Nutella Crunch Dessert Shooters
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Nutella Crunch Dessert Shooters
Description
This recipe begins by pulverizing Oreo cookies, reserving one cup of crumbs and mixing the remainder with melted butter to form a crust pressed into the bottoms of the shot glasses. A filling is prepared by creaming softened cream cheese and Nutella, then adding powdered sugar and cool whip for lightness and sweetness. The reserved Oreo crumbs are stirred into the filling for added crunch.
The filling is piped into the prepared cups over the crumb base, topped with additional cool whip and sprinkled with leftover Oreo crumbs. The layered presentation offers a rich, creamy Nutella center with crunchy chocolate cookie textural elements, served in small portions suitable for parties or gatherings.
Keeping the dessert refrigerated until serving maintains the structure and freshness. The use of disposable shot glasses facilitates easy portioning and cleanup. The recipe is straightforward with minimal ingredients and no baking, making it accessible for home cooks looking for an indulgent yet convenient dessert.
Ingredients
- You will need 25 2-oz plastic shotglasses.
- 20 Oreo cookies
- 2 Tbsp butter melted
- 12 oz cream cheese softened, (1½ bricks)
- 1 ¾ cups Nutella
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 cups cool whip topping about 12 oz, thawed; plus additional 4 oz for topping
Instructions
- In food processor, pulverize your Oreo cookies.
- Measure out one cup and set aside.
- Add your melted butter to the remaining crumbs and stir until well combined.
- Press about 1 tsp of crumb-mixture into the bottom of each shot glass and gently tamp down. Reserve the leftover crumbs for topping.
- In stand-mixer, cream together cream cheese and Nutella.
- Gradually add 10x sugar, scraping down sides of the bowl as needed.
- With mixer on low-speed, stir in cool whip, making sure to pause occasionally to scrape down sides of bowl.
- On low-speed, stir in your reserved 1 cup of Oreo crumbs.
- Fill a large plastic (Ziploc) baggie with your filling and cut about a 1" wide piece of the corner off.
- Pipe Nutella filling into shot glasses. Spoon remaining Cool Whip evenly atop all dessert shooters.
- Sprinkle with remaining Oreo crumbs.
- Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
Notes
- Use 2-ounce disposable plastic shot glasses for easy portioning and serving.
- Reserve a portion of crushed Oreos to mix into the filling for added crunch.
- Press the Oreo and butter mixture firmly into the bottoms of the shot glasses to form a stable crust layer.
- Keep dessert shooters refrigerated until serving to maintain texture and freshness.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 252-oz shooters
Amount Per Serving
Calories 232 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1shooter | |
| Calories | 232kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 17mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 105mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 125mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 20g | 40% |
| Vitamin A | 211IU | 4% |
| Calcium | 38mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.