry, I meant to say scoop the dough using 1/4 measuring cup to form 24 balls .
I made each dough ball out of 1/4 cup of dough I only got 14 balls that are huge. Am I missing something?
I simply don’t have words right now! These look like a dream come true!
Thanks Slaveya!
Oh my, these cookies look absolutely delicious! Beautiful photos! Pinned!
Thank you Marsha! 🙂
These look amaaàzing!! I can’t wait to try these out today, Lily! WOW.
Thanks Ana! Hope you like it!
Hiee dear..this is mouth watering cookies..i hav have been looking for chocolate lava cookies recipe from past days..finally i got it from u..thank you so much..
I have a question for you..
I want to make crunchy cookies from outside and lava from inside..
Shall i hav to make any changes in your recipe?
Waiting for your reply..
Dying to try out this recipe..
Thanks, Leri! I hope you make them soon and like them! In terms of adjusting the recipe, I would suggest first trying the proportions I have listed and see if you like it or not before adjusting. Enjoy!
Dropping some love here because these cookies look absolutely sinful!! And your photos are incredible too.
My family is gonna love me after I make these!! Thanks for sharing.
This is your time! Enjoy Diana and thank you for stopping by!
These look so amazing and chocolatey! Yum!
Right? 🙂 Thanks Eden!
I made these for my husband and they are absolutely AMAZING!!! Thanks for sharing. The only thing I had trouble with was making the dough balls. I found the dough to be a little too soft to cover the whole nutella scoop, however once I froze them for about 45 minutes, I made the balls again and they turned out much better. Thanks again! My husband said they were like heaven in his mouth!
Love it! Thanks so much for the feedback!
how long do these stay fresh with the goeyness in the centre
Can I make these tonight for a party tomorrow? Will they still be gooey?
My cookies never really flattened out. They look like big domes. I let them cook for 14 minutes, but was afraid of the bottoms burning so I took them out. I am hoping that they still taste as good as yours look! Is it possible that the cookies were too frozen from being chilled?
WOW looks great
In looove with the photography and the recipe!!! I can imagine all my sweet toothed friends gushing over them n declaring me as their queen!!! 😀
Ha ha! Thanks Samia, glad you liked it!
Oh wow these look amazing! That center! I want a few for snack right now!
Thanks Julie! 🙂
Would love to have a recipe for a Nutella Lava cake baked in a 9×13 dish!
The Sweet meet the sweet make the sweeter. How great the recipe is ! Your instructions is very easy to understand but it seems hard to pull the dough and forming balls. Can you give me some advice?
Wow, When I saw them I just wanted to make them. I just made them today and they turned out great. Such an easy recipe. Thanks Lily.
Wow, When I saw them I just wanted to make them. I just made them today and they turned out great. Such an easy recipe. Thanks Lily.
Whoohoo! I am thrilled to hear this Lily! Thanks so much for your feedback!
Hi, do we transfer the dough fromthe freezer directly to the oven?
I tried the recipe but my cookies did nit flatten out, trying to understand what went wrong. thanks!
Yes, from freezer directly to the oven. These cookies don’t flatten out completely, they still have a slight dome in the middle.
Hi, can i halve this recipe for 12 cookies and still get the same results??
Hi Nivedita! Yes, of course, you just have to make sure to divide the ingredients in half. Enjoy!
These cookies are absolutely heavenly! What a great recipe! Looked difficult at first, but is much simpler once you actually give it a try. Chocolate lover’s perfection. Absolutely loved them and will definitely make them again and again!
Hii! I want to make this in advance, i know o can freeze them for a week but do they go directly to the oven even if theyve been many days in the freezer? Or should o wait a little bit to get them to the oven?
Thank you so much!
I make these on a regular basis, you put them directly frozen, it seems to work for me, the center will look alittle bit undone but it’s because of the Nutella filling. I suggest preheating the oven before putting them in, and just keep an eye on them.
Hello
This recipe looks Amazing and I would really love to try it but i was wondering is the brown sugar light or dark?
Thank you
hiya
Do the Nutella lava cookies need to be eaten warm or will they last a couple days and taste yummy at room temp?
I am trying to make chocolate milk, I couldn’t do it using a white cow. SO I have spent hours milking a brown one. It isn’t working. How do I do this?
I fed my cow a bunch of chocolate then milked it, IT WORKS!