One of the biggest lessons I learned this week was to never underestimate babies. While I was making the rolls I left the chocolate on the table and didn’t realize that my daughter can actually reach them from her high chair ( you’d be surprised what they are capable of!!). She pulled the whole bag and ate half of it, by the time I noticed her whole face, hands and just about everywhere was smeared in chocolate. Ahh just one of the joys of being a mom! 😀
You know what’s better than cinnamon rolls? you guess it, chocolate cinnamon rolls. I can’t even explain how amazing warm and chocolaty cinnamon rolls right oven the oven taste! I rolled big chocolate chunks right into the rolls and the result was pieces of melted chocolate between each layer of the cinnamon rolls.
gooey chocolate cinnamon rolls
Ingredients
- Dough
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup water +1 tablespoon
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 3 1/2 cups or more unbleached all purpose flour, divided
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 1/4 teaspoons rapid-rise or instant yeast, from 1 envelope yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Filling
- 1 cup chocolate chips or chocolate chunks
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- Glaze
- 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- For dough
- In a small bowl combine yeast, 1 tablespoon warm water, and sugar. Set aside for 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl combine the milk, water, egg, oil, salt, and yeast mixture. Stir with whisk until everything is well combined.
- add the flour slowly and continue mixing until you you start to form a dough texture. If dough is very sticky, add more flour by tablespoonfuls until dough begins to form ball and pulls away from sides of bowl. Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, adding more flour if sticky, about 5 minutes. Rub with 1/2 teaspoon oil and cover for 45 minutes.
- Filling
- Combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, chocolate chips, and salt. Set aside.
- After the dough has doubled in size punch down and Transfer to floured work surface. Roll out to 15×11-inch rectangle. Spread the butter over the dough. sprinkle the cinnamon mixture. Roll the dough from the long end, be sure to roll tightly.
- Cut into 3/4 inch wide slices. Place rolls 1 inch apart in two greased 9x9 pans or circular pans. Set aside for 45 minutes to rise. After the rolls have risen for 30 minutes preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 25 minutes in center rack. Remove and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
- Glaze
- Heat cream cheese in microwave for 15 seconds. Beat cream cheese, heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla for 3-5 minutes until you have a fluffy creamy texture. Pipe glaze mixture on the cinnamon buns or simply spoon on and spread.
- *be sure to try one warm while the chocolate is still gooey*
Great recipe. Next time I make this, I will increase the amount of cinnamon, add nutmeg, & cut the amount of icing in half–the recommended amount is enough to thickly coat the entire top.
I agree SARAH.my dough DIDnt rise either. Lame recipe
These rolls look amazing!! Can’t wait to try them. What kind of chocolate do you use?
I may have really screwed this up, but I followed your recipe for the yeast and I don’t think 1 tbsp of water works with that much sugar! Dough didn’t rise at all.
The recipe says 1/2 cup + a tablespoon of water. Maybe try it that way. Also the yeast may be old. I keep mine in the freezer. It helps it stay fresh for a long time. Good luck.
I’ve tried at least 10 different cinnamon roll recipes and this by far the best yet. I love them sooo much