Chocolate Caramel Cookies Recipe

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This is my favorite recipe for bake sales and bazaars. Each delightfully sweet chocolate cookie has a fun caramel surprise in the middle, thanks to Rolo candy. Dipped in pecans before baking, they look so nice that they sell in a hurry.

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Chocolate Caramel Cookies Recipe
  • Prep:25 min. Bake: 10 min.
  • Yield: 30 Servings
25 10 35

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup chopped pecans, divided
  • 1 package (13 ounces) Rolo candies

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter, 1 cup sugar and brown sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture just until combined. Stir in 1/2 cup pecans.
  • Shape dough by tablespoonfuls around each candy. In a small bowl, combine remaining pecans and sugar; dip each cookie halfway.
  • Place with nut side up on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-10 minutes or until top is slightly cracked. Cool for 3 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: about 5 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 2 cookies equals 244 calories, 12 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 32 mg cholesterol, 134 mg sodium, 32 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Caramel Cookies in Quick Cooking November/December 1998, p29

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Reviewed on Feb. 23, 2013 by Chickiebutt

I'm not thrilled how thses cookies look... They taste ok, but I will probably not make them again. I might try subsitiute the surgar for powdered sugar.

Reviewed on Oct. 20, 2012 by dulce24

I've been wanting to make these cookies for years,and when I finally decided to make them I was very disappointed because for me they were way too sweet,however I liked their texture,chewy inside and crispy outside,and I found that the caramel texture gets better the day after because it gets denser.I will probably not make them again.

Reviewed on Dec. 27, 2011 by sammycorny

Awesome recipe!! For easier handling, chill dough for a couple of hours before forming dough around Rolo's.

Reviewed on Dec. 03, 2011 by wmbldowr

I had the ingredients, the Rolo's and picked this recipe. It all turned out perfect. Perfect dough texture and it made me feel like a pro. My family loves them.

Reviewed on Aug. 19, 2011 by jadelin

These are very good. The dough is very thick and stiff, almost like playdough, but the cookies turn out crisp on the outside with an oozing caramel center. I forgot to mix in the pecans so I only added them to the outside and they were still great. I also ran out of rolos at the end, and even those last five cookies were still really good. Note that this recipe makes 5 dozen cookies! (30 servings of 2 cookies each.)

Reviewed on Nov. 12, 2010 by Wendy0015

These are one of the best cookies ever!

Reviewed on Dec. 31, 2009 by lilchuckbear

My husband couldn't stop eating them. They are wonderful - I will make them again!!

Reviewed on Dec. 24, 2009 by tammyhickman

excellent! Not too sweet!

Reviewed on Oct. 04, 2008 by laurie_read

these cookies are so yummy! i mean, how can you go wrong with chocolate, caramel, and pecans?!? i totally recommend this recipe for everyone!

Reviewed on Jan. 12, 2008 by possumfran

 
 
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