Caramel Filled Chocolate Cookies Recipes

CARAMEL-FILLED CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• In medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa and baking soda; mix well.
• In large bowl, combine 1 cup sugar, brown sugar and margarine; beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs; beat well. Add flour mixture; blend well. Stir in 1/2 cup of the pecans. If necessary, cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 30 minutes for easier handling.
• Heat oven to 375°F. For each cookie, with floured hands, shape about 1 tablespoon dough around 1 caramel candy, covering completely.
• In small bowl, combine remaining 1/2 cup pecans and 1 tablespoon sugar. Press one side of each ball into pecan mixture. Place, nut side up, 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake at 375°F. for 7 to 10 minutes or until set and slightly cracked. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets. Cool on wire rack for 15 minutes or until completely cooled.
• Melt candy coating in small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth. Drizzle over cookies.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL COOKIES

Steps:

• 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° until top is slightly cracked, 7-10 minutes. Cool for 3 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE-CARAMEL FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• Make cookie dough as directed on package, stirring in flour with cookie mix. Shape about 1 tablespoon dough around 1 chocolate caramel candy, covering completely. Place 2 inches apart on Reynolds Parchment Paper lined cookie sheets. Bake at 375°F 10 to 12 minutes. Cool; place cookies on cooling racks.
• Microwave chocolate chips and milk uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes or until melted, stirring until blended. Spoon glaze onto each cookie. Top with sprinkles. Let stand until glaze is set.

CARAMEL FILLED CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter until creamy.
• Gradually beat in white sugar and brown sugar.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa.
• Gradually add to butter mixture, beating well.
• Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
• Divide dough into 48 pieces.
• Start by dividing dough into four equal pieces; then divide each piece into thirds; then each of those pieces in half to make 24; and each of those in half again to make 48 pieces.
• Flatten each piece slightly and return to refrigerator.
• Working with a few at a time, and leaving the remainder in the frige, press a piece of dough around a rollo, being careful to cover it completely.
• (I find the rollos easier to handle when they're pre-chilled) Roll into a ball.
• Place 2-inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 minutes in preheated 375°.
• Let cool for 3-4 minutes before removing from baking sheet or caramel will run out the bottom of cookie.

CARAMEL-STUFFED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees, with racks in top and middle. In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together flour, both sugars, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add butter; beat on medium speed until combined but some pea-size butter chunks remain. Add chocolate chips and beat until combined, then beat in eggs, one at a time, and vanilla.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Scoop dough into 4-ounce balls (each about 1/3 cup); make a deep, wide hollow in each center. Enclose 3 pieces of caramel in each; roll back into a ball. Place 6 balls on each sheet. Freeze 15 minutes.
• Bake, with one sheet on each rack, 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees, swap sheet positions, and bake until centers are almost but not completely set (press gently on tops with your fingers to check), 7 to 10 minutes more. Remove from oven. Bang sheets on a counter a few times to create cracks in tops of cookies. Place sheets on a wire rack; let cool completely. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.