Hello Christmas Cookie Season!! I’m obsessed with cookies so this gives me one more reason to love the holidays. I created this recipe to be a no refrigeration necessary recipe. A lot of chocolate crinkle cookie recipes require that the dough be refrigerated 2 – 4 hours before baking, I don’t have time for that =). Mostly I just don’t have the patience for that especially when I know what awaits me.
If you prefer you can omit the coarse sea salt from the recipe if you are not a fan of salted caramel. I personally am unequivocally in love with the addition. These taste like caramel brownies in cookie form. They are intensely delicious! If you are baking them for someone else you’ll have a hard time wanting to gift them after all =). If you wanted to go all out with these cookies you could even toss in some semi-sweet chocolate chips and toasted nuts. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 10 tbsp salted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 dozen caramels (such as Kraft), unwrapped (Rolos would also be good)
- coarse sea salt
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, set aside. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fit with a paddle attachment, whip together butter, granulated sugar and light-brown sugar on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add in eggs one at a time, stirring after each addition until combine. Mix in vanilla. With mixer set on low speed, slowly add in dry ingredients and mix just until combine.
- Scoop dough out 2 tbsp at a time and roll into a ball. Press one caramel into the center, sprinkle top of caramel with a small pinch of coarse sea salt then fold cookie dough around caramel and salt (make sure the caramel is fully covered with dough around all sides). Shape into a ball once more then roll in powdered sugar*. Align cookies on Silpat lined or buttered cookie sheets and bake in preheated oven 11 - 13 minutes. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool (note that the caramel will set after it cools, I liked these cookies best warm for soft gooey caramel). Store in an airtight container.
- *I gave my cookies a generous coating of the powdered sugar before baking, but when they baked a lot of the powdered sugar baked and dissolved into the cookie anyway. So I found you can coat the top again with powdered sugar after baking (which is not pictured) to get a prettier cookie. If doing so roll in powdered sugar once before baking (doesn't need to be generously), then bake them and allow to cool and dip the tops of cookies in a fresh batch of powdered sugar (so there is no cross contamination) and shake off some of the excess. If you want to do it that way I would recommend using 1/2 cup powdered sugar for rolling before baking and reserve 1/4 cup in a separate bowl to dip and coat the tops after baking.
- Recipe Source: Cooking Classy
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bjs November 26, 2012 at 1:58pm
Anu: yum gooey stuffed chocolate November 26, 2012 at 4:01pm
Turmeric n Spice: This looks amazing !! November 26, 2012 at 5:11pm
Julie @ Table for Two: woah, this looks awesome! i love that gooey center! November 26, 2012 at 7:10pm
Spencer: Looks absolutely delicious! I would so love to try some. I am sure it tastes wonderful. November 26, 2012 at 9:36pm
Sweet Bibiane: It looks delicious! November 27, 2012 at 11:10am
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious: Merry christmas to me! These cookies look absolutely sinful! I could definitely use a dozen of these right now! November 27, 2012 at 5:48pm
sally @ sallys baking addiction: no dough chilling, the salty caramel, the crinkles, the chocolate, i love everything and I mean EVERYTHING about this holiday cookie recipe – or any-time-of-year recipe! The cookie queen is at it again. Yay Jaclyn! A winner. :) November 28, 2012 at 6:30am
Shawn @ I Wash…You Dry: These look fantastic! Love that you don’t have to refrigerate the dough! YUM! November 28, 2012 at 7:56am
Anonymous: I have never baked in my life (because I refuse to say using a package of muffin mix is baking!) and decided to bake these yummy treats…well last night I baked 9 doz of these amazing cookies and your instruction was easy, my cookies look just like the picture and I’ve impressed my little world – THANKS!!! November 29, 2012 at 10:21am
Jaclyn: I was so excited to see your comment! That is so great! I’m so glad you tried baking and were successful and enjoyed the end result! I always hope I can help others enjoy baking =). Thanks so much for your comment! I hope you try some more of the recipes I’ve posted and enjoy =). November 30, 2012 at 11:36am
Anonymous: How did you manage to shape your chocolate cookies into balls? I followed the recipe exactly as written, and my dough was so sticky I had a hard time shaping it into balls with two spoons, much less my fingers. November 29, 2012 at 11:36am
