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Why This Recipe Works
Caramel and Chocolate — Of the most delicious cookie flavor combinations, chocolate and caramel are right up there at the top of the list. These soft, chewy cookies combine chocolate and caramel in the most delicious way! Sea Salt — The only way to improve upon a chewy caramel centered cookie? Add a little sea salt of course! But if salted caramel just isn’t your thing don’t worry, leave it off! So simple — These easy chocolate caramel cookies only take 30 minutes, and that’s WITH baking time included! Seriously! It doesn’t get any easier than that.
Ingredients
Butter — I use unsalted butter but if you like a little extra salt in your cookies then you can use salted cookies. You might want to omit the salt though if you only have salted butter but don’t want too much salt in your cookies. Granulated sugar — Any granulated, all-purpose sugar is fine. Cocoa powder — Definitely use cocoa powder here. In addition to adding a lovely, light chocolatey flavor, it also helps to absorb liquids in the cookies, so thy stay nice and soft and fluffy. Milk — I prefer to use whole milk or 2% in these chocolate turtle cookies. I would stay away from skim as I find it to be too watery. Baking powder — Baking powder gives these cookies their light, fluffy texture. Baking soda — Baking soda is another ingredient that helps the cookies to rise. Making them super, extra fluffy and airy. Caramel — Classic, individually-wrapped square caramels work great here. You can also use caramel baking bits. Heavy Cream – This is key to keeping the caramel soft and chewy and making sure it doesn’t get too hard after the cookies cool. Do not leave it out!
Here’s How You Make It
Expert Tips and Tricks
These easy chocolate turtle cookies can be kept in the fridge or stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days. Some great ideas for topping these thumbprint cookies include the Rolo/pecan combination and also: Rolo/pretzel, plain caramel/peanut M&M, white chocolate Hershey’s kiss/walnut, Hershey’s dark chocolate kiss/pretzel, and more. You can make these up to a day ahead of time by making the batter and putting it in the fridge, then scooping out to bake the next day and topping as directed.
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