Nutella Gooey Goodness

I LOVE NUTELLA!  I do I do I do.  So do my precious pretties.  Pretty #1 asks for her chocolate peanut butter on wheat toast.  Since Pretty #2 wants what ever Pretty #1 is having then she has it the same way.  We love Nutella so much though that I had to quit buying it.  I found myself going for the cupboard to raid the Nutella jar every time I had a spoon or any other kind of utensil in my hand.  Let's not forget to mention that I found Pretty #2 on the floor eating it by the fistful.  It was at that point that I realized we were addicted to it almost as much as precious husband is addicted to A&M football.  I wasn't going to buy anymore until now......  I was scrolling through some blogs, and I somehow came across a blog called Plain Chicken .I thought it was nothing but chicken recipes, and I am always looking for a new ways to cook/create some winner winner chicken dinners.  Needless to say I was suprised that Stephanie (the girl with the awesome name who created Plain Chicken ) shares some other tasty recipes on here as well.  Let's just say mama is going to buy some Nutella this weekend just for these cookies. 



Nutella Gooey Butter Cookies


1 box chocolate cake mix

8 oz cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup Nutella (add more if you like)

powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the egg. Then beat in the Nutella and vanilla extract. Mix in the cake mix. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours to firm up so that you can roll the batter into balls. Roll the chilled batter into tablespoon sized balls (I used a medium cookie scoop) and then roll them in powdered sugar. Place on an cookie sheet lined with parchment. Bake 12-14 minutes. The cookies will remain soft and gooey.