Turn Any Dessert into a Molten Treat with Lava Cubes

molten lava cake hack

Upgrade any sweet treat with these DIY lava cubes. Want Reese’s in your chocolate chip cookies? No problem! Check out the recipe and full instructions below and follow along with the video above.

Ingredients:

  • 1 large chocolate bar, depending on preference
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream

 

Tools:

  • Ice Cube Tray

 

Preparation:

  1. Break up the bar and place it in a liquid measuring cup, topping with the heavy cream. Microwave the chocolate on high for one minute and then stir the ganache.
  2. The mixture should feel slightly thick, like melted chocolate. If it’s too soupy, add a little more chocolate, if it’s too thick, add a little more heavy cream.
  3. Pour the ganache into the ice cube tray and refrigerate until completely solid, about 1 hour.
  4. Once the cubes are set, you can add them to any dessert to make a molten core, we recommend the following combinations:
  • Add a Cookies and Cream cube to red velvet cake mix for a lava cake

  • Add a Reese’s cube to cookie dough for a peanut butter chocolate cookie

  • Add a Milky Way cube to coffee to make a Milky Way Mocha

  • Add a Snickers cubes to a tray of brownies to make Loaded Snickers Brownies

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Complexity: Easy

Servings: 9

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