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Home » Recipe Index » Dessert: Cookies » Nutella Swirl Peanut Butter Cookies

Nutella Swirl Peanut Butter Cookies

August 1, 2019 by Kara Cook 23 Comments

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stack of peanut butter cookies with nutella swirl

Nutella Peanut Butter Cookies – soft and chewy peanut butter cookies with swirls of chocolate hazelnut spread. You’ll love this delicious twist on traditional peanut butter cookies!

I can’t seem to resist a good chocolate and peanut butter combination. I’m also a sucker for Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies.

warm nutella swirl peanut butter cookies

Raise your hand if you love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter. If you aren’t raising your hand, I’m not sure we can be friends. Or maybe we can be bestest friends because you can share all your Reese’s with me. 🙂

I love a good soft peanut butter cookie. Add chocolate to the mix and I’m pretty much in cookie heaven. These peanut butter cookies are nice and soft with swirls of yummy Nutella in every bite.

My plan was to freeze half of the batch, but everyone inhaled them so quickly that I think I only ended up with eight cookies leftover. They are now hidden in the back of my freezer. Don’t tell my kids.

stack of nutella peanut butter cookies

HOW TO MAKE NUTELLA PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

To skip my tips and just see the full recipe, scroll to the bottom of the post.

Ingredients:

  • butter (I use salted butter in all my baking.)
  • peanut butter (creamy peanut butter works the best)
  • sugar
  • brown sugar (I use light, but dark brown sugar is also fine.)
  • eggs
  • vanilla extract 
  • flour (I use unbleached all purpose flour.)
  • baking soda
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • Nutella

 

Cream together butter, peanut butter, and sugars till creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir together dry ingredients and add to the wet ingredients. Stir till thoroughly blended. Carefully add dollops of Nutella to the dough, mixing it in gently.

Cover and chill for about 30 minutes. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto silpat lined or lightly greased cookie sheets. I like to use a cookie scoop so they are uniformly sized. 

peanut butter cookie dough with swirls of nutella

Bake at 350° for about 10 minutes. Let cool on pans for 3-5 minutes, then remove to cooling racks to cool.

peanut butter cookies with swirls of nutella

 

Tips for making Nutella Peanut Butter Cookies

-Make sure your butter is softened to room temperature. It’s best to leave it sitting out on the counter for several hours or overnight. Softening in the microwave usually leaves part of the butter melted and part of it still cold.

-Creamy peanut butter works best. Crunchy peanut butter makes the cookies a bit more dry. If all you have is crunchy, I recommend adding an extra tablespoon or two.

– The key to good Nutella swirls is to add them very carefully to the dough at the end. If you stir it up too much, you will just have a streaked chocolate colored dough. It helps to use a very large mixing bowl so you can space the dollops of Nutella more evenly over the entire surface.

How to Store Peanut Butter Cookies

-You can store these cookies at room temperature for 4-5 days if stored in an airtight container. Or you can freeze them for up to three months. I like to place mine in ziplock freezer bags.

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Looking for more recipes featuring Nutella? Try these:

  • STRAWBERRY NUTELLA PIZZA
  • EASY NUTELLA ICE CREAM SANDWICHES
  • NUTELLA FUDGE BROWNIES
  • NUTELLA CHEESECAKE BARS

Love peanut butter? Here you go!

  • PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS
  • PEANUT BUTTER WAFFLES WITH PEANUT BUTTER SYRUP
  • DARK CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SHORTBREAD COOKIES
  • PEANUT BUTTER SHEET CAKE

Peanut Butter Nutella Cookies

Yield: 3 dozen

Nutella Swirl Peanut Butter Cookies

nutella swirl peanut butter cookies

Soft and chewy peanut butter cookies with swirls of chocolate hazelnut spread.

