Try these Nutella cupcakes with Nutella buttercream frosting. If you love the chocolate hazelnut flavor combination, you will love these. They are decadent and over the top with Nutella added into the cupcake, the frosting and filled into the centers of the cupcakes as well.
Nutella filled cupcakes are a moist and decadently sweet cupcake filled with more Nutella and topped off with a thick and creamy Nutella Buttercream icing. These cupcakes are jam packed with sweet chocolate and hazelnut flavors making them perfect for any celebration.
Filled cupcakes like these really ramp up the flavor, but are easy to make. These are made the same as apple pie cupcakes or cookie butter cupcakes.
This recipe is super easy to make and it's rich flavor makes it great for serving at birthdays, as a thanksgiving cupcake, a Christmas cupcake and more.
🧁Why To Try This Recipe
Decadent & Rich - these triple nutella cupcakes are so decadent and rich with chocolate and hazelnut flavors in each layer.
Easy to make - even though this recipe is over the top in flavor, it's not difficult to make taking just about 45 minutes.
Customizable Flavor - adjust the flavor as you prefer by removing nutella in the batter or as a filling. Or going more over the top by adding garnishes.
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📋Ingredients
For Cupcakes:
- Butter - softened
- Granulated Sugar
- Oil
- Eggs
- Vanilla
- Milk
- Flour
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Cocoa Powder
- Nutella
For Nutella Buttercream Frosting:
- Powdered Sugar
- Nutella
- Butter
- Vanilla
- Milk
See recipe card for quantities.
📖Substitutions & Variations
Try out a few of these ingredient variations and substitutions to make these exactly how you will love them.
- Top with crumbled Ferrero Rocher - these chocolate hazelnut candies are the perfect crunchy garnish to these cupcakes.
- Use cake mix - make these super fast by using chocolate cake mix and just adding the nutella into the batter.
- Drizzle with nutella - the more nutella the better! Warm some nutella and drizzle it over the top of each cupcake after frosting them.
- Don't add the filling - admittedly, these are over the top sweet. If you want to tone it down a little, skip the filling.
Love nutella? Try these nutella rice krispie treats or these nutella covered strawberries.
⏲️Instructions
Follow along with these easy step-by-step instructions to bake up a batch of your own nutella filled cupcakes.
Step one: Go ahead and pop cupcake liners into your cupcake tin. Then, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step two: Place softened butter and sugar into the mixing bowl.
Step three: Cream together butter and sugar on medium high speed for about 2 - 3 minutes.
Step four: Add in oil, eggs, vanilla and milk and Nutella. Mix those together on medium speed until well combined.
Step five: Mix in Flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Scrape down sides as needed until thoroughly combined.
Step six: Scoop the cupcake batter into the cupcake liners - about ⅔ of the way full. Bake at 350 degrees for about
Step seven: Make the frosting. Add butter, nutella and milk to a mixing bowl.
Step eight: Slowly add in powdered sugar while mixing at medium speed. Then, once mixed in, turn to high speed for around 2 minutes or until frosting becomes fluffy.
Step nine: Scoop frosting into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Scoop extra Nutella into a piping bag fitted with a large circle tip.
Step ten: Stick the nutella filled piping bag down into the center of the cooled cupcake and squeeze nutella in. You will feel the cupcake bulge slightly.
Step eleven: Add a large dollop of frosting to the center of the cupcake. Then, starting at the outside edge, add it in a swirl into the center of the cupcake.
Hint: when adding the Nutella filling into the cupcakes make sure not to break through the bottom of the cupcake or it will leak out.
⭐Recipe Tips for Success
- Buttercream Consistency - make sure that the buttercream is thick enough that it doesn't droop when scooped up with a spoon or spatula. It shouldn't be so thick that it's difficult to pipe onto the cupcakes though.
- Filling cupcakes - you can scoop the center of the cupcake out with a spoon, knife or apple corer. Or, you can simply press the piping tip into the cupcake and squeeze the filling in.
