Description
Delectable salted caramel dark chocolate cookies promise rich indulgence with complex flavor profiles. Chocolate enthusiasts and dessert seekers will discover pure bliss in each carefully crafted bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 18 chocolate-coated caramels (Rolos)
- 1 ½ cups (270 grams) dark chocolate chips
- 1 cup (125 grams) all-purpose flour
- ⅔ cup (55 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup (113 grams/4 oz) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (100 grams) packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 2 tbsps (30 ml) milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- Flaky sea salt, for sprinkling
Instructions
- Cream Preparation: Whip butter and sugars with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, creating a cloud-like consistency.
- Liquid Integration: Incorporate egg and vanilla extract, blending until smooth and uniform.
- Dry Ingredient Combination: Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together, eliminating potential lumps.
- Dough Formation: Merge dry ingredients with creamy base, adding milk and folding gently to prevent overmixing; fold in dark chocolate chips to distribute evenly.
- Chilling Phase: Wrap dough completely and refrigerate for a minimum of 3 hours to enhance flavor complexity and structural integrity.
- Preheating and Preparation: Warm oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Shaping and Filling: Form dough mounds, creating a central cavity for chocolate-coated caramel; completely encase caramel and roll into smooth spheres, spacing appropriately on prepared sheets.
- Finishing Touches: Sprinkle flaky sea salt across cookie surfaces for a sophisticated flavor contrast.
- Baking Process: Bake until cookie edges set and centers remain tender, approximately 12-13 minutes.
- Cooling Technique: Allow cookies to rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack to reach ambient temperature.
Notes
- Chill Dough Strategically: Refrigerate for at least 3 hours to intensify flavors and prevent cookie spreading during baking.
- Handle Caramel Carefully: Completely encase chocolate-coated caramel to prevent leaking and ensure even melting inside the cookie.
- Salt Finishing Touch: Sprinkle flaky sea salt just before baking to create a sophisticated sweet-savory flavor contrast.
- Avoid Overmixing: Stir dry ingredients minimally to maintain a tender, soft cookie texture and prevent tough results.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12-13 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 270
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg