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    Home » caramel

    Viral caramel stuffed chocolate chip cookies

    Published: Oct 25, 2022 · Modified: Feb 11, 2024 by Hannah · This post may contain affiliate links · 9 Comments

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    These viral caramel stuffed chocolate chip cookies are thick, delicious, and filled with a gooey caramel center. The deep dish caramel stuffed chocolate chip cookies use a muffin top pan to bake in.

    Pan at Walmart

    Pan on Amazon

    Currently these caramel chocolate chip cookies have almost six million views on Instagram. I used store-bought cookie dough and homemade caramel.  You could also use homemade chocolate chip cookie dough and store-bought caramel! If you are making your own chocolate chip cookie dough, I would recommend refrigerating it before use.

    If you would like to make your own homemade caramel for these stuffed cookies, you can find the recipe here.

    I purchased my muffin top pan from Amazon and used the Wilton brand to create a deep dish cookie. You can find it on Amazon here.

    Ingredients for caramel stuffed cookies

    • chilled chocolate chip cookie dough
      • store bought or homemade
    • caramel squares: I highly recommend using Bequet Confections caramel.  It is the best caramel available for purchase around - I've never recommended another.  They've given everyone a 25% discount code "hannahgray25off".

    Chocolate chip caramel cookies instructions

    • Unwrap caramel if using store-bought or cut caramel into 1" squares if using homemade. Freeze unwrapped caramel for 10 minutes prior to using.
    • Preheat oven to 350F.
    • Spray muffin top pan with non-stick cooking spray.
    • Take approximately 3 tablespoons of chocolate chip cookie dough (or three squares of precut break and bake cookies) and form a flattened cookie shape in your hand.
    • Place a piece of frozen caramel in the middle of the cookie dough. Place two more tablespoons of cookie dough on top of the caramel. Wrap all of the cookie dough around the caramel so no caramel shows.
    • Place cookie in one cavity of the deep dish pan. Repeat until pan is full.
    • Bake for at 350F for 15-18 minutes until edges are golden brown and middles are not jiggly.
    • Cool to the touch before removing from pan. Enjoy the deep dish cookies!

    Deep Dish Chocolate Chip Caramel Cookies

    A thick and delicious chocolate chip cookie stuffed with caramel.
    5 from 6 votes
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 18 minutes mins
    Cooling time 10 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12 cookies

    Equipment

    • 1 muffin top pan I used the Wilton muffin top pan
    • cooking spray

    Ingredients
      

    • chocolate chip cookie dough, chilled
    • caramel squares, homemade or. store bought

    Instructions
     

    • Unwrap caramel if using store-bought or cut caramel into 1" squares if using homemade. Freeze unwrapped caramel for 10 minutes prior to using.
    • Preheat oven to 350F.
    • Spray muffin top pan with non-stick cooking spray.
    • Take approximately 3 tablespoons of chocolate chip cookie dough (or three squares of precut break and bake cookies) and form a flattened cookie shape in your hand.
    • Place a piece of frozen caramel in the middle of the cookie dough. Place two more tablespoons of cookie dough on top of the caramel. Wrap all of the cookie dough around the caramel so no caramel shows.
    • Place cookie in one cavity of the deep dish pan. Repeat until pan is full.
    • Bake for at 350F for 15-18 minutes until edges are golden brown and middles are not jiggly.
    • Cool to the touch before removing from pan.

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    Keyword caramel, caramel stuffed cookies, chocolate chip cookieds, cookies, deep dish cookies, holiday baking, salted caramel, stuffed cookies
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Emily

      September 06, 2023 at 1:36 am

      5 stars
      So delicious! I love your homemade caramel recipe that goes along with this. For sure worth the extra effort.

      Reply
    2. Kelley

      September 06, 2023 at 1:37 am

      5 stars
      I love this pan. IDK why it's labeled as a muffin top pan bc it's clearly way better for cookies!!! Tried caramel stuffed chocolate chip cookies and used it for caramel stuffed peanut butter cookies.

      Reply
      • Shell

        April 27, 2024 at 2:47 am

        can you use chocolate instead of caramel? I'm not a fan of caramel

        Reply
        • Hannah

          April 27, 2024 at 12:12 pm

          Absolutely. If you are looking for a soft chocolate center (vs the hard chocolate bar after it sets up) check out my recipe for ganache filled cookies. It goes over how to make a chocolate ganache and stuff a cookie with it.

          https://onesweetmama.com/copycat-godiva-ganache-chocolate-filled-cookies/

          Reply
    3. Christi

      September 06, 2023 at 9:37 pm

      5 stars
      I love this recipe they came out so cute and delicious.

      Reply
    4. Hailey

      September 28, 2023 at 10:50 pm

      5 stars
      SOOOO good!! It’s a hit in the family. If you want it more doughy def stick more towards only 15mins!

      Reply
      • Hannah

        October 05, 2023 at 12:03 pm

        Thanks, Hailey! Glad your family enjoyed them.

        Reply
    5. Barbara

      April 30, 2024 at 8:34 pm

      5 stars
      Cookies came out great!

      Reply
    6. Barbara

      April 30, 2024 at 8:34 pm

      5 stars
      Delicious!

      Reply

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