Jaclyn: You may have softened your butter a bit too much? The best way to solve the problem of dealing with sticky dough is to refrigerate it until you find it easy enough to work with. I didn’t have to do it with mine but if you find yours to be sticky again next time then simply place it in the fridge for 30 mins to 1 hour and that should solve the problem. Hope that helps! November 30, 2012 at 11:33am
Anonymous: Dough will be stickier in humid climates which is why some may need to refrigerate their dough. November 30, 2012 at 3:38pm
Anonymous: does the caramel stay soft and stretchy (like in your picture) when the cookies have cooled? November 29, 2012 at 1:02pm
Jaclyn: It doesn’t as mentioned above =) it does cool and harden to it’s original state that’s why I liked them best warm with stretchy soft caramel. I think rolos have softer caramel so if you wanted to add a rolo instead that would also be wonderful. I hope you enjoy! November 30, 2012 at 11:29am
Anonymous: could you also use pre-made caramel that comes in a jar? i’d like the caramel to be gooey all the time?? or will that change the consistency of the cookie? help, i’m a non-baker participating in a cookie swap and i’m hoping to bring these cookies?? i’m trying this tonight! wish me luck! December 10, 2012 at 9:42am
Jaclyn: I think the caramel sauce would be far too runny especially to work with and it would likely just melt into and out of the cookie. What I would recommend is just using a softer caramel than the kraft or Rolos would work well. I hope you enjoy and best of luck =)! December 10, 2012 at 11:10am
Cookin For the Seven Dwarfs: These look amazing!!! December 1, 2012 at 11:25pm
Anonymous: Just baked these and they are delicious! Thank you for this wonderful recipe! December 5, 2012 at 6:52pm
Sharon Wagner: I am going to bake these for my husband. He has loved crinkle cookies since he was a kid. I’ve been doing recipes on Wednesdays on my blog for around a year now. Do you have any advice for broadening the recipe audience. You have a lot of followers! December 6, 2012 at 7:00am
Jaclyn: What I recommend to every food blogger is the book called “Plate to Pixel” its the best book about food photography also I would recommend posting more frequently (if you have the time) and social networking helps – Pinterest is my number one source of traffic. Also two other wonderful sources are Foodgawker and Tastespotting. I hope that helps, great blog by the way. Isn’t food blogging fun? December 8, 2012 at 9:28pm
Mindy: If I don’t have sea salt, can I use regular salt? This looks amazing!! December 6, 2012 at 12:48pm
Jaclyn: Hi Mindy – if you don’t have the sea salt I would just recommend leaving it out because regular salt would just kind of dissolve completely into the cookie and make it taste too salty rather than having a few hints of salt over the caramel. Hope that helps! December 6, 2012 at 9:43pm
Jo Romero: Fab idea – it’s one of those things that looks difficult to make but easy when you know how! Great pic too – making me hungry! Thanks for sharing. December 6, 2012 at 10:03pm
Jaclyn: Thanks =), I hope you enjoy! December 8, 2012 at 9:22pm
Anonymous: Yum! I think I’m going to make these for Santa!! :-) December 8, 2012 at 5:36pm
Anonymous: Making these now… fingers crossed :)
December 9, 2012 at 2:18pm
Nikki: If I don’t have a stand up mixer can I use a hand mixer to make these? December 9, 2012 at 8:27pm
Jaclyn: It may work but I wouldn’t want you to burn the motor up on your mixer =), I would say definitely the first portion you could then as it gets really thick as you start adding the dry ingredients just mix it by hand with a wooden spoon. Hope you enjoy! December 10, 2012 at 3:25pm
Anonymous: Yum…I made these last night and they came out great!! December 10, 2012 at 10:33am
JuneBug: Mine came out way to sticky and I didn’t have time to refrigerate:( I think it’s bc I mixed to much with my hand mixer? They look funny but hopefully they still taste good. December 10, 2012 at 2:27pm
Jaclyn: Next time I would say freeze it if in a rut 15 minutes can make a difference. Sorry they were sticky! December 10, 2012 at 3:27pm
Steph: Can this recipe be easily doubled or is this the kind of recipe where I’d be better off doing one batch at a time? Thanks! December 11, 2012 at 8:07am
Jaclyn: If you have an average size stand mixer I think you’d be fine to double it. December 11, 2012 at 11:35pm
Steph: also.. how would it work with Rolos? I want to bring these to work and I am worried with Kraft caramel, people will be breaking their teeth when they bite in. For Rolos- do I just plop the chocolate filled caramel in and it will just melt around the caramel inside the cookie? December 11, 2012 at 8:12am
Jaclyn: I think Rolos would also be delicious and yes probably softer. I would do the same as pictured above, wrap the cookie dough entirely around the Rolo. I hope you enjoy them! December 11, 2012 at 11:36pm
Anonymous: Did you use sweetened or unsweetened cocoa?
