Caramel Stuffed Dark Chocolate Cookies – Sweet soft chocolate cookies stuffed with a delicious gooey Rolo candy. These cookies are perfectly soft and are attractive to everyone.
These delicious caramel stuffed dark chocolate cookies have worked their way straight to my heart and for more than one reason.
Friends, I just participated in my first Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. It was so fun. The anticipation. The tastes. The surprise. I loved it.
This was my first year participating in this wonderful event. If you haven’t heard about it before, it’s where food blogger’s from around the world participate in a cookie swap coordinated and led by Linsday from Love and Olive Oil and Julie from The Little Kitchen.
All proceeds this year go to support Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, an amazing non-profit organization funding new therapies in the fight against pediatric cancer.
Each participant is matched with three random food bloggers who you send a dozen of your favorite cookies to. In return, we each receive a dozen cookies from three “mystery” food bloggers to enjoy as well.
I have to admit a week prior I started to stress. Our week’s vacation over Thanksgiving feel the week prior to making and shipping cookies and I know that’s no reason to stress but I felt the pressure. But I got them out in the mail on time. Not early. But not late. Yay!
If you have an Instagram account….well if you don’t have an Instagram account you don’t know what you’re missing out on! I do and I admit I am a bit addicted. I adore pictures and this is the most fun way to share and view and comment on everyone’s work of art.
Anyway if you do have one, look for the hashtag #fbcookieswap. And you scroll through lot and lots of the cookies that were a part of this huge blogger and all in one place. How awesome is that???
My friends, these cookies are divine. But how couldn’t they be? I mean it’s chocolate and caramel right? And ooey, gooey all at once. I had a hard time shipping these out and then I reminded myself , “There’s another bag of Rolos sitting there and you can make more Melanie. You can not and shall not eat your blogger swap cookies!
And so I didn’t. I just made my own batch and they’re definitely a fav.
Til we meet and eat again,
Caramel Stuffed Dark Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flour all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup dark baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 48 chocolate covered caramels like Rolos, unwrapped
Instructions
- In medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa and baking soda; mix well. Set aside
- In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar and butter. Beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Mix in vanilla and eggs; beat well. Slowly add flour mixture. Mix well. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. For each cookie, with floured hands, shape about 1 tablespoon dough around 1 caramel candy. Cover completely.
- Place 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.
Nutrition
Recipe adapted slightly from Pillsbury
Sarah@WholeandHeavenlyOven says
Oh my gosh! I definitely could not have beared to part with these cookies, so I must commend you on that one! LOL. Seriously though, these look absolutely dreamy, Melanie! Pretty photos too!
Melanie says
Thanks Sarah! I got lots of goodies in exchange so it worked out well.
Shashi @ runninsrilankan says
Rolos in chocolate cookies??? Oh heavens – now I am wondering what I was thinking when I figured I would skip out on making cookies this Christmas!!! Love the cause behind this swap – I NEED to jump on it next year for sure!
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
These cookies look amazing, Melanie! I love that you created a dark chocolate cookie and stuffed it with caramel. Only the best combination! Pinned!
Christine @ Cooking with Cakes says
I WISH I had gotten these, they look SOOOO rich and amazing!!! love these Mel
Tori@Gringalicious.com says
OMG! I NEED these! No really, Need!
Matt Robinson says
I am seriously drooling over these, WOW!!
Chris @ Shared Appetite says
Oh man, Asheley would flip over these cookies! She loves chocolate and caramel! Gotta show her this one…
Erin | The Law Student's Wife says
It has been so fun to see these cookie recipes all across the web today. Love how ooey gooey these are!
Kelly says
These cookies look absolutely incredible, Melanie! Love how gooey they are! I would have loved to receive these in the mail, your recipients must have been smitten!
marcie says
I love chocolate and caramel, so it would’ve been so great to receive these cookies too! 🙂
Natalie @ Tastes Lovely says
I’ve always wanted to participate in the cookie swap! It sounds so fun! I would have loved to receive these chocolate cookies, especially since there’s rolo candies in there! I just love caramel.
Julie @ Tastes of Lizzy T says
These look simply amazing, Melanie! That gooey chocolate and fudgy caramel… 🙂
Mallory @ Chocolate with Grace says
These look heavenly! I love caramel and chocolate together!
Michelle @ Giraffes Can Bake says
Wow these look so decadent and so tasty, I need a batch of these asap!
heather @french press says
I would have LOVED seeing these in the mail
WholeYum says
Need these!! Looks delish!
Annie @Maebells says
Ohhhh! I would have been a VERY happy girl if these showed up in my mail box! They look incredible!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
Oh my gosh. The darkness of these cookies. And the caramel. LOVE!!! Pinned!
Melanie says
Thanks Dorothy!
Christin@SpicySouthernKitchen says
These cookies look completely amazing Melanie! Loving that gooey caramel in the middle.
Denise | Sweet Peas & Saffron says
Gosh those look so decadent and gooey and delicious and chocolatey…basically all my favorite things in life 🙂 These look like a keeper of a recipe!
Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says
Amazing looking cookies! What a great a cause too!
Zainab says
Now these are cookies!! I would like a dozen please!!
Shinee says
Oh my gosh, Melanie, these cookies were so delicious! Just stopping by to grab the recipe to make them today for my friends’ cookie swap this weekend. Loved them so much. Thank you!
Melanie says
That’s so sweet of you Shinee! I’m so glad you enjoyed them. I certainly enjoyed making and sharing them. Hope to see you back here soon!
Karly says
These cookies look so totally irresistible for the holidays! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Melanie says
Thanks Karly! They are pretty irresistible.