Chocolate Caramel Cookies

Name: Chocolate Caramel Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 5 dozen
Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened; 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 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

Total Time Prep:25 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield 5 dozen

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Nutty chocolate caramel cookies are easier than they sound thanks to a secret ingredient: candy! Instead of making homemade caramel sauce, hide a Rolo candy piece in the center of each cookie.

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
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° until top is slightly cracked, 7-10 minutes. Cool for 3 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 121 calories, 6g fat (3g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 60mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.

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. —Melissa Vannoy, Childress, Texas

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