Chocolate Lava Cake is a quick homemade dessert made with just a few ingredients. It’s perfectly warm and gooey, and is super easy to make!
Here are a few more easy dessert recipes we think you’ll love – Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies, Dairy Free Cake with Chocolate Frosting, and S’Mores in a Jar.

Easy Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
I will choose a lava cake dessert option over anything else, 100% of the time. Yes, I love cheesecake. Yes, I love pie. But I love molten chocolate lava cake more than any of those.
I have a homemade Lava Cake recipe I absolutely LOVE, but I found this recipe a few years ago and I was amazed at how simple and delicious it is! All the warm, gooey flavors of the traditional lava cake recipes, but made in about 10 minutes.
And the ingredients are simple too, in fact, you can keep all of the ingredients on hand and be ready at a moment’s notice when a craving strikes. You’re welcome. 😉
How to Make Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
INGREDIENTS –
- CHOCOLATE – 3 squares of semi-sweet baking chocolate
- WET INGREDIENTS – butter, 2 whole eggs + 2 egg yolks
- DRY INGREDIENTS – powdered sugar, flour
- COOKIES – chocolate chip cookies, such as Chips Ahoy
- TOPPINGS – vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, mini chocolate chips, fresh berries, (strawberries or raspberries) chocolate or caramel sauce
DIRECTIONS –
PREP. Preheat the oven to 425. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners, then spray with cooking spray and place 1 cookie, upside-down, in the bottom of each cup.
MELT. Microwave the chocolate and butter in a large bowl for 2 minutes or until the butter is melted. Stir with a whisk until chocolate is completely melted.
MIX. In a separate medium bowl, mix the whole large eggs, egg yolks, sugar, and flour with a whisk until blended. Once well incorporated, gradually whisk into the chocolate mixture.
COVER. Cover the cookies in the muffin pan with about 1/4 cup of batter
BAKE. Bake for 8 min. or until cakes are firm around the edges but still soft in the centers. Let stand for 1 min.
TIP. Make sure you pay attention to the bake time. I baked one batch for 10 min. and they were just a bit overdone and not very gooey inside, so watch it carefully!
PLATE. Carefully remove the cakes from the pan, invert them onto dessert dishes, and then remove paper liners.
SERVE. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream and enjoy!
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Easy Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
Ingredients
- 3 squares semi-sweet chocolate, such as BAKERS
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup flour
- 12 chocolate chip cookies , such as Chips Ahoy
- whipped cream or ice cream, optional
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425°F. Line 12 (2 1/2-inch) muffin cups with paper liners, then spray with cooking spray and place 1 cookie, upside-down, in the bottom of each cup.
- Microwave chocolate and butter in a large bowl on HIGH for 2 min. or until the butter is melted. Stir with a whisk until chocolate is completely melted.
- In a separate bowl, mix the whole eggs, egg yolks, sugar, and flour with a whisk until blended. Gradually whisk it into the chocolate mixture.
- Cover the cookies in the pan with about 1/4 cup of batter.
- Bake for 8 min. or until cakes are firm around the edges but still soft in the centers. Let stand for 1 min.
- Carefully remove cakes from pan, invert onto dessert dishes, and then remove paper liners.
- Serve with whipped cream or ice cream!
these are so yummy i love how easy this recipe is!
There is nothing better than a really good lava cake, and it looks as though this one hits the mark! Can’t resist that melted chocolate.
I’m right there with you, that melted chocolate is to die for!
These look amazing! I am pinning these for out next get together, Lord knows if I make them when there are not others around then I will eat them all!