Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
These caramel chocolate chip cookies are the gooiest cookies of your dreams! They have a soft caramel stuffed inside the cookies before baking. They are also topped with more chocolate and caramel after they're out of the oven! These cookies are so good!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 9 soft caramels Werther's is the best
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the butter and sugars until well combined, about 2 minutes.1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- Add in egg and vanilla and continue whisking.1 egg, 1 tbsp vanilla
- Add in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Using a spatula, gently fold into the dough until a soft cookie dough forms and no flour streaks appear.1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt
- Toss in the chocolate chips and fold in a few times.1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Preheat the oven to 350℉/180℃ and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Scoop 2 tbsp worth of dough using a cookie scooper and add one caramel inside (See photos above for reference).9 soft caramels
- Fold the cookie dough around the caramel and make sure it’s completely concealed. Place on baking tray. Bake 4 cookies at a time.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes or until the edges are golden brown and the center looks slightly under baked. It'll continue to bake on the tray/as it cools.
- Sprinkle the warm cookies with flaky sea salt (optional but recommended) and transfer to a cooling rack.