Thanks ! December 12, 2012 at 6:33am
Jaclyn: It’s unsweetened cocoa. I hope you love these and happy holidays! December 12, 2012 at 9:59am
ladymorgiana: what a brilliant idea! December 12, 2012 at 12:56pm
René: Just made these, they’re cooling as I write this. They look good, but I might add more powdered sugar for that “snowy” look. I actually made them with Splenda and rollos, (I know counter-productive), because that’s what my parents had in the cupboard. Still worked well! Thanks! December 12, 2012 at 7:30pm
Anonymous: I made these yesterday.there is none left …lol really good but I did have to put the dough in the fridge for 20 min.. December 12, 2012 at 10:37pm
Hannah: I’m making these tonight, I’m going to dust them with edible glitter! December 16, 2012 at 1:17am
Anonymous: Made these yesterday and they are amazing! The dough was also sticky for me, but I worked with a lot of powdered sugar on my hands, on the spoon and pressed the cookie into a bowl of powdered sugar when pressing the caramel into it. Thank you, great recipe and easy to follow! December 16, 2012 at 7:02am
Anonymous: Do you think these would freeze okay? I want to make them ahead of time. December 16, 2012 at 8:02pm
Jaclyn: Personally I don’t like to freeze most of the bake goods I make but if you do, yes these should freeze fine – similar to they way a chocolate chip cookie freezes. Just be sure to bring them to room temp before serving =). December 17, 2012 at 5:06pm
Anonymous: I made these last week and used the hersheys caramel kisses in the center…. OHHHHHHH SOOOOOO YUKMMMMY!!!
December 18, 2012 at 4:35pm
Anonymous: I would love to make these for a family Christmas this Friday…just was wondering I know you said that the carmel in the center gets hardened, but does it harden so much that it would break teeth? Just concerned as I know I won’t be able to bake them right before I head out. Thanks! They look AMAZING!! December 19, 2012 at 7:29am
Jaclyn: No, it basically returns to the same consistency it was before baked maybe just a little bit chewier, it just doesn’t stay stretchy and gooey unless they are warm =). If you want a caramel that will be softer you could use a rolo candy in the middle or someone else mentioned they used the caramel hersheys kisses. I hope you enjoy them! December 19, 2012 at 10:04am
Anonymous: Can I refrigerate my for over night?
December 19, 2012 at 9:10pm
Jaclyn: If you are referring to the cookie dough (which is what I’m guessing =), I would say yes that should be fine. If you find that it’s too firm, just let it rest at room temperature for a few minutes before handling. If you are referring to the baked cookie, yes you can refrigerate them although I’d recommend just storing them at room temperature. December 20, 2012 at 8:33am
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Cathy: These look scrumptious! i have also made these as a “hidden mint” cookie – and if you reduce the ball size and use junior mints, they are little cookies bursting with chocolate and mint – great warm or cold. December 29, 2012 at 7:53am
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Jaclyn: Your photography is gorgeous! So glad you were able to try the cookies. I LOVE the way to packaged them, such a fun idea and very pretty labels. January 4, 2013 at 8:33pm
Kristy: These cookies were amazing!! I was looking for something different to add to my usual cookie list this past holiday season and this cookie was perfect! Everyone loved them and I will def be making them again soon. Thanks for sharing. January 6, 2013 at 1:47pm
Jaclyn: I’m so glad you enjoyed them Kristy! Youre very welcome and thank you for your comment! January 8, 2013 at 9:16pm
Eva @ Eva Bakes: These cookies were amazing! My Rolo pieces didn’t melt (I could have baked them slightly longer), but they still tasted divine. I linked back to you here: http://evabakes.blogspot.com/2012/12/salted-caramel-stuffed-crinkle-cookies.html January 14, 2013 at 12:33pm
Jaclyn: They look perfect Eva! Thanks so much for linking back =)! January 18, 2013 at 6:12pm
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Kelly: Chocolate crinkle cookies are my favoritist cookie in the WHOLE WORLD. So this looks like heaven!
Pinned it so I remember to try it! January 26, 2013 at 8:47pm
Elex: I just started pursuing my culinary degree in pastry and baking. This week is cookie week, and today was our “cookie competition”. Out of 14 competitors I placed third!!!! Thank you so much Jaclyn for your wonderful recipe and beautiful blog! I can’t wait to try your other recipes for future competitions! Thanks again!
stay sweet
Elex
***make sure you serve these hot!!! February 7, 2013 at 6:06pm
Jaclyn: Elex ~ that is awesome that you took third! Congrats! Also that’s great you are getting a culinary degree (I wish I had one =). I hope you continue to enjoy what you try and love cooking and baking. Thanks for your kind comment! February 11, 2013 at 6:45pm
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Jessica: I made these over the weekend and O. M. G. Hubby said they are the best cookie I ever baked. Brought some into the office, and they concur. I used Rolos in the middle and they did stay nicely soft, I would definitely recommend! Thanks for such a delicious “keeper” recipe! April 16, 2013 at 12:09pm
Jaclyn: That’s awesome to hear Jessica! I’m so glad you and your husband enjoyed these! Thanks for your comment! April 16, 2013 at 6:47pm
la fourmi Elé: Tested and approved!! without caramel, simple chocolate and they are really good. Thanks for sharing! May 15, 2013 at 5:42am
Jaclyn: Glad you liked them! May 15, 2013 at 1:44pm