Chocolate Lava Cookies
You’ve seen numerous lava cake recipes on my blog, but how about Chocolate Lava Cookies? They were unbelievably tasty!!
These Chocolate Filled Cookies give a double dose of chocolate with a cocoa-flavored cookie dough and rich hot fudge sauce in the center.
Why You Should Make Lava Cookies
- As soon as I saw my friend, Jen’s recipe, I was inspired to make a chocolate cookie stuffed with fudge sauce.
- I decided to forgo the shortening and went with a butter-based cookie.
- The aroma of brownies filled the house as I baked batch after batch. Some sprung leaks, others did not. But one thing was consistent, they were all incredibly tasty.
What are Lava Cookies?
Chocolate lava cookies are cocoa-flavored cookies with a center of chocolate or hot fudge that oozes out when a bite is taken, just like hot lava.
How to Stuff Cookies
You may wonder how to get the stuffing into the middle of a cookie. You must start with a larger ball of dough than usual.
- Use a medium cookie scoop (that holds about 2 tablespoons) and scoop out balls of rich chocolate dough.
- Next, flatten them onto your parchment-lined cookie sheets using your palm. Not too thin or they’ll tear, but large enough to accommodate some filling.
- Scoop about a half teaspoon of fudge sauce (mine was thick, you don’t want a pourable chocolate sauce) onto the middle of each flattened disc.
- Then, carefully fold up the sides over the filling, sealing the fudge inside the cookie.
- Finally, roll each ball of dough between your palms to make each spherical.
- Roll in granulated sugar and bake.
Note: These are best when freshly baked as the “lava” starts to absorb into the cookie as time passes, but I didn’t hear any complaints from my taste testers!
Tips for Making Lava Cookies
- Divide the dough into 24 even pieces before rolling them into balls. This ensures that each cookie will have enough dough to wrap around the fudge sauce. It was a little more than a medium cookie scoop’s worth.
- Err on the side of too little filling as if you add too much it will definitely find a path to leak from the cookie.
- Make sure your seams are sealed when you fold the cookie dough over the filling
- When you roll the folded dough into dough balls, you may see some filling breakthrough on some of the balls. You can still bake these cookies but they won’t have the pocket of fudge.
- I’ve made these will all butter and half butter, half shortening. Adding shortening definitely makes for a more pliable dough.
- Do not overbake! You will get chocolate cookies, not chocolate lava cookies.
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- White Chocolate Lava Cakes
- Lava Cakes with Kahlua Whipped Cream
- Chocolate Lava Cakes
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- More of the Best Chocolate Desserts
Chocolate Lava Cookies
Delectable chocolate cookies stuffed with fudge sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature*
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 8-ounce jar fudge sauce (will need about ¼ cup)
- Sugar, for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line baking sheets with parchment. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla, then cocoa powder. Add baking powder and flour and stir into the dough till combined
- Scoop out dough balls about the size of a walnut or approximately 2 tablespoons and place dough balls on baking sheets, leaving 2+ inches of space between. Flatten each with the palm of your hand.
- Scoop about a half teaspoon of fudge sauce onto the center of the flattened dough. Fold dough up over fudge and seal well. Roll into a ball between your palms. Repeat with the rest of the dough and fudge. Roll in granulated sugar
- Bake for 8-12 minutes or till edges are set and tops are slightly puffed.**
Notes
* Use half shortening and half butter for more pliable cookie dough.
**I recommend baking a sample cookie since if they're overbaked there will be no lava centers.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24Serving Size:
1 cookieAmount Per Serving: Calories: 150Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 61mgCarbohydrates: 31gFiber: 1gSugar: 19gProtein: 3g
39 Comments on “Chocolate Lava Cookies”
We love lava cake, had it on the cruise every night.. cant wait to try this cookie version!
Lava cakes and cookies are my 2 fave sweets and now I CAN HAVE BOTH AT ONCE??! omigosh I’m so stoked.
Yum, these look great! How much cocoa powder did you use?
