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A baking tray with six chocolate cookie cups with chocolate frosting.

Gluten Free Chocolate Cookie Cups

Sandi Gaertner
Delicious gluten free chocolate cookie cups filled with chocolate buttercream frosting, or one of the many filling ideas!
5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Gluten Free Cookies and Bar Recipes, Gluten Free Dessert Recipes
Cuisine American
Servings 36 cookie cups
Calories 62 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup gluten free flour blend * see note
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 ounces chocolate chips
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • dash salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350º F. Set the oven rack to the middle position.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients and whisk to blend them together.
  • In a microwave-safe dish, melt the chocolate chips for 30 seconds. Add the butter and melt for an additional 20-25 seconds. Stir them together. Allow the mixture to cool slightly.
  • Pour the wet ingredients including the egg and vanilla, into the dry ingredients and mix it into a cookie dough.
  • Spray a mini muffin pan with coconut oil. Drop a scoop of cookie dough into each cup and press it down.
  • Bake for 15 minutes.
  • Take a small jar and press it down into each cookie cup while the cookie dough is hot.
  • Let the cookie cups cool in the pan for 10 minutes before trying to remove them.
  • Whip up frosting, mousse, pudding, or any filling you plan to use. See notes for ideas!
  • When the cookie cups are cool, pipe your chosen filling into each cookie cup.

Notes

I have tested this recipe with King Arthur Measure for Measure GF and Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 GF blend. That doesn't mean others will not work. I just have not tested other flours.
Store these cookie cups in an airtight container for up to four days.
Frosting Recipes: https://www.fearlessdining.com/how-to-make-creamy-gluten-free-frosting/
Check to ensure your sprinkles are gluten free: https://www.fearlessdining.com/gluten-free-sprinkles/

Filling and Holiday Decorating Options:

  • St. Patrick's Day Cookie Cups- Use green frosting and sprinkles.
  • Valentine's Day Cookie Cups - Fill the chocolate cookie cups with my homemade Raspberry Mousse and top with a fresh raspberry.
  • Christmas Cookie Cups - Pipe green frosting up high like a mini Christmas Tree and top with sprinkles.
  • Halloween Cookie Cups - You can use these cookie cups to make monsters, a witches cauldron, or even a mini graveyard with bone-shaped sprinkles. Use frosting or pudding to fill the cups.
  • Hanukkah Cookie Cups - Fill with blue-colored frosting and top with blue sprinkles.

SPECIAL NOTE

Please know that every gluten free flour blend has a different starch to grain ratio. If you use a blend I didn't test, you may need to adjust your moisture levels in your baked goods.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie cupCalories: 62kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 23mgPotassium: 21mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 89IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 0.3mg
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