New Year's Resolution Breaker Cookies

Round chocolate chip cookies topped with swirled chocolate frosting and caramel pieces on a white surface
Kim Simons
Prep: 90 minutes
Total: 133 minutes
72 servings
Decadent chocolate chip cookies stuffed with soft caramel and topped with chocolate ganache

Ingredients

Butter
1 cup melted and cooled slightly
Brown sugar
3⁄4 cup
White sugar
3⁄4 cup
Vanilla extract
1 teaspoon
Eggs
2 large
Flour
2 1⁄4 cups
Baking soda
1⁄2 teaspoon
Salt
1 teaspoon
Chocolate chips
2 cups
Soft caramel pieces
40 pieces
Chocolate Ganache (Recipe)
1 batch

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and egg until creamy.
  • Beat in the flour, baking soda and salt. Mix well.
  • Stir in chocolate chips.
    Chocolate chip cookie dough in a glass bowl
  • Refrigerate for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Line 9-inch-by-11-inch baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Roll a tablespoon of dough around a piece of soft caramel. Shape into a ball. Repeat until dough and caramels are all used.
    Scooping cookie dough with a tablespoon measure
  • Place on cookie sheet about 1 inch apart.
    Cookie dough balls with caramel and chocolate chips on a parchment-lined sheet
  • Bake 9 to 11 minutes, until golden brown.
    Baking sheets of cookie dough in the oven
  • Remove from oven, and let cool for 2 minutes.
    Baked golden-brown cookies on parchment paper
  • Remove to wire rack and let cookies cool completely.
  • Use a piping bag to add ganache to the cookie tops.
    Piping chocolate ganache onto a baked cookie

Notes

• You will need multiple baking sheets or batches to make all 6 dozen cookies