Oops! I’m so glad you caught my omission. I’ve corrected the recipe as you will need 3/4 cup cocoa powder. Thank you!!!
Wonderful cookies !! I love the idea of using chocolate sauce 🙂
What a tempting creation, Liz! I have to make these cookies for my chocoholic daughter, Hannah! She will be thrilled… and so will I. 🙂
I don’t think these would last long enough for the filling to be absorbed into the cookie in my house. Liz these look amazing!
These cookies look beyond amazing, Liz! I love that oozing filling!
I just went through all the chocolate desserts I missed and now I’m having a huge chocolate craving! I’d like to be sitting here with a glass of milk and one of these lava cookies right now. You’re my chocolate heroine Liz!
Oh my! These cookies are amazing. I can’t wait to try 🙂
Oh these look like just the sort of cookie that would win high praise over here as well. Marking this one to try next time Matt is home, which will be in two weeks to go cheer on his old high school swim team at the state meet. 🙂 I’m pretty sure a round of these cookies at the party after would be appreciated.
Love the chocolatey gooeyness. Thanks for including a description on how to get the sauce inside. It would have been a challenge to figure out!
I’ve never have guts to try chocolate lava cookies but you made this so simple…and now I’m craving for some. Any lava cookies (cakes) always bring cheers on a gloomy day.
Any cookie with a melted center is okay in my book! Yum!
What fun cookies. These would be fun Valentine’s gifts. I’m sorry I haven’t been around lately. My computer got a bad attack of malware virus and I had to take it into the hospital for a couple of days. All good now (and just as well too!) xx
The cookies look amazing Liz, what a fun combination. Hope you’re doing okay, I’m praying for you and your family.
Wow, I can only imagine biting into one of this freshly baked cookies…yum!
Have a great week Liz 🙂
I’ve done lava cakes but never lava cookies. Love this idea! I wanted to pop in to let you know you’re in my thoughts today. Sending my best thoughts and a big hug your way.
OOOh, does it get any better than that?
I bet it was pure heaven biting into those cookies only to discover a decadent eruption of chocolatey goodness. They look so perfect. Did many spring leaks?
Lynn, maybe about 1/3 showed some filling peeking through—only one real eruption! There was a bit of a learning curve on how much filling to use 🙂
These lava cookies look awesome!
These are AWESOME Liz, really love the idea, I love lava cakes and these cookies are as good.
Oh I think its a sign that chocolate lava desserts/sweets need to be in my life. Your cookies are absolutely gorgeous. 🙂 Screen lickin good!
These look absolutely divine! Must try! 🙂
Oh my.. this is some cookie! I love lava cakes, but I’ve never made chocolate lava cookies. Adding to my list of have to bake! Thanks
You have share some dangerous recipes on this delicious blog of yours Liz but this one, oh my, this one is super duper dangerous and oh so enticing. I have to stop myself from leaving you here right now and going to whip one, or two or bunches up, lol…
Thank you for sharing the how and the recipe, oh my…
Oh my gosh! A perfect little cookie, Liz! Can’t wait to try these. Thanks for the recipe! Take care.
Liz, love these cookies. . thinking of you today my friend! 🙂 Big hug . .
They look totally decadent. Stuffing them with fudge is very clever.
Totally scrumptious and perfect for a wintery day. Well, any day for that matter! Love these, Liz! Just had lava cakes yesterday. Maybe I best continue the roll!
I must try these lava cookies – what could be better than the combination of chocolate both crisp and ooey-gooey? Thank you for submitting to YG and we hope you will continue!
These cookies look divine! I love the idea of a lava cookie. So decadent and delicious.
Lovely photos and the recipe is perfect! Been thinking of you alot.. hope you have a peaceful week! XO hugs
I have a coffee in my hand, but in the other hand noting ! I need one of these ! Looks terrific !
Wow – those look delicious. You make perfect cookies!!
These cookies are just irresistible 🙂 I love that chocolate sauce.. 😀
Oh they look great:@)
Oh what divine cookies, I love the lava centers!