Chocolate Melting Moments are the best chocolate cookies I’ve ever tasted! They are intensely chocolatey and melt in the mouth!
Today I have updated my Chocolate Melting Moments recipe with some better photographs as it really did deserve better than my amateur attempt from years ago!
When I left college it wasn’t any of the teachers I was going to miss but my regular fix of Chocolate Melting Moments that weighed heavy on my heart.
So on the last day of college, my friend and I went cap in hand to the cafeteria and explained our predicament to the catering ladies. They were so flattered that the recipe was retrieved and would you believe it has sat in my recipe box all these years untouched until now!
The original recipe was for a catering sized amount and had no cooking time, plus the recipe just called for sugar and flour. Hence I have changed these to self-raising and caster and after some experimenting came up with an optimum cooking time.
All my guinea pigs (human not fluffy) have been delighted with the results and preferred them to a recipe that I had tried out a few weeks ago from the internet.
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I know you’ll love these Chocolate Melting Moments. Don’t forget to share your creations by tagging @FabFood4All on social media. I love to see my recipes come to life! Better still leave me a comment below as it’s great to have feedback which also helps others.
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Chocolate Melting Moments
Ingredients
- 100 g / 4oz Butter softened or margarine
- 100 g / 4oz Caster sugar
- 100 g / 4oz Self raising flour
- 25 g / 1 oz Cocoa powder preferably Bournville
- 20 Chocolate chips/pieces optional
- Plate of porridge oats for coating
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 175°C.
- Grease 2 baking sheets.
- Cream the butter/margarine and sugar together with an electric whisk until pale.
- Using a wooden spoon, mix in the sifted flour and cocoa until they form a paste.
- Shape into small walnut sized balls (should make 15 - 20). I use a couple of teaspoons but you can just use your hands if you wish.
- Roll the balls in the plate of oats to coat.
- Place the balls on the baking sheets and press down with a fork on each one.
- Decorate with a chocolate chip if wished.
- Put in the oven and bake for 14 - 15 minutes.
- When ready leave for a minute and then transfer the biscuits with a palette knife to a wire rack.
Tori
Delicious, but mine spread quite thin rather than chunky as in the picture. I wonder if I flattened them too much!?
Camilla
If you made the number stated in the recipe then that could be it. You’re just making an imprint of the fork on top.
Michael
Hello Camilla
How many grams of chocolate?
Thank you, Michael
Camilla
Hi Micheal, there isn’t a weight given as it’s an amount needed, ie 20 chocolate chips to decorate the 20 cookies. You can make the chocolate chips as big or small as you like. I’d start out with a 100g bar of dark chocolate and cut them from that but you won’t need the whole bar, maybe a third.
Janice
I love the look of these cookies., all the good things to eat in there!
Camilla
Thanks Janice, we love them too:-)
Mark Whittaker
They look delicious , definitely next on my baking project list . I love the way you’ve presented them , a great little gift to take round to neighbours when we visit over Christmas (along with a bottle obviously)
Camilla
Thanks Mark, they are truly wonderful and would make an excellent Christmas gift:-)
Robert Price
I.m a chocolate fiend
Kelly Hanson
Wow, they look amazing! Am defo going trying this recipe!
Camilla
Thanks Kelly, I’m sure you’ll love them:-)
Margaret Gallagher
Delicious who could resist such beauty and taste
Camilla
Thank you Margaret:-)
Sarah Roberts
These look amazing, i’m definitely going to try and make these! yum x
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, I’m sure you’ll love them-)
Dr Martin Huang
This is good to send as a gift too.
Izabela
That looks so delicious that I think I will actually bake it tonight!
Camilla
Excellent Isabela, enjoy:-)
Helen at CAsa Costello
Aw I bet those catering ladies still think about the student that asked for their recipe! Thanks so much for adding my cookies. Feel free to add these to #BakeoftheWeek if you have time x
Camilla
Thanks Helen, not sure I’ll have time as rather a lot on at moment what with missing Moet.
