Berlusconi sounds like he needs a damn good whacking.
It would seem to me that if you wanted to get those cookie bowls right you need to use two muffin pans; the second one to squash the dough down onto the first. But I don't cook so that's just my theory.The easiest thing is to just eat store bought cookies and fruit at the same time and not go through all that fuss.
I do bake quite bit and I can tell you that would never work! There is actually a pan to make these with and I think the bowls in the top picture were made with one. A regular muffin tin wouldn't make a nice fluted design even if this did happen to work. I think I'm going to order one of those pans but my bowls will be filled with ice cream!