Name: Southern Chocolate Cobbler
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups sugar; 1/3 cup dark cocoa powder (I use Hershey’s Special Dark ); 2 1/2 cups coffee (very strong (or water), boiling); 1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick); 1 pinch nutmeg (freshly grated); 1/4 ground ancho chile (more to taste); 1 teaspoon roasted cinnamon (or regular cinnamon); 1 pinch Pinch of salt; 1 cup flour; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/4 cup dark cocoa powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 cup milk chocolate chips; 1/2 cup toasted pecans (chopped, optional)

This easy Southern chocolate cobbler is warm, gooey, and done in 10 minutes in the microwave—because I’m not about to sweat over a dessert that’s gonna disappear faster than the matching lid to my Tupperware. It’s rich, fudgy, and just the right amount of unhinged… like me on a Tuesday.

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Microwave chocolate cobbler. It’s warm. It’s gooey. It’s basically a chocolate meltdown in a baking dish, and I’m not even sorry. You mix it up with pantry staples, microwave it until the top turns cakey and the bottom turns into a river of hot fudge, and then? You slap a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top and act like you have your life together.

So if you're craving something homemade, decadent, and wildly low-effort, welcome. You're among friends. Let’s get into it.

Microwave chocolate cobbler with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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🎥 Make this microwave chocolate cobbler with me
🗝️ Who should NOT make this easy dessert
🧾 Ingredients for Southern chocolate cobbler
📖 Recipe
🔪 Step-by-step guide: How to make Southern chocolate cobbler
📚 More Southern comfort: related recipes you'll love
Southern Chocolate Cobbler
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🎥 Make this microwave chocolate cobbler with me

Watch how fast this gooey, fudgy Southern chocolate cobbler comes together—no oven, no drama. If you can stir and press a microwave button, you’ve got this. Bonus points if you manage not to eat half of it straight out of the dish.

🗝️ Who should NOT make this easy dessert

You are an actor preparing for a role in a sad, film noir and you're trying to get in character.
You believe dessert should be “clean,” “refined sugar-free,” or somehow involve chia seeds and self-loathing.
You are allergic to chocolate and happiness.

🧾 Ingredients for Southern chocolate cobbler

Labeled ingredients for this easy chocolate cobbler dessert.

All-purpose flour – The backbone of our cobbler, because even chaos needs structure.
Dark cocoa powder – Deep, sultry, and brings ALL the chocolate goodness.
Baking powder – Gives our cobbler a little lift, and we all need that once in awhile.
Salt – Just a pinch to keep the sweetness from getting too big for its britches.
Warm spices – Cinnamon, nutmeg, maybe a whisper of chile… basically fall in a powdered mood swing but that's up to you.
Vanilla extract – The sultry Southern drawl of the dessert world.
Sugar – Because you deserve sweetness that doesn’t talk back.
Strong coffee – Because this cobbler deserves bold flavor—and frankly, so do you after surviving yet another day without throat-punching someone.
Milk – Keeps things creamy and cozy, like a good Southern auntie.
Milk chocolate chips – Melty pockets of joy that make life worth microwaving.
Toasted pecans (optional) – For a little crunch, a little class, and a lot of "bless your heart."

For tips, faqs, storage, and more information about this Southern chocolate lava dessert download this free Chocolate Cobbler Kitchen Cheat Sheet.

📖 Recipe

🔪 Step-by-step guide: How to make Southern chocolate cobbler

Step by step images showing how to make hot chocolate cobbler in the microwave.

In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, cocoa, spices, and coffee. Add the butter, then microwave until bubbling
Whisk the dry ingredients together in the bottom of the baking dish.
Stir the milk and vanilla extract into the dry mixture, spreading it evenly.
Pour the fudgy chocolate sauce from the mixing bowl over the top of the batter in the dish. Don't stir—just microwave and enjoy!

Marye's Tip o' the day

Let the hot chocolate cobbler set and cool for about five minutes. I know it's tempting to dig in when the whole house smells like brownie batter but trust me! Waiting creates the perfect end result.

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Spoonful of chocolate cobbler being served.

If you've had the hot chocolate cobbler at Cracker Barrel you are going to love this! Call this easy dessert a pudding cake, call it a hot chocolate cake, call it a chocolate cobbler - it really doesn't matter.

This stuff is good. And it's microwaved.