Nutella Mocha Food

NUTELLA®-STUFFED MOCHA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 14 muffin cups with paper liners and set aside.
• Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat until creamy. Dissolve espresso powder in hot water. Add to the butter mixture along with the yogurt, eggs, and vanilla. Mix well.
• Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt together. Fold into the wet ingredients just until combined. Do not overmix.
• Divide 1/2 of the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, filling only halfway. Drop a heaping teaspoon of chocolate-hazelnut spread in the center of each. Top with the remaining batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the center springs back lightly touched with your finger, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan before transferring muffins to a cooling rack to cool completely.

NUTELLA MOCHA

Steps:

• Brew espresso.
• In a saucepan, combine all ingredients including brewed espresso. Slowly bring to a boil, stirring constatly, then reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute, still stirring.
• Pour the hot mix into blender and blend on high for 5 seconds.
• Serve, maybe garnished with whipped cream.
• Enjoy!

MOCHA SHORTBREAD WITH NUTELLA

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter, sugars, vanilla extract and instant espresso granules.
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder and salt.
• Gradually mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture until fully incorporated.
• Cover bowl and refrigerate for one hour.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out to 1/4" thickness. Cut with floured 2-inch to 3-inch cookie cutters. Place cookies 2 inches apart on partchment lined baking sheets.
• Bake at 300 degrees F for 20 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.
• Once cookies are completely cooked, sandwich them bottom sides together with your desired amount of Nutella.

HAZELNUT MOCHA HOT CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat cream over medium heat until bubbles form around sides of pan (do not boil). Remove from the heat; whisk in the chocolates, nutella, liqueur, espresso powder and salt until smooth. Return to the heat; cook and stir until heated through. If desired, dip rim of mug into additional Nutella then hazelnuts. Pour drinking chocolate into mugs; top with whipped cream and drizzle with additional liqueur if desired.