Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie Cupcakes are best described as a delicious oatmeal cookie dough that is studded with dark chocolate chunks and baked into cupcake tins. Why not, right?
An epic day calls for baking cookies!
Yesterday was a pretty amazing day in this crazy life of mine. It started with a feature on the front page of the food section of the San Diego Union Tribune. I opened up the paper to see a HUGE photo of me and my son in our kitchen preparing artichokes. Such a fun memory we’ll get to share! Then I had lunch with a very good friend from college, and while we were at the restaurant… our hair stylist of the last 25 years called the restaurant and paid our tab (how sweet is that?!) Because of the article in the paper, I had phone calls, emails and texts streaming in all day, connecting me with friends I hadn’t talked to in years. It was a neat day indeed. So let’s celebrate with cookies. No, cupcakes. Okay, let’s compromise with both: Dark Chocolate- Oatmeal Cookie Cupcakes!
I used a big chunk of Scharffenberger dark chocolate and chopped it into bits, but you can certainly use any sort of chocolate you’d like (or even chocolate chips).
You can stuff the cupcake tins pretty full (I used an ice cream scoop to make things easy). You’ll be able to fill 16 of them.
They bake up like a giant cookie. In fact, it’s kinda-sorta a nice, secret ploy to be able to eat a couple of cookies in one dessert. A drizzle of chocolate ganache on top is the right way to finish it off.
These Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie Cupcakes are not a soft cookie. They’re more like a crunchy cookie cupcake. They freeze well… just place them in zip baggies and defrost at room temp when the mood for a cookie cupcakes strikes. Like now.
Cheers to good days- I hope you’re having one of those good days too!
P.S. Have you picked up a Recipe Girl Cookbook yet? I think it might make quite a nice Mother’s Day gift, if you’re still in the midst of a brain-freeze on what to buy for Mom (or wife… or grandma… or ?) It’s still available online through Amazon. I hope you love it as much as I do!
Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie Cupcakes
Recipe Details
Ingredients
COOKIES:
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups quick-cooking oats
- 6 ounces chopped dark chocolate (or use chocolate chips)
GANACHE (optional):
- 2 ounces chopped dark chocolate (or use chocolate chips)
- ½ tablespoon cream (regular cream or heavy whipping cream)
Instructions
MAKE THE COOKIES:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 16 muffin cups with nonstick spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to mix the sugar and butter until well-combined. Mix in the vanilla and egg. Then mix in the flour and the oats. Stir in 6 ounces of the chopped chocolate. Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin tins, filling each almost full. Bake 15 to 18 minutes, or until the cookie cupcakes are fairly well set and no longer squishy when touched. Remove the cookie cupcakes from the oven and let them cool completely. My best method for removing them cleanly from the pan is to refrigerate the cupcakes in the pan until cool, then use a sharp knife to edge the cookies out of the tins.
ADD THE GANACHE:
- If you're adding the ganache, combine the chocolate and cream in a small bowl and microwave just until hot. Stir until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Carefully spoon the ganache into a zip baggie, snip a small hole in the corner of the bag, and drizzle ganache onto each cookie cupcake. Store the cookie cupcakes in a single layer in a covered container at room temperature (or in the freezer).
I made these for the first time & they are delicious! My only problem was I filled them as per the directions & they spilled over & sunk in the middle. What did I do wrong?
It’s hard to say- probably a little too full. Sorry you had trouble!
We’ve never had oatmeal cupcakes, but we must make them! You had us at getting to eat two cookies, but only claiming to eat one treat! Genius!
What a day and what a great way to celebrate! I always enjoy baking with oats!
Oh my! These look divine 🙂 I bet they taste heavenly!
Why have I never thought to bake cookies in my muffin tin (I so rarely do cupcakes, so it’s more of a muffin tin in my eyes)? Lori, these look delicious and I think they are a terrific way to celebrate a wonderful day.
Congrats to you!
Holy decadent! These look magically delicious! Congrats on the feature, darling!
These are delicious! I always know I can trust a Recipe Girl recipe. I just thought I’d mention that the recipe is missing the step where the flour mixture is added to the wet ingredients. I learned today that I’m a step-by-step baker and didn’t realize there was a bowl of flour on the counter until I started scooping! Ha! But I was able to stir it in and they still turned out super yummy. Thanks for all you do to keep my kitchen interesting!
Thanks- and thanks so much for letting me know about that- just added in that little direction!