Emily
These look and sound delicious Camilla. Do you do deliveries? 😉
Camilla
Thanks Emily, yes these would be great but might break up in the post:-)
Cathy @ Planet Veggie
I love chocolate biscuits and cookies and these look like even I could make them!
Camilla
Thanks Cathy, yes they are incredibly easy and delicious:-)
Babs
M’y Granny’s speciality!!
Maya Russell
These look nice. I love the story behind them!
Camilla
Thanks Maya – must make some more:-)
nazima
I have never eaten melting moments but love the name! sounds like a great one to make with kids
Camilla
Oh Nazima you have to try them, they really live up to their name and yes would be great to make with kids:-)
Aslik
Wauuuuuuw i will do it tonorrow noghttt
Camilla
Great, do let me know how you get on:-)
Natally
I do love the look of these
tiggerific1973
These look great!
Ursula Hunt
These are great biscuits to make with the children
Camilla
Oh yes and so delicious:-)
Anne Dalzell
On a cold, wet, miserable day like today oh how i’d rather be eating a big plate of these in front of the tv rather than sitting in work.
Camilla
Aaw, maybe make them at the weekend:-)
Tracy Nixon
These are seriously deliciousl and I have made them with my children twice now. They are really quick and easy to make – I would defo recommend this recipe! Thank you Camilla!
Camilla
Thanks Tracey, you can see why I just had to get hold of this recipe!
William Gould
My wife has a recipe for these in one of her old Bero booklets!
Camilla
Yes I think I’ve seen that recipe on another blog but it wasn’t chocolate but plain from memory:-)
Chris Williams
mmm these look scrummy will have to make these
Stephanie Coals
These look perfect for an after school snack for the children! Perfect 🙂
Carolyn Clapham
Great. I’ll make these with my grandchildren next week. I bet there won’t be any left for them to take home though 🙂
Camilla
Excellent idea:-)
Helen Thurston
oh, these sound lovely, think I’ll have to make a batch of these on my next baking day x
Ursula Hunt
Delicious, truly melting and chocolatey
Paul Wilson
Mmmm, chocalicious!
Jayne
These look so pretty and so delicious.
Tracy Nixon
Truly scrumptious!
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Heather Haigh
Another recipe I must try – you are keeping me busy lol!
Camilla
Ooh yes, they are very good:-)
Lisa Williams
these look fantastic my need to make recipes list is getting longer and longer
Tracy Nixon
Lovely recipe idea! I always have loads of oats in the cupboard, as the kids love porridge on colder morning and they love to make Flap Jack too. These would be a lovely change so might give them a go at the weekend when the kids are off!
Dawn Costen
These are just baking in my oven as we speak, smelling delightful! Can’t wait to try them still warm from the oven! I left out the oats purely because I have no patience and read the recipe and thought “yum, I have all those ingredients I am going to make them right now!” But didn’t have oats so cracked on without them!
Camilla
Brilliant and the oats aren’t imperative, hope you enjoy them:-)
Paul Wilson
Mmmm, lovely.
Kirsty Fox
These look delicious, I wish I could have been a guinea pig!
Annie Costa
Aah choccy melts,fab recipe-thanks for sharing,will try this some day!
Ruth
The chocolate melting moments are delicious. Reminds me of the good old days in Uni. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Camilla
Thank you for your lovely comment:-)
Karen
YAY! I finally found them Camilla! Your link on my Baking with Be-Ro was just a link to your site, so I searched for your wee melting moments and VOILA! These look wonderful and what a great way to ring the changes with a chocolate version too…..JUST fab and VERY retro! Thanks for adding your link, with your permission, I will change the link on my site so it comes here, so others can drool over these! Karen
Camilla
Well at least it turned out to be a happy accident (my link which was meant to be a comment) doh! Glad you’re up on your technology as I am still getting to grips. Thank you for kind words on my Melting Moments they really were comfort food at college:-)
Richard
They’re delicious, especially with a glass of milk!