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup soft butter
  • 2/3 cup peanut butter (I used crunchy)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 2/3 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup Nutella

Instructions

  1. Cream together butter, peanut butter, and sugars in a mixing bowl till creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, soda, salt, and baking powder, then add to the wet ingredients. Stir till thoroughly blended.
  3. Carefully add dollops of Nutella to the dough, folding it over gently so you can space them throughout the dough. Then use a knife to swirl the Nutella into the dough. You don't want to stir it too much!
  4. Cover and chill the dough for about 30 minutes so the Nutella has a chance to set up. It can be refrigerated overnight as well.
  5. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto lightly greased or silicone lined cookie sheets. Bake at 350° for about 10 minutes.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

36

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 170Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 179mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 1gSugar: 13gProtein: 3g
Cuisine: American / Category: Dessert: Cookies

Recipe originally published February 5, 2013, updated August 2019.

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Comments

  1. Kathryn

    April 18, 2020 at 2:05 pm

    I made these today and… wow!! I am not good at baking anything and these cookies came out perfect!! My husband ate 5 in one sitting and kept saying mmm with each bite. I’m glad I made some extra dough. These are so wonderful. The taste and texture are to die for! Thank you so much!!

    Reply
  2. Emma

    April 6, 2020 at 11:21 am

    There is no recipe here for these cookies, the recipe card is for muffins. Lots of others have commented the same thing but you haven’t fixed it… could you please fix the recipe card? Thanks.

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      April 15, 2020 at 10:18 pm

      I am so sorry, I have no idea what happened to the recipe card! To make matters worse, for some reason I haven’t been getting notifications about comments people have left, so I wasn’t aware of the problem. I have fixed it now. I apologize for the frustration. 🙁

      Reply
  3. Elle

    April 4, 2020 at 3:40 pm

    There are no amounts next to the cookie recipe unfortunately only the muffin one.

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      April 15, 2020 at 10:19 pm

      So sorry, apparently there was a glitch, and I didn’t get notifications that people had commented on the post. Everything is fixed now, so you can make and enjoy these cookies! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Jess

    March 27, 2020 at 2:45 pm

    I would love the cookie recipe and not a muffin recipe

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      April 15, 2020 at 10:20 pm

      So sorry for the mix up in the recipe cards. That has never happened before, and I don’t even know what went wrong. I have fixed it now. Hope you can make and enjoy them!

      Reply
  5. Susy

    March 15, 2020 at 4:25 pm

    Recipe is not there. Maybe wrong recipe was posted here. You may need to upload it again.

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      April 15, 2020 at 10:21 pm

      It is now fixed. Not sure how it got switched to the muffin recipe, but it is fixed now. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Sigh

    March 11, 2020 at 5:43 pm

    Yeah there is no recipe at the bottom of the post for these cookies. It’s for chocolate chip muffins. Frustrating.

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      April 15, 2020 at 10:22 pm

      My apologies. I have no clue how the cookie recipe was switched out to the recipe for muffins, but I have now taken care of it. You should be able to see the cookie recipe now. I hope you’ll make them and love them as much as we do! 🙂

      Reply
  7. very confused man

    March 5, 2020 at 11:27 am

    i only see a recipe for CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL MUFFINS? please help

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      April 15, 2020 at 10:23 pm

      Sorry I didn’t see your comment earlier! The post is now fixed and the recipe card is showing the cookies instead of the muffins. I am baffled as to what went wrong in the first place.

      Reply
  8. Marleene

    February 16, 2020 at 7:01 pm

    Hello,

    I would love to make these cookies. Could you please add the complete recipe (including measurements)?

    TYIAq

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      February 18, 2020 at 8:48 pm

      You can see the recipe card with all the details at the bottom of the post. 🙂

      Reply
      • Jessica

        March 27, 2020 at 2:46 pm

        Looks like no one else sees it, can you please upload it again? It links a muffin recipe

        Reply
  9. confused and dissapointed

    November 18, 2019 at 3:48 pm

    There is no recipe you just talk about it and list the ingredients but no quantities??

    Reply
  10. J

    August 2, 2019 at 11:34 am

    I only see a recipe for choc chip oatmeal muffins, not for the nutella swirl pb cookies. I just thought you would like to know.
    Have a great day and weekend coming up!

    Reply
  11. Dezi A

    February 21, 2013 at 5:36 pm

    These are delicious! I probably swirled my nutella in too much – it was hard not to cause the clumps seemed too big, but they were still fantastic!!

    Reply

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