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Writing a blog post while watching the Oscars Red Carpet is really distracting and pretty counterproductive. I’m staring at unbelievable fashion with these gorgeous celebrities and I doubt they ate anything all day, let alone any dessert.
If we played the Oscars Red Carpet game right now: “oh hello! who are you wearing?” my response would be, “hi! I’m wearing Victoria’s Secret. They have pretty comfy yoga pants.” Haha, truth.
Okay, so these cookie cups stirred up a flurry of conversation on my Facebook page when I posted a pic after I made them last month. Just a FYI to everyone reading this now – I get a LOT of the same questions on my Facebook page whenever I post pics of what I’m making. The questions are always, “recipe?” Well, hopefully this will clear everything up: I make everything 1 – 1.5 months in advance for my blog. So whatever you see that I’m currently making, likely won’t appear on the blog for another 3-4 weeks. Yes, I work that far in advance. Also, more questions answered on my recently revamped FAQ page :)
What’s funny is, I made these the week I was doing a clean diet. I could only have a very selective amount of food that week and Nutella lava cookies were definitely not in that diet. I did cheat for you all though and had a bite of them just to make sure they were as great tasting as they looked ;)
I loved these cookie cups. They’re much more fun to eat than regular cookies and I loved the oozing Nutella that was sitting in the middle. You’ll love these – now how many of you are going to make them today?
Nutella Lava Cookie Cups
Yield: 10 cookie cups | Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 20 minutes | Source: Kevin & Amanda
Ingredients:
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/2 tbsp. vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup Nutella, melted/softened
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a standard size muffin pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, add flours, baking soda, and salt. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars for 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Then add in the egg and vanilla extract and beat for 2 more minutes.
- Slowly add in the flour mixture and mix until all combined and well-incorporated.
- Using a spatula, fold in the chocolate chips.
- Place Nutella in a microwave-safe bowl and warm up the Nutella in 30 second intervals in the microwave until you achieve a smooth and runny consistency that is easy to spoon out.
- Using a medium cookie dough scoop, scoop out 1.5 – 2 tbsp. of cookie dough, flatten it to the bottom of the muffin tin. Repeat with the dough until all 10 of the muffin tin bottoms are lined with cookie dough.
- Take a tbsp. of the warmed up Nutella and place in the middle of the dough that’s in the muffin tin. Then, take the remaining cookie dough and cover the Nutella layer. You don’t have to push it down hard, it’ll make the Nutella ooze. Just a gentle tap will do.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the edges are brown. Immediately run a paring knife around the cookie cups when they come out of the oven so you can loosen them for easy removal later.
- Cool completely before removing them and eating :)
- Top with vanilla ice cream for a sinfully delicious treat!
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I’m definitely gonna try these! I found your blog about two weeks ago through Katelyn James’s blog and have already tried a couple of your recipes. They are amazing. I just keep coming back for more :) Thanks for sharing such inspirational recipes.
These sound almost too good to be true! I’ve never thought about doing lava cookie cups before, but it looks so cute and sounds divine. Beautiful pictures, too!
Oh my does this have me drooling!!!
Haha, I work pretty far in advance too. Occasionally a recipe gets bumped up (like my puppy chow yesterday) because of the “holiday” factor. But I usually have a backlog of 3-4 weeks worth of posts!!! Just depends on what I’m in the mood for the day I write.
These cookie cups are gorgeous. LOVE the Nutella Lava!!!!
Mmmmmmm!! These cookie cups look wonderful!
Oh, lord.have.mercy! These look like the most amazing little goodies on the face of the planet!
Oh girl — you and your 1.5 months in advance. I am so amazed!!!
These look melt-in-your-mouth AMAZING! I was writing last night during the Oscars too. Fun! :)
You had me at Nutella! It’s on the top of my “need to make” pile!
Thanks!
YOU… are such a trouble maker. These are going to be the death of me, I can just tell. ;)
Oh my!!! These look insanely delicious!! I gave up sweets for lent and these WILL be one of the first sweets I make when it is over! Thanks for cheating for the benefit of us all!
Yes! Love that gooey nutella filling oozing out- looks so yummy. I also was sporting the yoga pants fashion look on the red carpet :)
Yahh, I work about 1-1.5 hours in advance, lol. I gotta get on your schedule!! This recipe is genius, I love it!
Just look at that ooey gooey melted chocolate!
I still can’t believe how far out you work. I try but it never works out for very long.
My jaw dropped when I saw these– on the must make list!
Dangerously delicious! Fortunately we just replenished our dwindling Nutella supply. =)
Cookie cups, come to mamaaaa.
Also, 1 1/2 months in advance? Good on ya, girl, that’s impressive!
HAHA I laugh everytime I see someone leave a comment saying recipe? Wait patiently for it and you might just get it!
It really bugs me when people say that. It’s a huge pet peeve of mine, lol
I absolutely love how ooey-gooey messy these are. Seriously my dream come true!