Congratulations on all your success! You worked so hard, and it’s well-deserved. Also, I can’t wait to try this recipe. I think there might need to be a nice mound of chocolate ganache on the top. What do you think?
What a great way to celebrate! Is it a cookie, is it a cupcake?! Who cares, they look amazing either way! 🙂
Congrats on all the wonderful things going on Lori, so well deserved! These cookie-cupcakes look fabulous! Yum!
hey lorie cani use the betty croker cake mix in this recipe ???
I’m not sure what you’re asking… sounds like that’s another recipe?
YAY on your feature! That’s so awesome.
I love big chocolate chunks in baked goods and I’d LOVE to bite into one of these!
Right on! Love this idea! I do believe my sweet babies will love it too!
Congratulations on such an exciting day and all your well-deserved success! It’s recipes like this that make people come back here time and time again : )
I need one of these right now! Love baking cookies in muffin pans! Sounds like you have had some pretty amazing days lately! Congrats on everything! So happy for you!
What an exciting day and something to remember forever. Your recipe ain’t too bad either. I hope I get to make it soon.
Congratulations on all your successes of late. I love it when good things happen to good people. Delicious looking cookies/cupcakes. 😉
These look great!
I need these in front of me right now.
Yay, for the amazing days! These cookie cupcakes would be hard to resist and might be worth an extra workout to enjoy them! LOL!
Congratulations!! I love reading your blog:) Who can not resist cookie cupcakes!
I saw the UT article, too! How great! I knew you lived in San Diego, but I didn’t know you were so close. We are only about 5 miles away. I’m sure our paths have crossed. And anytime I make anything with cookie dough on it I think if you! Plus my daughter has a little boy in her class named Brooks! Congratulations on all of your success!
Congratulations on making the front page of the Food Section! That is awesome! Speaking of awesome, these cupcakes look to die for!
What a great day! Congrats on all of your success, and getting to connect with so many people!
These cookie cupcakes look wonderful! Love the idea, and I have had a serious craving for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies lately, and this isn’t helping!
Congrats on your special day!! Good for you!!!
The Cup-Cookie-Cakes look amazing!! ( :
Love these cupcakes! I was wondering what to make for teacher appreciation week, these will be a hit!
That sounds good! I was thinking that would be a quick and easy dessert to whip up for freezing, then you starting talking about how great it freezes. How would you adjust the baking time for mini-muffin cups?
What an incredible day indeed, Lori! Congratulations on all of your successes!
These look really yummy! and your photos are amazing Lori… great job!
Whaaat? You pretty much just combine four of my favorite things. Cookie cupcakes!? Get outta here! Yum, Yum, Yum! Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Congrats on the press piece!
These look uber delicious. I love oatmeal cookies so these will be a hit…
Congratulations on all your big features, Lori! Your success is SO well deserved. Thanks for sharing these delicious looking cookie cupcakes, too!
Oh my…These giant oatmeal cookies are a DREAM (Beautiful photos too)! You’re a genius! Congrats on your fabulous newspaper article! How fun that your son is in the photo with you:)
These chocolate cupcakes are amazing and have me craving chocolate.
Congratulations on an amazing day and coverage in the San Diego Trib! What’s not to love about oatmeal chocolate chip cookies? Now, baked in a cupcake shape? With chocolate ganache drizzled on top? Irresistible! xo P.S. Like Averie, I am crushing on your little heart with Recipe Girl font. So sweet! It’s like saying, “With love, from Recipe Girl.” Swell idea, girlfriend!
Your day sounds super fun! And these cookie cupcakes – swoon! Love everything about them! Pinning!
Now, these are my kind of muffins! Congrats on all of the exciting things going on in your life right now Lori! So happy for you! xoxo
These sound awesome! Love this idea!
Congrats on such an amazing day!! Sounds like so much fun and a free lunch!! Now that just rocks!
Love the the cookies, or cupcakes! I could eat one for breakfast! I mean they do have oatmeal and dark chocolate so that totally counts as a healthy breakfast. Right?!?
Wow, what a day it must have been for you. Congratulations! And these cookie cupcakes are just amazing.
Congrats on your amazing day! A friend meetup, a free lunch! (how cool!) and the big spread in the SD Tribune. Totally spaced out buying a copy, whoops!
Love these cookie cupcakes. The chocolate work on top is so inviting. And random aside but I love the font/heart logo you used for your watermarking. Do you use photoshop? lightroom or something else? I use LR 4 and don’t think anything quite so cute is an option!