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These Nutella Cheesecake Chocolate Cookie Cups have a soft, chewy chocolate cookie base filled with the creamiest no bake Nutella cheesecake. They’re cute, delicious, and perfect for sharing – or not!
For the cheesecake version of this tasty treat, head over to my fool-proof No Bake Nutella Cheesecake Recipe!
So we just got back last night from spending a long weekend in Hilton Head, S.C. with my family. Hilton Head is an annual trip for us. We’ve been going since I was a kid and it holds so many memories for me. Even the hubs has been coming with my family since we were in college.
It’s such a great beach for families – so clean and laid back. I look forward to hopefully being able to bring our kids to Hilton Head one day.
Before we left yesterday, the hubs and I decided to spend as much time at the beach as we could. It ended up being the day with the best weather, so we stayed later than we thought we would.
One fun thing about the beaches is that we always see dolphins swimming off the shore at least once. If you know me well, you know I LOVE dolphins. They are easily my favorite animal and every time we see them, I wish they’d swim up to me and carry me out to sea with them for a day. I’d just chill on their backs or something and be one with the dolphins. They totally want to hang out with me, they just don’t know it yet.
We hadn’t seen them yet this trip and I was a little bummed. Well, yesterday we fixed that. We saw some swimming down the shore around midday and then we were walking along the beach yesterday afternoon and we saw a ton of them!
Fish were jumping like crazy all day long – more than I’ve ever seen at a beach. It was just constant. The dolphins basically had an all you can eat buffet going on. It worked out well for us, because we had to have seen more than 20 dolphins in all after watching them all swim by.
We walked down closer to the water just in time to see one come in really close – there wasn’t anyone in the water in this spot – and go after fish. He was so close, you could see him through the water. His fin was up out of the water and his head was pushing a wave forward as he kept coming out of the water to get the fish. He even gave us a big, full jump out of the water – like the ones they do in shows. It was beautiful!
A few minutes later we saw another one jump out too. I’m a total dork over dolphins and it made my day.
It’s amazing how everyone on the beach stops and watches the dolphins. They are just the prettiest and coolest animals. There were some people out on paddle boards and the dolphins were so close to them. I made a mental note about that one. I see paddle boards in my future for next year’s trip. 🙂
As for these cookie cups, I see them happening in my future as week – again.
The cookies are soft and chewy and perfectly chocolatey. As usual, I used my Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa, which I recommend. But you can replace it with regular cocoa, if you’d like.
The Nutella cheesecake is no bake and absolutely delicious. Smooth and creamy, I wanted to pipe it straight into my mouth. There was a tad bit left after filling the cookie cups and I couldn’t part with it. We piped it onto Nilla Wafers and eat it that way too. So stinkin’ good.
I topped them with off raspberries for two reasons. 1. It compliments the sweet Nutella perfectly. 2. They finish them of perfectly and make a pretty presentation.
These cookies make perfect individual treats and are a fun mix of two great things – cookies and cheesecake. They’re also perfect for that holiday tray you’ll be taking to parties soon. 😉
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- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: About 16 cookie cups
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Nutella Cheesecake Chocolate Cookie Cups have a soft, chewy chocolate cookie base filled with the creamiest no bake Nutella cheesecake. They’re cute, delicious, and perfect for sharing – or not!
Ingredients
CHOCOLATE COOKIE CUPS
- 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cornstarch
NUTELLA CHEESECAKE
- 10 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup Nutella
- raspberries, for garnish, optional
Instructions
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie Cup
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 33.5 g
- Sodium: 146.8 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Carbohydrates: 44.2 g
- Protein: 3.8 g
- Cholesterol: 54.3 mg
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Enjoy!
These look amazing!
I’ve never seen dolphins in the wild before, only on TV or in captivity — I’m so jealous! I got to see whales one summer when my mom and I went up to Alaska for a church mission trip, but still. They aren’t quite the same as cute and playful dolphins. 😉 And these cookie cups… Oh my GOODNESS I want to see them in person just as much as a dolphin! You’ve combined 3 of my favorites — dark chocolate, nutella & fresh berries — so I’m positively smitten! Pinned!
P.S. Not sure why, but my second comment went to your spam again… I’m so sorry about causing problems!
These seriously look like little bites of heaven!!
I’m always looking for dolphins when we go to Florida! The trip just isn’t the same when we don’t see any! These cookie cups are beautiful!
I want to bake everything on your blog … these included! They look amazing!!
They look delicious! Beautiful pictures!
Oh gosh these look awesome! Chocolate and Nutella on my! Sounds like you had an awesome trip!
Thanks girl!
oh man these are so pretty 😉 I love the two different chocolates with the raspberry beautiful! and looks delicious !
I can’t believe you can see so many dolphins from the beach! I’ve never seen any at the beaches in California. That’s amazing! These cookie cups are so cute!
It’s the only beach that I usually see them at. So fun! Thanks Julia!
Love your passion for dolphins:) Sounds like your Hilton Head vacation was a blast! Just noticed that you have a verse of the day in your sidebar; how did I not see that until today. Thanks for sharing it; I really needed it today:) These cookie cups look like something my husband would love; pinned for later!
So glad y’all had fun at the beach!!! Paddle boarding is awesome but with dolphin would be the absolute best!!! I can’t wait to make these delicious cookie cups – Nutella is a family favorite!! Crew eats it every day!!! Thanks again for making my scale jump 10 pounds!!!
I think I might cry! These are exactly what I need for a Monday morning.
So pretty too. Pinned!
Sounds like you had an amazing trip to the beach…so cool you got to see the dolphins like that!! And these cookie cups? Seriously gorgeous! I’m with you on the dark cocoa powder…must use it every time!!! And with Nutella and raspberry? Perfection!
Thanks Jocelyn!
You saw dolphins?! I am SO jealous! That is my life goal haha!
Until then, I will drown my never-seen-a-dolphin sadness in 1 million of these. You are the cookie cup queen! Pinned!
It was my life goal to swim with them too. We got to on our honey moon. 🙂 Best animals ever!
sounds like you had a blast with your family and the dolphins! 🙂 love watching them too . . they are so smart! and these cookie cups?! oh my gawd. . so perfect!!! love that the Nutella cheesecake is no bake!!! Winning! and Pinned!!
Thanks for the pin Alice!
Gotta tell you, Lindsay, that nobody rocks the cookie cups like you do! These are so incredible.
I’ve been dying to learn how to paddleboard! Apparently, it works your core like crazy and it’s super fun. And it’s in the water. How could it be anything but amazing?
Thanks Mir! That’s what I hear about paddle boarding too. It’d be worth it if dolphins come cruising by 😉