Chocolate Peanut Caramel Cookies
Chocolate cookies packed with chopped peanuts and caramel pieces.
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (100 g) brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp (4 g) vanilla extract
- 1 tsp (4 g) baking soda
- ¼ tsp (~1 g) salt
- ½ cup (30 g) cocoa powder
- 1 ½ cups (200 g) all purpose flour
- ½ cup ( 50 g) chopped peanuts
- ¾ cup (100 g) chopped soft caramels or chocolate covered caramels
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
- Add the egg, vanilla extract, baking soda, and salt. Stir to combine.
- Mix in the cocoa powder and flour.
- Stir in the chopped peanuts and caramels. Stir to distribute evenly throughout the batter.
- Scoop in 2 tbsp measures onto a baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes, until cookies are crisp around the edges.
- Let them cool and enjoy!