Name: Gooey Chocolate-Filled Cocoa Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 13
Ingredients: 1 stick salted butter, softened; ½ cup granulated sugar; ¼ cup brown sugar; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1⅛ cup unbleached all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 8-oz chocolate bar, broken into 16 pieces

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Gooey chocolate-filled cocoa cookies are all the richness of a brownie, with the oozy-ness of a molten lava cake.

What’s better than double chocolate chip cookies?

Why, gooey chocolate-filled cocoa cookies, of course!

On the outside, they’re completely unassuming.

Regular, everyday round chocolate disks.

Nothin’ special.

But then…

Then you take a bite, and what’s inside separates this cookie from its chocolate cake-like counterparts.

We’re talking gooey chocolate filled cocoa cookies here, people!

The richness of a brownie, with the oozy-ness of a molten lava cake.

It’s something special.

Perhaps only bested by an oozy caramel center, but we’ll leave that for another day.

GOOEY CHOCOLATE-FILLED COCOA COOKIES.

I’ll take two.

Or four.

~~Or all of them.~~

Here are some tools I use for cookie baking:

Gooey Chocolate-Filled Cocoa Cookies

Yield: 13 cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Gooey chocolate-filled cocoa cookies are all the richness of a brownie, with the oozy-ness of a molten lava cake.

Ingredients

1 stick salted butter, softened
½ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1⅛ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 8-oz chocolate bar, broken into 16 pieces

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar together on medium-high until the mixture is light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and continue mixing on medium for 2 minutes, or until everything is creamy.

In a separate mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder. With the stand mixer set on low, add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients about a ½ cup at a time, fully mixing before adding the next ½ cup.

Use a teaspoon to scoop out some cookie dough. Press one of the chocolate pieces into the center of the teaspoon of dough, and then use your hands to shape the dough into a ball, completely covering the chocolate piece. Place the dough ball on an ungreased baking sheet and continue the process with the remainder of the dough, spacing them about 1-inch apart.

Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the tops are nearly set. Let them cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute, then transfer the gooey chocolate-filled cocoa cookies to a rack to cool completely. Makes a baker's dozen.

Notes

If the dough is too sticky when you try to roll the balls, stick it in the fridge for 15 minutes and then try again.

Gooey chocolate-filled cocoa cookies are all the richness of a brownie, with the oozy-ness of a molten lava cake.

22 Comments

Alison

January 19, 2015 at 7:25 AM Reply

Well, guess what I’m doing this weekend! (baking and eating these cookies, that’s what)

(a)Musing Foodie
January 19, 2015 at 7:25 AM Reply
No regrets, Alison! 😀

Janine Huldie

January 19, 2015 at 7:59 AM Reply

Yuo know I can never resist a good, old cookie and this one is calling my name to be bakes. Oh and like you I never can just let it go and eat only one!! 😉

(a)Musing Foodie
January 19, 2015 at 6:05 PM Reply
I can’t either, Janine!

Denise Wright

January 19, 2015 at 9:03 AM Reply

These look fantastic! I’ve pinned them for my next book club. (Thanks for the FB Post Share Thread)

(a)Musing Foodie
January 19, 2015 at 6:06 PM Reply
Awesome! Hope you guys like them, Denise!

Kathy Radigan

January 19, 2015 at 9:06 AM Reply

Wow!!!!!! These look amazing. What a fun treat to make for Valentine’s day. Thanks!!!

(a)Musing Foodie
January 19, 2015 at 6:06 PM Reply
Thanks, Kathy!

Jennifer Wolfe (@mamawolfeto2)

January 19, 2015 at 9:44 AM Reply

Oh, most definitely I will be making these for my boys. Just cannot get enough chocolate!

(a)Musing Foodie
January 19, 2015 at 6:08 PM Reply
They will LOVE them!

Stacey

January 19, 2015 at 11:13 AM Reply

This one I love so much, it’s making my ovaries hurt! Oh, sweet chocolate gooeyness!!

(a)Musing Foodie
January 19, 2015 at 6:07 PM Reply
Hahaha, Stacey!

(a)Musing Foodie
January 22, 2015 at 12:52 PM Reply
PERFECT!!! (Having the ingredients on hand….)

Jack

January 23, 2015 at 12:25 PM Reply

Oh hell, now I am hungry. 🙂

(a)Musing Foodie
January 23, 2015 at 2:02 PM Reply
Success!

Kristen

January 23, 2015 at 1:21 PM Reply

These look sinful…and I want 3! Nice to meet you and i’m totally pinning and stumbling this!

(a)Musing Foodie
January 23, 2015 at 2:03 PM Reply
Three seem perfectly reasonable, Kristen!

cynthia

November 12, 2019 at 3:05 PM Reply

I was looking for something different from the usual choc chip cookies and found this recipe. Yeeha! Now I know what I’m making for my Christmas cookie party.

Liza Hawkins
November 13, 2019 at 8:33 AM Reply
Cynthia – I hope you love them!!

Gooey Chocolate-Filled Cocoa Cookies