There’s a long list of things that make me happy (and knowing that makes me happy, too). Let’s start with today’s Chocolate Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookies. A gluten-free Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe! It’s another gfe flourless recipe and it’s totally delicious!
![Flourless cookies are soft and smooth in texture and rich in flavor. These gluten-free Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies prove that once again! [from GlutenFreeEasily.com]](https://glutenfreeeasily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Grain-Free-Paleo-Chocolate-Hazelnut-Nutella-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies.jpg "Flourless cookies are soft and smooth in texture and rich in flavor. These gluten-free Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies prove that once again! [from GlutenFreeEasily.com]")
Outings with Mr. GFE.
Travel.
Art. (We thoroughly enjoyed the art at our local annual street art festival, Via Colori, this past weekend. Below are some of my favorites.)
Street Art Rendition of Van Gogh’s Wheatfields at Via Colori in Fredericksburg VA
Mother and Child Painting Rendition at Via Colori in Fredericksburg VA
Frog Painting at Via Colori in Fredericksburg VA
Beetle Painting at Via Colori in Fredericksburg VA
Fine meals. (They don’t have to be expensive meals or complicated meals. They just have to be meals that taste really good. Good company while eating such meals helps, too!)
Crab Legs at Shady Lane Restaurant
Joyful people. (This young lady sang “Hey Soul Sister” while she let this 7-year old boy strum her ukulele. What a special moment to witness!)
Getting Help with the Ukelele
New porch. Old dog. (Sonny insisted on being the model for the pics of our new porch. For scale, you know.)
Sonny on New Front Porch
Unique items that I’ve saved–ones that bring back very special memories. (The milk bottle in this photo was not purchased as a prop. It came with the farmhouse we rented at the beginning of our marriage. Farmers Creamery was a local dairy that served the better part of Virginia from the early 1900s through the 1960s I believe.)
![Flourless cookies are soft and smooth in texture and rich in flavor. These gluten-free Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies prove that once again! [from GlutenFreeEasily.com]](https://glutenfreeeasily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Farmers-Creamery-Milk-Bottle-Chocolate-Hazelnut-Nutella-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies-Photo.jpg "Flourless cookies are soft and smooth in texture and rich in flavor. These gluten-free Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies prove that once again! [from GlutenFreeEasily.com]")
Flourless gfe recipes—both sweet and savory (like my Low-Carb Pizza (Gluten-Free, of course, and Unbelievably Good), but especially desserts.
What? You didn’t expect a repeat of that one? You know the saying, “one more time with emphasis,” right? Longtime gfe readers know that I love flourless recipes, like today’s Flourless Chocolate Hazelnut Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies.
I’m such a happy girl when I make flourless recipes. Flourless recipes rock in my opinion.
First, they’re almost always naturally gluten free. Second, you get so much more of the flavor of the main ingredients when flour is not there to get in the way.
Last, the resulting texture is wonderful. Properly soft and firm at the same time, but never grainy because, again, flour doesn’t get in the way.
So when I bought a jar of Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut Butter recently—which admittedly was a rare indulgence—it was only a matter of time before I knew I would use it to create a new flourless cookie recipe. Sure, I spread some of it on my toast or crackers here and there (and perhaps ate a dollop or two—wouldn’t you?), but I didn’t fully appreciate it until I used it to make these Flourless Gluten-Free Chocolate Hazelnut Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Flourless Gluten-Free Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies
Well, flourless Chocolate Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookies to be exact. No actual Nutella was involved in the making of this recipe, but there’s chocolate and hazelnut together so you know the chocolate hazelnut vibe is there!
Admittedly, I’m not sure how the actual Nutella would work in this recipe. This might shock you, but I have used Nutella as an ingredient in cookies and I’ve been fairly underwhelmed.
Nutella *might* work in this recipe. I share my thoughts on what changes I think you’d have to make if using Nutella in the recipe notes.
I prefer making this recipe using Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut Butter or my Homemade Double Nut-ella (you really won’t believe how easy it is to make your own version of Nutella, especially the way I make it).
For those who always want to know when a recipe is endorsed by Mr. GFE, this recipe most definitely is! He had a stack on the coaster beside him for munching during his evening tv viewing. I was more dignified with my own short stack on a napkin beside me. Hehe.
