Chewy Caramel Mystery Cookies

Rating: 3.91 stars
34 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 8
  • 4 star values: 18
  • 3 star values: 5
  • 2 star values: 3
  • 1 star values: 0

Take a peek inside your cauldron and see what candy is leftover from Halloween. Chop it up and mix it in these decadent and delightful cookies, which extend the holiday by a few extra days. 

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Recipe Summary

prep:
15 mins
total:
50 mins
Yield:
Makes 18
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Ingredients

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and middle thirds. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars on high until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, scraping down bowl as needed. With mixer on low, beat in flour mixture in three additions until combined. Beat in vanilla. Fold in caramels and candy bars.

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  • Using a 1/3-cup spring-loaded scoop, drop dough, 2 inches apart, on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 8 minutes. Remove from oven; immediately press candies onto cookies, then rotate sheets and bake until golden around edges and set in centers, about 8 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.

Reviews (2)

34 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 8
  • 4 star values: 18
  • 3 star values: 5
  • 2 star values: 3
  • 1 star values: 0
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
01/04/2013
I loved the crushed chocolate candy and the m&m's because it not only tastes yummy but it makes it fun for my kids. The only thing I am going to change is not using caramels. Unless you eat all of them right after they come out of the oven the caramels become hard and difficult to chew.
Anonymous
Rating: Unrated
11/10/2011
Excellent cookies. The cookies were messy getting them out of the baking sheet. The recipe does not call for cooling the cookies in the baking sheet before taking them out. However, leaving them in the pan for 5 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack helps get the cookies out inone piece. I also found the size of the cookie very large. I used about half of the dough called for each cookie and cooked them for the same amount of time. The cookie is moist, chewy and delicious.
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