Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Soft and chewy chocolate cookies filled with chopped hazelnuts.
If you’re a fan of chocolate + hazelnut like me, then you are going to LOVE these cookies. They’re rich, chocolaty, and have so much great nutty flavor and crunch from the hazelnuts.
These cookies were born out of necessity— I had just a few hours to make a treat for a party and my pantry was pretty empty. I had decided to make my go-to favorite chocolate cookies when I spied some chopped hazelnuts I had stashed in the freezer. I threw them in the dough at the last moment, and these wonderful cookies are the result. I’ve made them a few times since then and they’re always a hit wherever I take them.
I mean, who doesn’t love chocolate and hazelnuts?
I think I might be borderline obsessed with the chocolate-hazelnut combo. If you are too, you may want to check out these other recipes from my site— chocolate hazelnut ice cream, chocolate hazelnut sweet rolls, whole wheat chocolate chip hazelnut cookies, chocolate hazelnut covered strawberries, dark chocolate rocky road ice cream with hazelnuts, nutella brownies with hazelnuts, and chocolate hazelnut fudge sauce.
See, I told you. Obsessed!
baking tip:How to freeze cookie dough
Cookie dough freezes so well! And it’s a great way to plan ahead to enjoy fresh cookies whenever the craving hits. Here’s how to do it:
- Prepare cookie dough as directed and portion with a spoon or cookie scoop.
- Place cookie dough on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and do a quick freeze for about 1 hour until they’re frozen solid.
- Transfer cookie dough to a freezer ziplock bag, label, and store in the freezer for up to a month or more.
Freezing them this way means they aren’t one solid mass so you can grab individual cookie dough balls out of the freezer as you want!
Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter , at room temperature
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder , not dutch process
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup hazelnuts , very finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar on medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each. Add the vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to the wet mixture in the stand mixer and mix on low until combined. Add the chopped hazelnuts.
- Spoon onto the prepared baking sheet by rounded tablespoons. Bake until cookies are firm and cracked on top, about 10 minutes. Cookies will be very soft. Use a spatula to transfer them to a cooling rack and cool completely.
Recipe originally published August 2011. Photos have been updated.
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I did what you said not to, and used the dutch process cocoa powder because that’s all that I had on hand. It wasn’t until after they were in the oven that I decided to look up the difference. So they didn’t turn out the way they were supposed to, but are still amazingly delicious, and definitely edible! In fact, I don’t think they’re going to last very long at all 🙂
This cookie recipe looks scrumptious! I have a small–huge–addiction to cookies. I am definitely trying this one soon.
Marvelous! So rocky outside but looks chewy inside. I love the idea of taking hazelnut in cookies.
Really craving for it 🙂 Nice pics
That last picture of the cookies is amazing,they look almost fudgy!
my mouth is now watering! Have a great weekend!
I really need to get some good dark coco. The ones i have don't give that nice dark color. These cookies are looking so yum!
Mmmm!
Looks like a great cookie. And you're right, cookies are great!
I am a sucker for hazelnuts. Hazelnut anything really. I made a hazelnut pesto the other day!! Your cookies look amazing. It was great to see you last night!
These seriously look like perfection. I love how you can see how soft and moist they are from the photos alone 🙂
Sues
Yes, yes, yes. They might not be sophisticated but they are the perfect ending to any meal.
Wow those cookies looks damn addictive and irresistible..
sounds like ferrero rocher in cookie form!
Oh my goodness me. So so so yummy!
Annalise, these sound amazing and they are so pretty! Nutella is one of my favorite spreads and I love how youo captured the flavor in these cookies. Definitely going to try them!