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Chocolate Caramel Cookies (adapted from Pillsbury recipe)

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Author Holly Ford

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa I used dutch processed
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • pinch salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup 2 sticks butter, softened
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup pecans finely chopped
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 48 Rolo chewy caramels unwrapped
  • For the icing optional:
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • about 2 Tbsp milk more or less

Instructions

  • Sift flour, cocoa, soda, and salt together in a bowl. Set aside.
  • Beat butter and sugars until fluffy, add vanilla and eggs one at a time; beat well.
  • Add the flour mixture and blend well until it gets incorporated. Chill the dough for 30 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, heat oven to 375º F (190º C)
  • Mix pecans and sugar in a bowl. Take 1 Tbsp of dough and flatten. Place 1 Rolo in the center and cover it completely with the dough making a ball. Press the ball into pecan sugar mixture.
  • Place the balls onto parchment papered cookie sheet, 2" apart. Bake for 7-10 minutes. Remove them from the sheet and cool on the wired rack.
  • Combine powdered sugar and milk until you get the desired consistency, drizzle icing over the cookies.