Easy Nutella Cupcake Recipe

This Easy Nutella Cupcake Recipe is so fabulously delicious, I don’t know that I’ve ever had such a melt-in-your-mouth cupcake. I can’t wait to make another batch!

And, the recipe is so simple, I really feel like a beginner baker with no experience could pull this cupcake off. No eggs, no funky ingredients. Just as simple as cupcakes can possibly get.

I love it.

I mean, seriously. If you have even a smidge of like for Nutella, you know how addictive the stuff can be. It’s like the perfect nutty-chocolatey combination that just screams for another decadent bite.

So, imagine that stuffed inside and swirled on top of a chocolate cupcake. It’s so good, you seriously have to try it.

What You Need to Make this Easy Nutella Cupcake Recipe

And, if you don’t believe me about how simple this recipe is, just check out this super short ingredient list. Yeah, that’s right–that is all it takes:

• 2 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tspn baking soda
• 1/2 tspn salt
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 2 tspn vanilla
• 1 cup water
• 1 can of your favorite vanilla frosting
• 3 cups Nutella
• White pearl sprinkles

How to Make this Easy Nutella Cupcake Recipe

Step 1

To make the cupcakes, preheat oven to 350-degrees then combine dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl.

Step 2

Combine wet ingredients (including butter) in a second medium sized bowl.

Step 3

Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in ⅓ increments, mixing thoroughly between each increment.

Step 4

Spoon into lined cupcake pan, then bake for 30-minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool cupcakes completely before decorating.

Step 5

With your largest decorating tip, press into the top of the cupcake off-center, creating a well. Save hole tops.

Step 6

Place 1 tablespoon Nutella into each cupcake well.

Step 7

Replace hole top on each cupcake.

Step 8

Place white pearl sprinkles into a small bowl.

Step 9

With a large round tip on your decorating bag, fill the piping bag with Nutella. Create a swirl of Nutella in one layer on each cupcake.

Step 10

Dip each cupcake into the white pearl sprinkles.

Step 11

Place star tip in a piping bag, then place Nutella messily on one side of the piping bag. Place icing in the remaining area of the piping bag.

Step 12

Frost each cupcake in a swirl, turning the piping bag as you pipe.

Step 13

Enjoy!

Other Great Easy Cupcake Recipes

• Boozy Andes Mint Cupcakes
• Caramel Apple Cupcakes
• S’mores Cupcakes

If you love this easy Nutella-stuffed cupcake Recipe, but you’re not quite ready to heat up the oven, just pin this to your favorite cupcake recipes board on Pinterest so you can find it quick later!