Mini Nutella Swirl Chocolate Muffins with Frangelico Glaze

Chocolate and Nutella mix and mingle to make an irresistible sweet treat in Mini Nutella Swirl Chocolate Muffins with Frangelico Glaze. Because it’s a cocktail party, we’re topping these babies with a bit of hazelnut liquor. Such a perfect ending to any holiday celebration! Read below to see how I make my Mini Nutella Swirl Chocolate Muffins with Frangelico Glaze.

Mini Nutella Swirl Chocolate Muffins with Frangelico Glaze

Even at a cocktail party, it’s fun to have a sweet treat on the table. Often times, I find that the little sweets I was thinking of as ‘dessert’ are the very first to go! They’re just irresistible.

During the holidays, everyone is so inundated with cookies. So for my Sip, Sparkle, and Swoon Cocktail Party, I wanted to offer something sweet that was not a cookie. I flirted with brownies, but ultimately landed on these little chocolate hazelnut mini muffins. They were the perfect choice!

It’s no secret that I love hazelnut (no really, this blog is swiftly becoming a hazelnut appreciation site with Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Bread, Green Bean Salad that I like to top with hazelnuts, Nutella Martinis, and Hazelnut Thyme Champagne Cocktails). So I decided to work that chocolate hazelnut flavor into these Mini Nutella Swirl Chocolate Muffins.

They’re so cute, and easy to eat with two bites. Perfect for a cocktail party!

These mini muffins swirl the Nutella into them, similar to the way I do it for my Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Bread. I like the little added texture this gives, but if you don’t feel like doing that you can always just add the Nutella into the batter.

Because it’s a cocktail party, I decided to top the muffins with a bit of hazelnut liquor. The Frangelico Glaze here is really light and pretty. And the bit of sparkle from gold dust makes these desserts feel just elegant enough for the party.

These Mini Nutella Swirl Chocolate Muffins with Frangelico Glaze were a huge hit at the cocktail party! Try them this holiday season! Here’s how I make them.

How I Make My Nutella Swirl Chocolate Muffins with Frangelico Glaze

For my Nutella Swirl Chocolate Muffins, start by preheating the oven to 350ºF. Line a mini muffin tin with paper liners. I had the sweetest rose gold liners for these, which added to the sparkle part of the Sip, Sparkle, and Swoon Cocktail Party! It’s all in the details.

Next, start by whisking together the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt). In a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients (milk, Greek yogurt, vegetable oil, vanilla, and egg). Then just add the wet ingredients into the dry and stir. Fold in the chocolate chips and your batter is ready to scoop!

So to make these, I like to scoop the batter into the mini muffin tins about a half way up. Then, warm up the Nutella in the microwave and drizzle it on top of the batter. Then fill the rest with batter so that the entire muffin cup is filled about 3/4s of the way. Use a toothpick to swirl the Nutella and batter.

If you would prefer just to mix the Nutella into the batter and then fill the muffin tins 3/4s of the way up, that works too. The swirl here is not as dramatic as it is in my Pumpkin Nutella Swirl bread since the batter and the Nutella may be similar colors, mostly depending on the color of your cocoa powder. However, I do think the swirl contributes to the texture of the muffin and you can feel how it is two different textures when you’re biting into it.

Bake these for 10-12 minutes until the muffins spring back when you touch them. Let the muffins cool completely.

If you want to make the muffins in advance of the party, I would stop here and keep them cool in the fridge until party time. Then, ice them maybe a half hour before the party. You can ice them now once the muffins are cool, but I felt like the icing was the prettiest right after I did it. After sitting a day or two, the white of the icing wasn’t nearly as vibrant.

For the icing, mix together powdered sugar and Frangelico. Add in a little milk if you need to thin it. My icing was the consistency that I was able to dip the muffins in it which gave it a really nice coating. If you want more of a drizzle, you may need to add a bit of milk.

I also dusted the muffins with a bit of gold dust! Again, this was a nod to the sparkle aspect of the party, and I thought they looked so pretty and elegant! You could also decorate with any holiday nonpareils or other cute holiday decorations.

That’s it–the Mini Nutella Swirl Chocolate Muffins with Frangelico Glaze are ready to impress your guests! These are also perfect for gifting as they’re such a sweet little package. These were the perfect sweet bite to round out my Sip, Sparkle, and Swoon Holiday Cocktail Party. They went absolutely perfectly with my Sparkle and Swoon Spritz!