Gluten-Free Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Another flourless cookie that will make everyone happy. Nobody will guess it's gluten free and everyone will love the chocolate hazelnut butter "Nutella" and chocolate chip combo! I recommend Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut Butter or my Homemade Nutella. If you decide to use Nutella, I believe you’ll have to add slightly more almond flour to get the right consistency and have a firm enough cookie. You also might be able to use slightly less coconut sugar as Nutella is very sweet (the main ingredient is sugar).Gluten-Free Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies
![Flourless cookies are soft and smooth in texture and rich in flavor. These gluten-free Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies prove that once again! [from GlutenFreeEasily.com]](https://glutenfreeeasily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Chocolate-Hazelnut-Nutella-Chocolate-Chip-Cookie-Gluten-Free-Dairy-Free-Photo.jpg)
Ingredients
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Notes
Cheryl Harris says
Sonny makes a great model! Glad you’re having a fun summer, and I love seeing the things that make you happy! And those look absolutely amazing.
Shirley says
Thanks, Cheryl! On all! 🙂 Yes, I’m pretty sure that you’d really like these cookies. 😉
Shirley
Nancy says
Wow do these sound wonderful! Traveling out of country now, we have a kitchen where we are staying but no oven, but I’ll definitely be making these when we get back to the U. S. Love the sidewalk chalk art!
Shirley says
Hi Nancy–Great to see you again! Hope you’re having wonderful travels, dear. Not having an oven is both a blessing and a curse! 😉 The sidewalk chalk art was totally amazing. I would have liked to have shared all the photos I took. Really fun and/or inspiring and so much talent displayed! 🙂
Shirley
Linda says
The porch looks great, especially with Sonny on it. I enjoyed the art photos as well. You cookies sound delicious. I actually don’t think I have ever eaten Nutella. I did purchase hazelnut flour after you posted cookies using that, but I haven’t used it yet since I’m trying to avoid sweets. Now I want to try hazelnut butter. I bet it would be good in my blended coffee, and I bet that coffee would go really well with these cookies!
Shirley says
Thanks, Linda. All of the art was really wonderful.
I have to say that it’s probably a good thing that you’ve never had the “official” Nutella. It’s very addictive and not for good reasons! I do think you’d love hazelnut butter in your blended coffee and that coffee would be great with these cookies! I like how you think. 😉
Shirley
Diane says
Oh boy, I can see I’m in trouble here. Now I know what I’m going to do with my hazelnut flour. First your “nutella” and then these cookies. Brad will be super excited! Great recipe!!
Love seeing Sunny too.
Shirley says
LOL, Diane. That would be good trouble, right? 😉 I hope your chocolate hazelnut butter adventures go well! 🙂 And, last, Sonny likes being seen. 😉
Shirley
Jeanne L says
What great pictures! Fun to look at them!
We love Justin’s Hazelnut Butter!! I think I’ll have to try this recipe. It just looks too good. Thanks, Shirley.
Shirley says
Hi Jeanne–Good to see you again and thanks for the kind feedback on all! 🙂 Glad to find another Justin’s fan! I’ll admit that I do have one slight quibble with it. I liked it better before almond butter was added to the formula. But, honestly, the fact that Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut Butter is a bit different from when I first tried it years ago is the reason I had enough of it left to make these cookies after I did some sampling. 😉 Hope you enjoy the recipe when you give it a try! 🙂
Shirley
Ina Gawne says
Sonny is one gorgeous dog! Love the sidewalk art, and your cookies look scrumptious. I’ve not seen
Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut Butter….must keep and eye out for it.
Shirley says
Thanks so much, Ina! If I’d known Sonny was going to be modeling for me, I definitely would have given him some extra brushing. 😉 I think you’d like Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut Butter–it’s not too sweet. I am sure you’d do great at making your own version, too, if you wished. 🙂
Shirley
Bethany says
These look delicious!
Shirley says
Hi Bethany–Thanks! Great to see you again! 🙂
Shirley
Tessa@TessaDomesticDiva says
yum Shirley…these look addicting! I have a nutella cookie too…but different. I am eager to try these out, thanks for sharing on Allergy Free Wednesday, featuring your recipe this week!
Shirley says
Thanks for the comment and the feature, Tessa! I appreciate both! 🙂 They are pretty darned addicting, if I do say so myself. 😉
We’ve got the equivalent of a blogging feature psychic mind meld thing going on as I just featured your Healthy Mounds on All Gluten-Free Desserts! 🙂
Shirley