These look positively sinful!!
LOVE that oozing Nutella fillng!
I am so in love with these!
Wish I could make these magically appear in front of me right now!!
I’ve just about stopped posting pictures of what I’m making because people tend to get a little irate when you don’t include the recipe right then! Haha!
LOVE these!
I’ve considered just stopping but I also always keep thinking “it’s nice to fill everyone in on my weekend and for people to see what I’m doing.” I guess now it’s their loss cause they’re all so impatient and rude!! :)
i’m drooling! they look amazing :)
These look divine! What’s the texture of the cookie cups?
These look amazing, adding them to the menu for my upcoming anniversary party.
Julie, these look INSANE. Definitely worth breaking out the yoga pants for! YUM.
They’re soft and gooey!
Nutella anything is amazing… and with chocolate chip cookies… AWESOME!
Oh my word.
Ohhhh my goodness these look amazing. I’ve always had a weakness for Nutella… these are just too much!
You had me at Nutella and lava!!
Nutella goodness. Everything tastes better with Nutella. Yum
Love the gooey nutella center!
Anything involving the word lava has got to be good right?
Yep…this pretty much means I won’t be in that bikini any time soon :)
I wonder if you should say “recipe will be up on blog soon” when you post those pics. But I know that is tedious too. People are impatient. LOVE these cookie cups too! Good self control on not eating them that week! I would have caved. I know it ;)
I missed the red carpet last night. But one thing I don’t want to miss is making a double batch of these! They literally have be drooling!
I don’t even know how to express how much I am in love with these cookie cups…I’m off to buy as much Nutella as possible! :D
I work exactly the same way, and I always feel a little guilty that I’m not offering the recipe for so long, but it helps me to stay on top of things working that far out. I think at least. Actually, lately I’ve taken on too much so I need a break! haha
You are killing me. I am dying.
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Ahhh these look crazy crazy crazy good!
I always make things months in advance. Sometimes I forget about recipes until I see the photos on my computer. Oops! I always like to have options on what to post:) LOVE these-glad you shared them!
You have me beat by a lot, Maria! I remember when you and I made the Biscoff banana bread – that was over 6 months ago!! You’re crazy good :)
send some of these may way! they looks amaze :)
Ooh, these look SOOOOO good. I would kill for one of these right now!
These look soooo epic-ly delicious :)
I was wearing my Costco Yoga pants last night – they are might comfy and I actually got to eat something last night ( unlike those celebs) And it means I had extra room and I could have shoved one (or three) of these in my mouth and not felt guilty with tight pants!! Holla!
These look amazing! All gooey and yummy! I’m definitely going to try these
Just gorgeous! How long do you think these stay fresh? I’m always looking for treats to ship to the military overseas and packages take about a week to get there.
These little morsels of yumminess will be added to the care packages I make for several young ladies to munch on while studying for exams! I may have to hold back a few for myself, it’s only fair, right?!
Hi Gloria, unfortunately, after about a week, mine got pretty stale and hard so I don’t think they’d be good to ship :(
Oh my goodness. So gooey! I can almost taste it through the screen.
Thanks for cheating for us. I feel special. These look amazeballs delicious!
oh holy YUM!!!
Made these tonight, and they were fabulous!! Thanks for sharing, I think you could also substitute Peanut butter for the Nutella….just for another twist.
Glad you enjoyed them! Yes, peanut butter, chocolate, marshmallow..the possibilities are endless! :)
I’m going to be making these next week for a get together. I’m super excited!
I do have one question though…what if you don’t have a stand mixer? It’s definitely something I plan to buy in the near future, but at the moment I only have a hand mixer. Will that have effect on the way the cookie dough is made?
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Just made these and they are AMAZING! Don’t even want to think about how many calories are in them :D
Haha, calories don’t exist when you’re indulging :) so glad you loved them!
I really don’t think your pictures of these cookies need any words at all! They look scrumptious and totally irresistible!
I just made these and they turned out delicious! My Nutella filling oozed a bit because I think I put too much cookie on the bottom and not enough on top. I also possibly put too much Nutella (that’s an oxymoron…). Despite all this, they are still drool-worthy! Thank you. What a great blog you have here!
I just made these with my daughter , they are so delicious. We’re both crazy about Nutella!
These look gorgeous but what is half a cup, how big a cup?! Sorry really want to know!
Hi Georgina, what do you mean by that? Do you mean by a cup for the measurements? If so, it’s 8 oz. for a cup, so half a cup would be 4 oz.
How did you make the nutella so smooth and melty inside? When I made it wasn’t chocolate-oozing-out consistency :s but it was still delicious though!
That’s weird yours didn’t do that. Did you melt the Nutella in the microwave to get it a smoother consistency prior to putting it in the cups? The heat from the oven and dough should’ve melted it even more for that oozing-out consistency.
These look AMAZING! Has anyone ever tried this with whole wheat flour and/or used mini muffin pan?