Chocolate Volcano Cookies are rich, chewy and incredibly rich. A bakery-style cookie that you can easily bake at home. Gluten-free and perfect for your sweet tooth!
Chocolate Volcano Cookies
If you love chocolate as much as I do, you are going to love these Chocolate Volcano Cookies! I found the recipe while thumbing through an issue of Good Housekeeping. I literally tore the recipe out and baked these cookies immediately.
Nothing makes my kids as happy as a batch of fresh baked cookies. I often make Cream Cheese Peanut Butter Cookies or Chocolate Chip Biscotti but these chocolate volcano cookies were a nice change to the regular cookie rotation.
If you love old fashioned cookies, these Molasses Cookies are chewy and delicious and we also love these classic Peanut Butter Cookies from Mama Loves Food.
How to Make Gluten Free Chocolate Cookies:
- Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and lightly spray with non-stick spray.
- In a large bowl add powdered sugar, cocoa powder and salt.
- Whisk together until well combined.
- Add egg whites and vanilla and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Set aside for about 5 minutes to rest.
- Scoop dough with a medium-size cookie scoop or tablespoon about 3 inches apart onto lined cookie sheets.
- Bake 15 minutes our until cookies are set and look crackly.
- Cool slightly on cookie sheet and then move to a wire rack to cool completely.
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These cookies are gluten-free and have no flour. They have the most glorious texture and remind me of brownies. They are crunchy around the edges and perfectly chewy on the inside.
When I pulled them out of the oven they had spread so much I thought all was lost. I thought I had scooped them too large, not measure the ingredients right or something.
I started trying to think up ways to salvage them into another dessert. After they cooled, I found them to be just perfect.
Maybe not the prettiest, but oh so delicious! They really reminded me of a bakery-style cookie but they are totally easy to make at home.
Pair these cookies with a tall glass of milk, a hot cup of coffee or rich and creamy hot chocolate. You will love every last crumb of chewy chocolate goodness! I promise!
More cookies to love:
Whole Wheat Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Coffee Sugar Cookies from I am Baker
Salted Caramel Pie Slice Cookies from In Katrina's Kitchen
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Chocolate Volcano Cookies
A delicious bakery-style chocolate cookie that is perfectly chewy and reminds me of a brownie. Gluten-free and perfect to bake and share. Recipe from Good Housekeeping.
Ingredients
- 1 lb (3 ¾ cups) powdered sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 large egg whites
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and lightly spray with non-stick spray.
- In a large bowl add powdered sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Whisk together until well combined. Add egg whites and vanilla and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Set aside for about 5 minutes to rest.
- Scoop dough with a medium-size cookie scoop or tablespoon about 3 inches apart onto lined cookie sheets.
- Bake 15 minutes our until cookies are set and look crackly.
- Cool slightly on cookie sheet and then move to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
Karen
These really DO look like brownies!! They even have the crackly topping! They look awesome. Glad to know I'm not the only one who tears out recipes and immediately heads to the kitchen 🙂
ColleenB.
these look awesome and I think I could eat a handful right about now, even tho it is 4Am; to go with my morning. coffee.
At Christmas time, I bet these would be wonderful dusted with just a little powdered sugar.
Thanks for the recipe. Will be making these up soon
Jenny Flake
Oh my, I need a chocolate volcano cookie STAT! Mmmm!!
Linda
Who wouldn't want a chocolate cookie to start off a Monday? I'd love it if you shared this recipe at What'd You Do This Weekend. Out party started today.
Wishes for tasty dishes,
Linda
Meagan Wied
My sister would go nuts over these since they don't have chocolate. We are both fans of anything with chocolate.
Aggie
Oh my, these look so decadent!! And they look like the perfect texture...my kids would love one with a glass of milk after dinner 🙂 Yum!!
Amber | BluebonnetBaker
I *just* had a cookie like this at Starbucks over the weekend, with dark chocolate, and was set on trying to recreate. Now I don't have to work so hard! SO GOOD.
Stephanie ~ Macaroni and Cheesecake
These look delicious and I bet they taste heavenly!
Melinda R. Cooper [ FoodEpicRecipes]
Looks tasty! I really need to try this! Thanks.
mymansbelly
Is there a better way to start the day than with a chocolate cookie? I don't think so.
Lea Andersen
I just need it now! Yum, the chocolates are persuading me to eat them. Haha. Whew, ughh, I am starting a diet, but what can I do? This is just a diet wrecker, haha, but I'm not saying that this is bad, it is just so GOOD that you can't resist it. It is like Mott 32's green tea chocolate mousse, that has surprise chocolate inside. This matter makes me think that sometimes, visiting food sites are not oh so well. hahah, ohh well just kidding in this part. Thanks for sharing this =)
Jenny
We made these and they were a disaster. Not sure how anyone got edible cookies out of them. Cooking them for the right amount of time made a gloppy mess of unformed cookies. Cooking them longer made a crumbly mess of falling apart cookies.
Milisa
Hi Jenny,
The first time I made them I thought they were a disaster also. But after they cooled, they were actually one of the best cookies that I had ever tasted. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.
~Milisa
Leigh Ann
I'm wondering if making them in muffin pans would work... And let them sit in it until completely cool. I'm going to go for it. LOL
Milisa
Leigh Ann,
Let us know how they turn out!
~ Milisa
Manolis
Why they come out so flat ? With out any shape.
Milisa
Hi Manolis,
Mine came out really flat too and I first thought they didn't turn out but when they cooled they were delicious. You might put them further apart on the baking pan so they don't run together.
~ Milisa
Kris
Please make sure to tell us rookie bakers that we need to whip the egg whites before we stir them into the mix! Thank you.
Jen
Do you have to whip the egg whites first
Milisa
Hi Jen,
You do have to whip the egg whites for these cookies to achieve the right texture. It's worth the extra step.
~ Milisa
Dionne
Why is whipping the egg whites first not mentioned in the recipe?? I searched multiple recipes after mine came out very flat and separated top from bottom some. None of the recipes mentioned that step and I am betting that will solve my problem! I had wondered about it but figured I would follow directions carefully as they were unlike anything I had made before. A second batch will go in tomorrow but in the meantime this first batch looks less than pretty but they do taste fine so I can still get my chocolate fill!! Thanks for the tip!
Sheryl
I hoped to use these for gift giving at Christmas but they were a flop!
rhonda smith
I had the same problem. No mention of beating egg whites and cookies were a disaster. also slightly different measurements on the powdered sugar and cocoa!! Wish recipes would be more specific!!1