This Nutella Donut Recipe is simple yet delicious, made with just four ingredients.
These semi-homemade donuts are filled with Nutella and topped off with chopped pistachios.
This post was inspired & sponsored by Princess Cruises. All opinions expressed are my own.
Okay friends, I have seriously never been so excited to share a recipe. There have been some close seconds, but this easy Nutella Donut Recipe takes the cake.
I am giddy just thinking of how amazing these babies are, but even more with how easy they are. The hardest part of the whole recipe is waiting as the “donuts” rise. It felt like days, but really it was only a couple of hours… But still.
I recently returned from a magical bucket-list trip. A 10-night & 11-day Panama Canal Cruise with Princess Cruises. Not only did we get to go through the canal while aboard the ship, which was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but we also visited Colombia, Costa Rica, Aruba, and Jamaica, and had a day in Colon, Panama as well.
One of my favorite things about Princess Cruises is the International Café. They have one aboard every ship, and they are my personal sanctuary – not to be confused with the actual Sanctuary aboard the ship. Every morning, I got up before most of the people aboard (besides staff) and went and enjoyed my favorite morning drink, ate a pastry, watched the sun come up, and worked.
Besides the tranquility the International Café brought into my morning routine, I loved all the pastries. My favorite pastry from the entire Panama Canal Cruise was this Nutella Donut.
I knew my kids would love it as well, so that was the first thing I came back and made. My sister helped me make these, and my husband was lucky there were leftovers when he got home because they were so addicting.
What I love most about this recipe is that it’s so easy. I technically used a “cheater” way to make these: frozen rolls are the donut. I ended up using the Texas rolls because they’re a bit sweeter.
So while there were a plethora of sweet rolls and pastries, the Nutella Donut is the one that stole my heart. Enjoy! XOXO San
Ingredients for Nutella pastries?
- Nutella
- Rhodes Rolls Texas Dinner Rolls, aka frozen rolls
- Pistachios
- 4-6 cups of canola oil
How do you make homemade Nutella Donuts?
- Grease a 9×13 pan with cooking oil.
- Place frozen rolls in the pan and cover with a towel; let them rise 3-4 hours or follow package directions.
- Fill your pot on the stove with enough oil to coat what you’re frying, about 4-6 cups.
- Heat until it reaches about 365 degrees.
- Fry for 3-4 minutes, while turning the dough every 30-seconds or so, to make sure to get a nice golden brown color evenly on both sides.
- Remove donuts from the oil once completely cooked and let them cool and dry on a plate cover with a paper towel.
- Once cooled, using a sharp bread knife. Cut a small “X” into the side of the roll, to make it easier to pipe the Nutella into the roll.
- Using a Ziplock or a piping bag, pipe Nutella into the donuts through the “x”
- Repeat with remaining donuts.
- Add 2 tablespoons of Nutella to a small bowl and heat in the microwave for 1 minute.
- Stir it and then drizzle over the filled donuts.
- Sprinkle the chopped pistachios over the Nutella drizzle.
- Serve. Take a bite. And devour.
Be sure to try out my other yummy donut hole recipes, like these Baked Red Velvet Cake Donut Holes, Baked Carrot Cake Donut Holes, and German Chocolate Cake Donut Holes.
Don’t forget to pin this to your favorite Pinterest board for later.
Nutella Donut Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 frozen rolls I used Rhodes Rolls Texas Dinner Rolls
- 4-6 cups oil
- 1 cup Nutella
- 1/3 cup chopped pistachios
Instructions
- Grease a 9x13 pan with cooking oil.
- Place frozen rolls in the pan and cover with a towel let them rise 3-4 hours or follow package directions.
- Fill your pot on the stove with enough oil to coat what you’re frying, about 4-6 cups.
- Start with less and add more if you need to.
- Heat until it reaches about 365 degrees, or if you don’t have a thermometer (I don’t) until a dribble of batter dropped on top sizzles and browns, I just pull off a tiny piece of the dough and try it out.
- Fry for 3-4 minutes, while turning the dough every 30-seconds or so, to make sure to get a nice golden brown color evenly on both sides. I fry 6 at a time.
- Remove donuts from the oil once completely cooked and let them cool and dry on a plate cover with a paper towel.
- Once cooled, using a sharp bread knife. Cut a small "X" into the side of the roll, to make it easier to pipe the Nutella into the roll.
- Using a Ziplock or a piping bag, add a frosting tip to the tip of the bag with the tip cut off, I used tip #804. Push the tip through so just the first half is coming out of the bag. Then fill the bad with Nutella, I used about 1 1/2 cups.
- Push the tip of the piping bag into the "x" of the donut and pipe the Nutella into the donut, until the donut starts to slightly expand in your hand, you can pipe as much or as little as you would like into the center of the donuts. We like a lot.
- Repeat with remaining donuts.
- Add 2 tablespoons of Nutella to a small bowl and heat in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir it and then drizzle over the filled donuts. Sprinkle the chopped pistachios over the Nutella drizzle.
- Serve. Take a bite. And devour.
Oh my goodness! You’re making me wish I was back there! These are beautiful and. I doubt delicious ❤❤❤
NO DOUBT DELICIOUS!!! Autocorrect is embarrassing me!
These were so good, the only problem was I wanted more Nutella. I think you fixed that here!
Made easy with dinner rolls?! My kids will tell me there’s no excuse for me to not make these now!!!!! So lovely to meet you – what a completely awesome trip this was!
So nice to meet you as well. Your family was incredibly sweet and your kids did amazing. Hope to see you again sometime soon. xo San
I’m so happy I got to meet you, Sandra. You are simply the warmest and most welcoming person. These donuts are making my mouth water and I can’t wait to try them!
You are so sweet. So happy we met and cheers until we meet up again. xo San
Okay, first of all I am SO jealous of your trip!! But I will pretend to live vicariously by eating these donuts! Delicious!
I’m really wishing I got up and had coffee with you, these look amazing!!!
These look amazing. Sounds like a fabulous vacation!
What a creative donut recipe!
pistachios and chocolate are a match made in heaven! These look AMAZING 🙂
I so need to get on a cruise and #comebacknew! These look outstanding and BOY did that cruise sound like a wonderful time!
What a fantastic looking donut! I am so excited to make these!
This one is creative! Never try Nutella in this way.
This is paradise! My kids will go crazy over these donuts!
Amazing flavor and so easy to make – thank you!
I love Nutella so much, so I’m gonna try this out.
Nutella is amazing! It can be suitable for all kinds of desserts!! Especially donut! You make my day!