The Best Cookie Cups
These chocolate chip cookie cups have it all. The dough is made with browned butter, studded with mini chocolate chips, and the centers are stuffed with melted chocolate lava. Yes please. The cookie cups are made in one bowl, you don’t need a mixer, you don’t have to chill the dough, and because they’re baked in a muffin pan you don’t have to worry about spreading like you do with cookies baked on a baking sheet. They’re soft, slightly chewy, buttery, and just melt in your mouth. The nutty, rich flavor of the browned butter elevates them to another realm. I don’t know why I ever make cookies without it.
What’s in the Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups?
To make the lava cookie cups, you’ll need:
Unsalted butter Egg Light brown sugar Granulated sugar Vanilla extract All-purpose flour Cornstarch Baking soda Salt Chocolate chips
How to Make Cookie Cups
First, you’ll need to brown the butter. It’s incredibly simple to do, but you’ll need to watch it like a hawk as butter can go from being perfectly browned to burnt in about 2 seconds. Once the butter has been browned, the cookie dough comes together like your typical cookie recipe. Use a 1/4-cup scoop to portion the dough into 10 balls, then gently press into a greased muffin pan. Bake the chocolate chip cookie cups until the edges have set and the tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center. Using the bottom of a shot glass, lightly press down in the center of each cookie cup going about 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch deep to create a well where the chocolate lava will be added later. The chocolate lava is a mixture of butter and melted chocolate. Distribute it among the cookie cups and dig in!
Tips for Making Lava Cookie Cups
Because the butter is browned and melted rather than creamed, the dough may seem oily yet crumbly. Sounds paradoxical but it’s possible. The chocolate chips may want to slip out of the dough but smoosh them in as best as you can. Just get a load of that chocolate lava! Rich, indulgent, and so good. It sets up at room temp. If you prefer lava that stays in the soft and melty consistency, try this chocolate ganache which is made with cream rather than butter. If you love salty-sweet desserts, sprinkle a pinch of sea salt over the cookie cups after you’ve added the chocolate lava.
More Deep Dish Cookie Cups:
Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Cups — The cookies are rich, dense, and there’s plenty of peanut butter flavor between the cookies themselves and the glorious peanut butter cups. Tried this recipe? Leave a review! Consider leaving a 5 star rating if you’ve made and loved one of my recipes!
Chocolate Lava Nutella Cookies — Triple chocolate cookies with flowing, melted dark chocolate in the middle! Out of this world good!
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter-Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookie Cups – Two kinds of peanut butter in one thick, soft, and chewy cookie!
Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups – The browned butter adds so much incredible flavor!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups – Supremely soft cookies and impossible to spread or goof up!
Caramel-Stuffed Cookie Cups — The cookies are buttery soft with squishy interiors, and a slight chewiness around the edges.
