BEST ever vegan stuffed chocolate chip cookies with a hot fudge centre. These cookies are soft, chewy and crispy on the edges.
This post is sponsored by Nature's Charm. As always, all opinions are my own!
How to make vegan chocolate chip cookies
These cookies are as perfect as you can get with CRISPY and CHEWY edges and a soft centre. You'll need a few basic ingredients to make them. No uncommon ingredients and no egg-replacers!
- Flour / all-purpose flour
- Vegan butter. Vegan margarine spread will work but your cookies will be softer.
- Light brown sugar. Dark brown and coconut sugar will work but will make your cookies more caramelly and darker.
- Chocolate chips or chopped chocolate, of course!!!
- Plant based milk but water will work.
- Baking soda, vanilla and salt, the usual :).
These cookies are made the typical way. Mix together the 'wet' ingredients (sugar, melted butter and milk) as this allows the sugar to dissolve.
Add the flour and mix until it forms the most heavenly texture. Fold through the choc chips then BAM!
Consistency of your vegan chocolate chip cookie dough
Your cookie dough should be fudgy, moist, buttery and soft enough for you to scoop it with an ice cream scoop.
If you used margarine instead of butter, your dough might be a little softer. This can be compensated by a little more flour but I'd recommend chilling your dough. We don't want to add too much flour as more flour makes the cookies more cakey!
Making the hot fudge cookie filling
For the GORGEOUS ooey gooey fudge filling, you'll need:
- Nature's Charm Coconut Chocolate Fudge Sauce
- More chocolate, to make the fudge a little more firm for stuffing the cookies, ooooh yeah!
Unlike nutella or other nut butters etc, we don't want the fudge filling to be too firm. Having a runny fudge makes these cookies more delicious!
How to stuff the cookies
Now, the (frozen) hot fudge will take your vegan chocolate chip cookies to the NEXT LEVEL.
Basically, scoop some cookie dough, make an indent, fill with fudge and cover the filling. My fudge was a little runny because I was a little impatient with the freezing step. However, it was workable!
If you want evenly shaped cookies, feel free to roll the cookie dough in your hands at the last step. Totally optional!
Customising the cookies
For CRISPIER cookies, simply bake them for a little longer. For SOFTER cake-like cookies, add a few more tablespoons of flour and bake.
I haven't tried to make these gluten free. However, I normally use a blend of almond flour and a gluten-free flour blend such as in my vegan gluten free triple chocolate chip recipe. If you make them gluten free, let me know how you go!
If you prefer using oil instead of butter, I'd recommend my gluten free triple chocolate chip recipe.
If you're a chocoholic like me, you may also like:
Fudge Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies (vegan)
Ingredients
Vegan chocolate chip cookies
- ¾ cup (140g) light brown sugar, dark brown sugar or coconut sugar
- ⅓ cup (75g) vegan butter*, melted but room temperature
- 3 tbsp (45g) plant-based milk, or water, as needed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups (155g) plain or all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- Pinch of salt, if using unsalted butter
- 1 cup (100g) roughly chopped chocolate or chocolate chips
Fudge filling
- ⅓ cup (80g) Nature's Charm Chocolate Fudge Sauce
- 2 tbsp (20g) roughly chopped chocolate or chocolate chips
Instructions
To make the fudge filling (day before or a couple of hours beforehand):
- Add both ingredients to a small saucepan over low heat and mix until combined. Pour the mixture into a freezer-safe bowl/container and freeze until needed. The mixture should thicken up a lot and be almost scoopable.
To make the vegan chocolate chip cookies:
- Add the sugar, melted butter and milk to a medium-size mixing bowl. Mix until combined. Add the flour and baking soda and mix until combined. Fold through the chocolate chips.
To shape the cookies:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).**
- Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop the cookie dough. Press your finger into the middle of the dough and spoon/pour the fudge filling inside.
- Get a little extra cookie dough and press it on top of your cookie to cover the filling. Smooth the edges so the filling doesn't escape. If desired, carefully roll the cookie dough ball in between your hands to smooth out the shape.
Baking the cookies:
- Arrange the cookie dough balls/scoops on two lined baking trays with around 5 cm (2 inches) between each cookie.
- Bake in the oven for around 10-12 minutes or until the cookies are slightly golden brown. When you take them out of the oven, they will continue baking!
- Enjoy the cookies warm or store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.... although they never last that long in my house!
Notes
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These were delicious! A great balance between crunchy and gooey 😋 I used regular brown sugar.
Does light brown sugar have another name? I haven’t seen any labeled as light brown in the shops (I’m based in Canberra too!)
Aw I'm sooo glad you enjoyed these, especially as a fellow Canberran! Also yes, I only recently realised there was a difference! The ones (in Woolies/Coles) labelled brown sugar tend to be light brown sugar but CSR Sugar have one labelled dark brown sugar!
Ohh, great, thank you! I just bought some Vego baking choc chips so I want to make the recipe again with them!