- Piping buttercream - to get pretty frosting, start with a large dollop in the center of the cupcake. Then, start at the outer edge and spiral the frosting in circles in until you reach the middle.
- Thoroughly cool - make sure that the cupcakes are completely cool before adding the filling and frosting. We have gotten anxious before and frosted too soon only to watch it slide right off the cupcakes.
Storage
You can keep these in the refrigerator for 3 - 5 days sealed in an airtight container.
Or, you can freeze them for up to 3 months. If frosted, flash freeze them first, then wrap in cling wrap and place in freezer bags or an airtight container. Defrost by placing in the fridge overnight.
💭FAQ
It is a sweet spread that is chocolate hazelnut flavored.
For moist and fluffy cupcakes make sure not to overmix the batter. Mix just long and fast enough to thoroughly combine ingredients at each step. Using softened butter and room temperature eggs also helps to decrease mixing.
Nutella Cupcakes
Equipment
- Cupcake/Muffin Tin
- Cupcake Liners
- Mixing bowl
- Spoon or Spatula
- Hand or Stand Mixer
- measuring cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Piping Bag
- Star Tip for piping bag
Ingredients
For Cupcakes
- .5 cup Butter softened
- .75 cup Granulated Sugar
- .25 cup Oil
- 2 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- .75 cups Milk
- 1.25 cups Flour
- 1.5 teaspoon Baking Powder
- .5 teaspoon Salt
- .5 cup Cocoa Powder
- .5 cup Nutella
For Frosting
- 1.5 cups Powdered Sugar
- .5 cups Butter softened
- .5 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- .25 cups Nutella
- 1 - 2 tablespoons Milk as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and place cupcake liners in cupcake tin holes.
- In a mixing bowl, add in .5 cup softened butter and .75 cups of sugar. Cream them together on high speed for 2 - 3 minutes.
- Add in 1 teaspoon of vanilla, 2 eggs, .25 cups of oil and mix on medium low until well combined.
- Add in .25 cups of Nutella and .75 cups of milk and mix on medium low until well combined.
- Add in the 1.25 cups of flour, .5 teaspoons of salt, 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder and .5 cups of cocoa powder. Mix on low, scraping down the sides until everything is completely incorporated.
- Spoon the batter into the cupcake liners, filling each about ⅔ of the way full.
- Bake in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 14 - 16 minutes or until center is set. Remove and allow to cool.
For Nutella Buttercream Frosting
- While cupcakes are baking, make the frosting.
- Add .5 cups of butter, .5 teaspoons of vanilla and .25 cups of nutella into a mixing bowl. Turn mixer on medium and slowly add in the 1.5 cups of powdered sugar.
- Once the sugar is well incorporated, add in milk if needed to thin the consistency. Then mix on medium high for 2 - 3 minutes with paddle attachment or until it becomes fluffy and thickens up.
- Scoop the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star tip and set aside.
Cupcake Assembly
- Once cupcakes have cooled, add nutella to a piping bag.
- Then use a spoon to scoop out the center of each cupcake. Alternatively, you can simply insert the piping tip about halfway into each cupcake and fill with nutella until the sides bulge a little.
- Then, take the piping bag with buttercream frosting. Add one large dollop in the center of the cupcake.
- Next, starting at the outside edge of the cupcake, add frosting in a circular, swirl motion until you get to the center of the cupcake.
Notes
- Buttercream Consistency - make sure that the buttercream is thick enough that it doesn't droop when scooped up with a spoon or spatula. It shouldn't be so thick that it's difficult to pipe onto the cupcakes though.
- Filling cupcakes - you can scoop the center of the cupcake out with a spoon, knife or apple corer. Or, you can simply press the piping tip into the cupcake and squeeze the filling in.
- Piping buttercream - to get pretty frosting, start with a large dollop in the center of the cupcake. Then, start at the outer edge and spiral the frosting in circles in until you reach the middle.
- Thoroughly cool - make sure that the cupcakes are completely cool before adding the filling and frosting. We have gotten anxious before and frosted too soon only to watch it slide right off the cupcakes.
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is just an estimate and may vary based on specific ingredients used.
