CARAMEL STUFFED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies start with our BEST EVER chocolate chip cookies, then stuffed with soft, sweet caramel & baked until golden brown. Everything you love about traditional chocolate chip cookies with soft, gooey caramel inside!

Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies need to be a staple in every home, not just ours. Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! What a fun treat to celebrate. We make chocolate chip cookies at least once a month and each batch doesn’t last long! I took one simple ingredient and made our favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe even better. Caramel. Seriously! It’s a no-brainer- you’ve got to try them.

Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to make these cookies:

–softened butter- I use 1/2 salted butter, but you can use unsalted if you prefer

–butter flavored shortening- can be found on the baking aisle. I prefer the cubes that you can cut to specific measurements, in this case, 1/2 cup.

–brown sugar & granulated sugar: you’ll need 3/4 cup of each

–2 eggs

— all purpose flour: You’ll use 2.5 cups of flour. You can use bread flour as well.

–salt, baking soda & baking powder: for flavor & leavening

–semi-sweet chocolate chips: you’ll use 3/4 cup regular semi-sweet chocolate chips. Feel free to use chocolate chunks instead!

–salted caramel chips: these are getting much easier to find year round! If you can’t find them, sub in butterscotch chips instead.

–SOFT caramels- You’ll want to look for the bags of Werther’s SOFT Caramels. I find these often in the grocery store checkout lane. Make sure they’re the SOFT caramels! You’ll need 2 bags.

How to Make Caramel Stuffed Cookies

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. {I use these parchment sheets– love them!}

Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and shortening. Add in sugars and eggs and mix once more.

Add in 1/2 the flour, the baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix well. Add in remaining flour and mix until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and salted caramel chips. {If you can’t find these, just use 1 1/2 cups semi sweet chips instead. I find them at my local Kroger grocery store and they’re heavenly!}

Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough (I use this cookie scoop here) and take 1 unwrapped caramel and stuff it in the center. Adjust the dough around the caramel so that it’s covered completely.

Place 9 balls of dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 9-10 minutes.

Once baked, transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool a few minutes and ENJOY!

Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies start with our BEST EVER chocolate chip cookies, then stuffed with soft, sweet caramel & baked until golden brown. Everything you love about traditional chocolate chip cookies with soft, gooey caramel inside!

4.91 from 11 votes

Print Pin Rate

Course: Cookies, Desserts

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 36

Calories: 176kcal

Author: Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup salted caramel chips or butterscotch
• 8 oz SOFT caramels

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. {I use these parchment sheets– love them!}
• Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and shortening. Add in sugars and eggs and mix once more.
• Add in 1/2 the flour, the baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix well. Add in remaining flour and mix until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and salted caramel chips. {If you can’t find these, just use 1 1/2 cups semi sweet chips instead. I find them at my local Kroger grocery store and they’re heavenly!}
• Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough (I use this cookie scoop here) and take 1 unwrapped caramel and stuff it in the center. Adjust the dough around the caramel so that it’s covered completely.
• Place 9 balls of dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 9-10 minutes.
• Once baked, transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool a few minutes and ENJOY!

Nutrition

Calories: 176kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 183mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 100IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg

Tried this recipe?Mention @familycookierecipes or tag #familycookierecipes!

Can you Freeze Cookies?

I love freezing cookies! There are 2 ways I prefer to freeze them. The first is by freezing the unbaked cookie dough balls. I scoop & shape the balls round with my hands, then freeze them in 1 layer on a cookie sheet. You can position them as close together as possible without touching. Freeze, then once solid, transfer them to a ziplock freezer bag. Then you can pull them out and bake them whenever you want! You’ll want to either let them thaw on a cookie sheet while preheating the oven, or add a couple minutes to the bake time to compensate for frozen cookie dough.

The second way is to just freeze the baked cookies. My mother in law does this ALL the time. They turn out pretty well, albeit a tiny bit drier and more crumbly once thawed. Oh and you’ve got to make sure you thaw them. Frozen cookies are pretty hard to eat. Thankfully, they only take about 20 minutes or so to thaw out.

HOW DO YOU MAKE PERFECT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES?

Making Chocolate Chip cookies is easy! Here are a few tips to getting perfect cookies every time!

• Many cookie recipes require softened butter. These cookies call for cold butter. I like to place mine in the freezer for about 20-30 minutes before I make the cookies. That way it doesn’t get too warm while I’m dicing it up. Dice up the butter into small pieces before adding to the sugar. Not really sure from a chemistry perspective what this does, but I can promise you this extra step is absolutely worth it in this recipe.
• Spend a little extra time when you mix the butter and sugars. Creaming them together for 2-3 minutes will improve the consistency of your cookies.
• Preheat the oven. This will help your cookies turn out right every time!
• Use a cookie scoop! If you want all your cookies to be perfectly shaped and have them all be the same size, a cookie scoop is the way to go.
• Use parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Doing this will make it really easy to remove the cookies from your cookie sheet so that you don’t have to scrape them off the pan – they will just slide right off in perfect shape!
• Don’t over bake the cookies – when I take mine out of the oven, they still look slightly under baked but they will continue to bake on the cookie sheet for a couple more minutes so that’s ok!

LOVE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES? SO DO WE! HERE ARE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPES!

• Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
• Avocado Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Raspberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
• Butter Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies

What? Isn’t this how everyone eats yogurt?

Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies start with our BEST EVER chocolate chip cookies, then stuffed with soft, sweet caramel & baked until golden brown. Everything you love about traditional chocolate chip cookies with soft, gooey caramel inside!