Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with a simple pudding cookie dough that’s loaded with chocolate chips and stuffed with chewy caramel squares for a gooey center!
Easy Pudding Mix Cookies
The base of this recipe is a delicious chocolate chip cookie made with a packet of instant pudding. This makes the texture light and fluffy so the cookie remains soft, moist, and totally irresistible.
But that’s not all! These scrumptious Stuffed Cookies are made with a chewy caramel in the middle for a mouthwatering caramel and chocolate treat.
Yep, that tasty surprise center really elevates your typical chocolate chip cookie — or any cookie, for that matter!
Rebecca’s Recipe Review
Taste: A sweet combination of chocolate and caramel.
Texture: Moist, chewy cookies with an ooey-gooey caramel center.
Ease: 5/10
Pros: A simple store-bought packet of instant pudding is the key in this recipe to baking up moist, soft cookies!
Cons: None.
Would I Make This Again? Yes!
Ingredients for Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
Unsalted Butter
Granulated Sugar
Light Brown Sugar
Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
Large Eggs
Egg Yolk
Vanilla Extract
All-Purpose Flour
Baking Soda
Kosher Salt
Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Mini Chocolate Chips
Chewy Caramels
Caramel Stuffed Cookies Variations
Peanut Butter – Use my Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe as the base, then stuff with caramels.
Salted Caramel – Add flaky sea salt to the tops of the cookie dough balls before baking.
Double Chocolate – Try stuffing caramels in my Double Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. You can opt to top these with salt, too!
How To Make Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
1. Begin by creaming together the butter and sugars until smooth.
2. Then add the dry pudding mix, eggs, additional egg yolk, and vanilla and beat for about one minute on medium speed.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
4. Fold in chocolate chips with a rubber spatula.
5. Scoop out 1½ – 2 tablespoon-sized scoops and stuff a caramel into the center of each, working the dough around it to seal. If using long thin caramels, cut in half before inserting into the dough.
6. Place cookie dough balls on the prepared cookie sheet about two inches apart. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes.
What Are Stuffed Cookies?
Stuffed cookies are made with an extra ingredient in the middle for a scrumptious “surprise.” It’s usually a simple recipe addition, but it makes your basic cookie extra craveable!
In the case of these Caramel Stuffed Cookies, soft caramels are wrapped in each ball of cookie dough. When they’re baked, the cookie flattens, the caramel melts, and the result is a sweet and gooey center.
And if you’re a fan of Stuffed Cookies, be sure to try Nutella Stuffed Cookies, too!
More Dessert Recipes
- Peanut Butter Slutty Brownies – Layers of Oreos, peanut butter cookie, and fudge brownies!
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars – Thick, chewy bars that are easy to make and serve!
- Twix Caramel Brownies – Brownies combined with your favorite candy bar!
- Cowboy Cookies – Oatmeal-based cookies loaded with pecans, chocolate, and coconut!
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Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- 1 (3.4 oz.) box Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix dry
- 2 large eggs
- 1 additional egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
- 36 chewy caramels
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugars together until smooth.
- Add the dry pudding mix, eggs, additional egg yolk, and vanilla and beat for about one minute on medium speed.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips with a rubber spatula.
- Scoop out 1½ – 2 tablespoon-sized scoops and stuff a caramel into the center of each, working the dough around it to seal. If using long thin caramels, cut in half before inserting into the dough.
- Place cookie dough balls on the prepared cookie sheet about two inches apart. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the pan for a couple of minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Notes
- I used both Werther’s and Lancaster Caramels. Both worked fine but I liked the Lancaster more.
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Can you use pre made cookie dough?
You should be able to.
Cookies turned out VERY sweet. Is it necessary to include the pudding mix? I found that it really increased the sweetness, and also just made the cookies taste like packaged pudding. 🙁 If I made something along these lines again, I’d try using a regular chocolate chip cooking recipe and add the caramel to the center.
I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy the cookie recipe. Pudding in cookies is very common as it helps to keep the cookies soft and chewy. Using instant pudding is key and I don’t normally notice the pudding taste but it helps a lot with the texture.
Could I use Kraft Caramels in this recipe?????????? Please advise. Thanks.
I’m sure they would work just fine 🙂
Caramel + chocolate is simply the best! I will have to try this recipe for sure. Thank you for linking up to Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesdays Linky Party. I have pinned your recipe to our Tasty Tuesday’s Pinterest Board.
Looks wonderful! #Home Matters Linky Party #54 – Pinning to Pinterest
Peanut Butter and caramel… I’m already drooling! What a great idea to stuff the cookies. Definitely going to have to try this, thank you.
You are killing me girl… seriously! These cookies look TOO good and I GOTTA try them out! Pinning!!!
XOXO
Thanks, friend!
My mouth is watering right now!! Delicious looking cookies! I love peanut butter. Thanks for sharing in the THursday Favorite Things Blog Hop!
Erika @whaterikawears.com