Yes, my love for pie runs deep. However, do you know how much I love cookies? If I was ever going to start another food blog (and no, that is not going to happen…I barely sleep as it is!), I would devote it all to cookies.
Our holiday card this year included some miscellaneous data like how many dishes I washed this year (9,015), trips to the market (732), and cookies I baked (472) – in hindsight I think all those numbers are a little conservative. Especially the cookies, considering it’s one of my favorite things to do with the kids almost every. single. weekend. Add that up and you get close to 1,300 cookies. Math was never my strong suit.
Anyway, a month or so ago I was trying out a bunch of new cookie recipes, and shouted on Facebook my utter frustration that none of them were any good. (You really have to mess up a cookie for it not to be any good.) But recipe after recipe left me so disappointed. Too dry, too bland, too messy, meh…
Apparently 4th time is a charm. Chocolate cake surrounding melted caramel, and coated in powdered sugar. What more is there to say?
These were a home run. These are my friend Kary’s latest addiction. And these are what will be waiting for Santa in a few days.
Caramel Filled Chocolate Cake Cookies (a.k.a. Rolo Cookies)
Makes approx. 48 cookies
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes (per batch)
Ingredients
• 1 (12 ounce) package Rolos
• 1 box Devils Food Cake mix, sifted
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine cake mix, oil, and eggs. Mixture will be thick! Take a small portion of the dough (about a 1/2 tablespoon, just enough to cover the rolo) and form a ball around the rolo.
Roll in powered sugar and place on a greased cookie sheet. (These don’t spread much, so I was able to fit 12 on a sheet.)
Bake for 10 minutes. Press down slightly/gently and let cool for a few minutes.
(slightly adapted from Six Sisters Stuff)
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It looks great!!! Yum. But I’m from Argentina and I don’t know what is Rolo. It is like a regular cake? Thanks!
Rolo is a chocolate covered caramel candy. It looks like this: http://www.amazon.com/Rolo-Chewy-Caramels-Chocolate-12-Ounce/dp/B001FA1EEK
Great Recipe!!!!!! Have made these so many times and always get rave reviews!!!
That’s awesome! These are one of my friend’s favorite cookie. Whenever she’s stressed out or unhappy, I make up a batch for her. Instant mood lifter!
Thanks for sharing!! These were amazing. The dough was really sticky to work with, but well worth it.
I make the same cookies except instead of Rolos in the middle, I add mint chocolate chips to the batter. Always a winner at my house :)
Yum-O! Will try that next time…
These are (were) Awesome!!!!
Hi Brenda! What a nice surprise to see your name. I’ve made these a few times now for friends and it leaves people needing more. Like a drug. Do you follow along regularly, or just discovered this post?
Hope your holiday treated you kindly and you’re staying warm.
i loveeeeee rolos. it’s about time someone baked with them. looks so good… love caramel and chocolate.
Billy’s not a fan of caramel (WHAT?! I know…), so these would never fly in our house. But, I can dream. They looks DELICIOUS. Like outrageous. Santa will be leaving your house one happy man this year!
He doesn’t like caramel? He doesn’t like caramel? He doesn’t… okay. This is going to take me a while to process.
I love that such a simple cookie recipe finally was a winner. These look amazing, though, and I can see why!
Oh my goodness, these look DELICIOUS! And, surprisingly, they look really easy. I love caramel, but had a little accident making it earlier this year, so I’ve been trying to stay away… whoops. This is the perfect way to add caramel to a baked good without having to make it from scratch!
I don’t even want to know how many cookies I made this year…because then it would give me some clue as to how many I ATE. And I really have no desire to know that little statistic.
But I think I could use a good 48 more in my life. Especially if they have a caramel filling and chocolate outside. Swoon.
Woah, you’re not messing around with these at all!
Well, if diabetes passed the last two generations by, this will do it!
The Rolos make them the perfect movies snack. And 48 is the perfect amount for a sitting.
Ya…um…not all of the Rolos *cough* made it into the cookies *cough*
Ummmm…I don’t think Santa will find any of these waiting for him at your house now that I know where I can find them!! Can I just tell you that I’ve been dreaming of these? The picture does no justice and none I make will be as good as yours…sigh. Uh-oh, I just tried to lick the monitor… ;)
I was going to bring you another batch on Christmas Even…now Jen requested them for Christmas day. Good lord, I don’t know how much more my thighs can take of these ;-)
The picture says it all–the meltiness inside and the chocolate outside–divine! Thanks for being our recipe tester and passing on the winners. =)
Hee. My pleasure. Hey, if the worst thing I do all day is taste test sub par cookies to get to the great ones, I’ll take it!
My jaw dropped a bit when I saw this. So awesome!
Ha! Ya. I feel you. I actually had the same reaction when I first spotted them.
Alas, Amy, I am done with the Christmas cookies this year. So maybe I’ll make them for New Year’s Eve! If you’re not cookied out yet, there’s a wonderful recipe for Egg Nog Snickerdoodles at the StarTribune website. It was a runner up for this year’s Cookie Contest (published December 1, I think). Fast, unfussy, full of Rum (which I doubled and balanced out with a little extra flour).
Ah, it’s totally okay! I know I posted these a little late. But they certainly don’t HAVE to be for Santa. Pfft. New Year’s works for me! I’ve seen a few Egg Nog Snickerdoodle cookie recipes floating around…I make a muffin version that is fantastic. I bet they’re really similar.
OMG! Are you making these for Christmas?! Oh please, oh please, oh please!!!! DROOL….
I was planning on making the White Chocolate Berry Bread…I suppose I could bring these, too *twist. my. arm*
((twisting))
Lol. Okay… :D
I swear Amy, your making me nuts!!! Dang these look and sound amazing!!!
Hee. I know! But ’tis the season to indulge, right?
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