Mini Nutella Cookie Cups

I can’t think of too many things that are better than Nutella with its rich chocolate- hazelnut creamy texture, and then when you add it to a cookie cup it takes it over the top.  You make a chocolate chip cookie base dough and with a 1 1/2-inch cookie scoop, make balls and drop them in a greased mini muffin pan.  Then gently pat them down and bake them.  Let them cool for 5 minutes and then tamp the centers of each cookie with a handy wooden dough press to make a little indent.  You could also use a small shot glass or spoon.  I used an entire 13 oz. jar of Nutella and put it in a piping bag with a large star tip and piped the Nutella into each of the cookies. The 13 oz. jar just barely topped the 3 dozen cookies I made, but close enough.  You could melt chocolate chips in the remaining cookies.  Click here for the recipe….