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These Salted Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Cookies are to die for! A dark chocolate cookie is stuffed with a Milky Way bar and sprinkled with sea salt. They’re ultra gooey and delicious!
Salted Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Cookies
So yesterday the hubs and I finally got around to starting to stain our fence that was installed in January. We’d waited for it to warm up and finally stop raining, so now it’s time.
And it is going to be a big job. Like whoa.
We got a quote for someone to do it for us and decided to do it ourselves. With the expense of our upcoming trip to South Africa, we decided to save a little, but it’s going to take several weekends. It’s a pretty big fence. I do love the color we picked though and I can’t wait to see it done.
The only thing is, now that it’s warm, we aren’t the only ones to come out of hiding. The bugs are out in force. And they were toying with us.
First, I was sitting and eating lunch outside while the hubs painted and a wasp came around. Jessie was sitting next to me (duh, there was food) and she all of a sudden snapped at it! She hates the buzzing of bees and wasps. Hates it. We’ll be on a walk and she’ll stop right in the middle of walking to snap at a bee. It always freaks me out because if she misses and pisses it off, it might come for me. I would not be happy.
She managed to get the wasp this time, but it wasn’t hurt and flew off. So I started screaming. Not like a crazy scream, but an “oh, crap! The wasp is going to come back and sting me” scream. It didn’t though. We survived.
Then a few minutes later, it looked like the hubs was having a seizure as he thrashed around – paint brush in hand. Some crazy critter had ATTACKED! He survived.
Then, I was painting the fence and heard a bug and lifted my arm with the paint brush up to swat at it. All of sudden I felt several things hit my arm and I screamed like mad thinking it was bugs! Scared the crap out of the hubs! But it was just paint dripping from my brush onto my arm. 🙂 Oops.
Clearly I was jumpy. Too many bugs – and I don’t do bugs.
Shortly after that I went back inside and baked. I need full body armor next time.
While I actually like helping with stuff like painting the fence (I’m weird, I know), it’s much safer inside making things like these cookies.
They are so yummy! They are made with my usual chocolate cookie base. They are soft, chewy and so chocolatey. I stuffed them with half of a caramel filled milky way. A full milky way is a little big.
I actually tried using Dove caramels first, but I didn’t care much for the way they melted in the cookie. The milky way was much better. I’d think Rolos would also work well, but may be be a little smaller.
To add the candy bar to the cookie, make your ball of dough (about 2 tbsp in size), break it in half and sandwich the candy between the dough. Press the edges of the dough together, sealing the candy inside.
Place the balls of dough onto a cookie sheet lined with either parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. I personally love silicone baking mats because they are reusable.
Sprinkle a little sea salt on top and bake! Don’t pass on the sea salt – it adds a whole lot of fun. My mom was super excited when she bit into these and tasted the salt. She couldn’t believe how awesome a little sprinkle of salt made a cookie.
These cookies are the jam! So good! And they are especially delicious warm. A warm chocolate cookie with melted caramel inside, and a little sea salt. Yum! Put a fork in me, I’m done.
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Salted Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 18 minutes
- Yield: About 16 Cookies
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Salted Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Cookies are to die for! A dark chocolate cookie is stuffed with a Milky Way bar and sprinkled with sea salt. They’re ultra gooey and delicious!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup salted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa (I use Hershey’s Special Dark)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- Fun Size Simply Caramel Milky Ways Bars, cut in half
Instructions
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 178
- Sugar: 12.9 g
- Sodium: 159.7 mg
- Fat: 10.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 21.6 g
- Protein: 2.4 g
- Cholesterol: 34.8 mg
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Enjoy!
I just made these using half a Rolo inside. They turned out great! Husband loved them. Taking a batch to a ballroom Halloween dance party tomorrow night.
I’m so glad you’re happy with them!
Thank you. I made these for my apartment complex and people LOVED them. Thank you for a delicious recipe.
Those who are wondering if they should make it, just do it.
I refrigerated the dough after I made it and just before putting the dough balls in the oven (if stuffing them softened the dough).
Awesome! I’m glad they were a hit!
Hi Lindsay,
Would any unsweetened cocoa powder do?
Thank you.
Yes, it should be fine.
Just made these for a cookie exchange/competition at work. I am NOT a baker. But out of 15 people, I took 2nd place with these beauties! I used Caramilk Bar squares instead, and I did add a few chocolate chips.
The thing I did find was that my cookies took MUCH longer than the 8-10 minutes to cook. I was baking mine for 15-17 minutes.
And yes, they taste better when warmed!
I’m so glad to hear they were a hit!
I’ve made these multiple times now, and every time people RAVE about them! They are so delicious!
I’m so glad to hear that! Thanks Amanda!
Really want to try this recipe! Though, beginner’s question, do they need to be eaten warm to get the proper caramel gooeyness or could they sit around for a while?
That probably depends a bit on the candies you use. The Milky Ways stay nice even when sitting out.
I found the mixture too soft. Have added about another 1/2 cup of flour but still pretty soft. I’m going to put in the fridge for about 20 minutes to see what happens.
What could I have done wrong?
How do you get them so black? Is it the dark cocoa? I’ve never used the dark. These cookies are so hauntingly beautiful!
Yes, it’s Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa.
Extremely delicious! I love the gooey center.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the cookies! 🙂
Can you use margarine instead of butter?
Sure!
Is the dough supposed to be chilled before cooking? My cookies turned out flat.
You certainly could chill the dough, but the recipe doesn’t call for it. It’s hard to say why they may have turned out flat. It could be something about measuring the ingredients, or even if they were a little undercooked they could fall as they cool.
Lindsay- I’ve made these several times and they are fantastic! The taste is amazing, I use rolos, which work well in the middle.
I have one question- every time I make them, they flatten out very quickly and end up looking SUPER flat, with the bump in the middle. (Still delicious though!) Is there a trick that you’d recommend to maybe make the cookies not flatten out as much- adding in a little more flour? Baking powder? Chilling the dough?
Thank you!
You could try chilling the dough. I would also check to make sure your baking soda is in date and that they are fully cooked before you take them out. If they are too undercooked that could make them fall.
I just finished baking these! And OMG they turned out so so so delicious! They’re a surprise for my dad and I know he’s going to love them! Thanks for the amazing recipe!
I made these a few weeks ago and they were so easy and absolutely divine!
Hi there,
I’m in Australia and for some bizarre reason I can’t get Simply Caramel Milky Bars here! Is there any subs you could suggest? There are regular milky ways and soft caramels (thought not covered in chocolate as the Milky Way), or just homemade caramel? Hope you can help! Thank you 🙂
I would think soft caramels should ok. Do you have Rolos there? They’d work as well.
What difference does salted butter make?
You will want to have salt in the recipe one way or another for flavor. If you prefer unsalted butter, just add salt separately. Does that answer your question?