The Best Crumbl Molten Lava Cookies

5 from 58 votes

These molten lava cookies are the ultimate guilty pleasure with a rich and thick chocolatey cookie filled with a smooth bittersweet chocolate sauce. It will surely be a party in your mouth!

Prep Time20

Cook Time11

Total Time31

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 416Calories

Ingredients

3 tablespoon chocolate fudge sauce the thick kind*** Read the notes.
½ cup butter softened, salted or unsalted
¾ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 & ¼ cup flour
½ cup dutch processed cocoa powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
powdered sugar for dusting

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Instructions

Freeze 6 dollops of chocolate fudge sauce on a parchement-lined baking sheet or plate. Each dollop will be about ½ tbsp.
Start by preheating the oven to 350F then line a baking sheet with parchment paper then set aisde.
Cream the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together until creamy.
Mix in the egg, and vanilla extract until combined, then add in the flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt and mix just until combined.
Scoop out 6 equally sized cookie dough balls, flatten each one in between the palm of your hands, place a frozen dollop of chocolate fudge, fold the cookie dough over it, place on a baking sheet, and gently pat the top, leaving the cookie at about 1-1.5 inch in thickness
Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 10-11 minutes then let cool on the baking sheet for another 20 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack. Dust with powdered sugar and enjoy!

Notes

Hot fudge sauce notes: If your fudge sauce is too runny keep it in the fridge until you're ready to scoop it out to freeze it. Some hot fudge sauces don't freeze, in that case, you can flatten the cookie in between the palm of your hand, and gently press your fingers (of the hand you're holding the cookie dough with) upwards to make a well in the center. Fill that with the hot fudge sauce and gently fold in the edges over it sealing it well.

How to store molten lava cookies?

These Crumbl cookies can be stored in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.

I like to store them in the fridge for up to 7 days because they keep longer that way. Once I'm ready to enjoy you can pop your cookies in the microwave for a few seconds before enjoying them. This way they will be ooey-gooey again :)

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