Yesterday I went through my big list of planned posts and made a monthly plan for the whole year.  I was feeling pretty proud of myself.  Then I saw that today was World Nutella Day and decided to move this recipe post up six months. So much for planning! 😂  This recipe was too good to put off anyway.

I shared this recipe years ago on my former blogs.  The first time I made them, I based the recipe on a popular pin for Mini Nutella Cups (that original post is no longer active).  I realized after making them with a peanut butter cookie mix that the original recipe was for chocolate chip cookies.  I loved how the peanut butter ones turned out because they were so easy and tasted amazing.

  

When I tried them again another time, I didn’t have a cookie mix on hand.  I decided to try making them with a yellow cake mix instead, and they were also easy and delicious.  Today, I didn’t have a cookie mix or a cake mix on hand, so I made peanut butter cookies from scratch.  They are all great options, so I am sharing them all!😃

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Peanut Butter Nutella Cookie Cups

 

Option #1-Cookie Mix

1 Betty Crocker Peanut Butter cookie mix

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 egg

Nutella

 

Mix cookie mix, egg, and butter in a bowl.  Spoon into lightly greased mini muffin pan.   

 

Option #2-Cake Mix

 

 

1 Yellow Cake Mix

1/4 cup oil

3/4 cup peanut butter

2 eggs

Nutella

 

Combine cake mix, oil, peanut butter, and eggs in a bowl.  Spoon into lightly greased mini muffin pan.  

 

 

 

Option #3-Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 egg

2 Tbsp. milk

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

1 ¾ cup flour

Cream together butter and sugars.  Add peanut butter, egg, milk, vanilla, salt, and baking soda and mix well.  Mix in flour until blended. Divide dough between mini muffin cups.

Baking Time!

From here, the recipes are the same.  Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes (I cooked mine for 11 minutes, but ovens vary).  They were soft and starting to brown slightly on the edges.  I let them sit for a couple minutes and then I used a spoon to push in the middles to form the cups.  

 

 

Next, fill the cups with a spoonful of Nutella. (Yum!)  Fill each cup first and let it melt some before you smooth it out.  Let the cups sit in the pan a few minutes to set up, and then place on a cooling rack.  The first time I made them, I pulled one out too soon to try it, and it did this:

 

 

 

I noticed when I used a cake mix the second time, they were a little firmer.  My favorite option is the homemade cookies, but the mix options are great if you have them on hand. You will probably want to enjoy a cookie or two while the Nutella is soft and melty.  I let them finish cooling before I put them in a plastic container for the night.  They are just as amazing (if not better!) the next day.  Happy World Nutella Day! 😃

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