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Easy Chocolate Molten Lava Cake

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!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time13 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cakes, chocolate, desserts
Servings: 12 cakes
Calories: 235kcal

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.
    putting cookies in a muffin tin
  • 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.
    mixing butter with melting chocolate
  • 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.
    adding ingredients to a glass mixing bowl
  • Cover the cookies in the pan with about 1/4 cup of batter.
    muffin cups covered with chocolate batter
  • Bake for 8 min. or until cakes are firm around the edges but still soft in the centers. Let stand for 1 min.
    lava cakes fresh from the oven
  • Carefully remove cakes from pan, invert onto dessert dishes, and then remove paper liners.
    lava cakes on a white plate
  • Serve with whipped cream or ice cream!
    chocolate lava cake cut open

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Notes

Nutritional values do not include vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. 

Nutrition

Serving: 2cakes | Calories: 235kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 113mg | Potassium: 79mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 323IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg