My perfectly chewy and delicious salted caramel chocolate chip cookies will become your favorite cookie recipe ever. A classic gets an update when stuffed with caramel (like this caramel pie) and topped with sea salt. If you love these, you will also love these Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies, Brown Butter Butterfinger Cookies, Sweet and Salty Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies!!
I make bomb cookies. Seriously I kill the cookie game and have been slaying it for years. They should write songs about my chocolate chip cookies, and if someone doesn’t soon, I will write one, record a song in the studio and pitch it to all the local radio studios. My cookie game is that good.
What makes my original chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe so masterful is the perfect texture. It doesn’t get any better, that is unless you decide to stuff it with caramel and sprinkle on some sea salt. I actually surprised myself with how insanely amazing these are.
I love caramel and bringing the worlds of my chocolate chip cookies and caramel together was the best idea I have had in a while. I am elated it turned out so wonderfully. The cookies are much bigger than the standard cookie but the result is more deliciousness right? No complaints here!
I baked these a little longer than I usually do to get more golden color and a bit of crispiness on the edges but if you love them chewier just bake them for a shorter amount of time. Gosh I love these. Now I am pleased to share the perfection with you. May the forces (of love) be with you.
Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- 2 large egg yolks at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Individual wrapped caramels make sure they are soft like the ones I list above
- Sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, salt, baking powder and baking soda and put aside.
- In the bowl of your mixer, add butter and both granulated and brown sugars and cream together for 3-4 minutes on high until light and fluffy.
- Next add in eggs one at a time beating until incorporated. Then add in pure vanilla extract and beat until smooth.
- Turn down your mixer to low and add in flour mixture in three intervals beating after each addition until well-combined. Lastly, stir in chocolate chips.
- Place dough in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Two hours is even better.
- Scoop cookie dough in balls the size of a tablespoon. Add an unwrapped caramel to the center of 1 ball of dough then add another ball of dough to cover the caramel. Roll into one larger ball of dough
- and place on parchment paper lined cookie sheet at least 1 1/2 inches apart.
- Bake 11-14 minutes. Cookies may seem a little undone but remove from oven if you like them soft and chewy. If you want them more crisp, bake 14 minutes or longer.
- Sprinkle with sea salt and serve.
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These are unbelievably good! Going into my regular rotation for sure!
These are the best cookies I’ve ever had in my life hands down. I don’t even really like chocolate chip cookies but these tasted like pure heaven. Super easy to make too! Will definitely make again and again 🙂
Has anyone tried making bars with this? What adjustments may be needed? Thinking I’d layer dough with caramels between.
These are my favorite chocolate chip cookies by far. I’ve made them many times and they always surprise me with just how great they are!
These cookies were delicious. I should’ve used a better caramel but otherwise my family loved them. The sea salt gave them a little something extra.
Thanks for a great recipe.
I have made these several times. The Werther’s Original soft caramels work best. These cookies never disappoint . A++++
I just wanted to tell you that your recipe for Caramel filled Chocolate chip cookies are the bomb. I made them for my wife and she freaked out they were so good. I have made them for dinner parties and everyone went crazy for them. I used the Werther’s soft caramel chews for the filling and they were amazing. Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is my go to dessert now.
Made yesterday, amazing! Used Werther’s soft caramels.
Thanks for the name of the caramels you used, Gabriele! I couldn’t find what kind she used! I had hubby buy Kraft wrapped caramels … don’t think those will work!!!
Made these with my granddaughter!; fun and easy to make; Copycat Arby’s Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie — our favorite!
Soooo chewy, soft, and scrumptious in all the best ways!! I baked mine for 13 minutes and they came out perfect. Definitely a new favorite of mine!