Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies

Let me start by saying, if you are on a diet stop reading this now because once you see these you will want to make them and once you make them you will want to eat every single one of them. I don't want you blaming me!

I'll confess, I bought a pack of pre-made cookie dough on Friday for absolutely no reason. I just wanted it.

Once I got home the guilt set in and I decided to at least use the dough for a new recipe. Given my recent obsession with chocolate lava cakes I thought these would be an easier and just as tasty treat. You can of course use your own homemade favorite cookie dough recipe but hey, its the weekend, and Im lazy, so the pre-made cookie dough squares worked out perfectly. Here we go!

Preheat your oven to 350º. Start out by giving your muffin pan a good coating of non-stick veggie oil spray. I use a Pampered Chef oil spritzer for this and it works perfectly without the weird chemicals my dad always complains about in the store bought spray.

Press one cookie dough square, or about 1.5 tbsp if you are using your own dough into the bottom of each tin.

Add about a half tablespoon of chocolate into the center. You can use chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, whatever makes you drool. I went with a broken up dark chocolate bar. Yummyyyyy

Finally flatten out another cookie dough square and press it on the top.

Pop them in the oven for 15-18 minutes and....well I'll let the rest of the pics do the talking.

   You can thank me later.