These caramel stuffed brown butter snickers chocolate chip cookies are chewy, soft and fully of salted caramel and snickers! A browned butter chocolate chip cookie is mixed with chopped snickers candies and then stuffed with caramel!
A brown sugar, cream cheese and browned butter cookie base makes these extra chewy and soft, and then I mixed in chocolate chips, mini snickers and stuffed them with caramel. {squee!}
I used homemade salted caramel but you could keep it simple and put half a caramel candy in each one. I just happened to have some lingering in the fridge after these Caramel Butter Bars happened.
These cookies are a modification of my latest favorite cream cheese chocolate chip cookie. Whoever said you don’t mess with perfection was just plain wrong.
They aren’t the prettiest of cookies but after one bite no one will care. The caramel melts in the oven and spreads throughout the cookie, so that you get a little caramel, a little Snickers and a little chocolate in each bite. Messy, gooey, awesomeness!
Caramel Stuffed Brown Butter Snickers Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 ¼ cups unsalted butter (browned and cooled, directions below)
- ¼ cup cream cheese (not whipped, not light)
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar (packed)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (I use Ghirardelli)
- ½ cup bittersweet chocolate chips 60% (…also Ghirardelli)
- ½ cup Snickers (chopped)
- 24 caramels (cut in half)
Instructions
- Brown your Butter: In a saucepan melt the butter over medium heat and continue to cook and swirl until it turns brown, brown bits stick to the bottom of the pan and smells delightfully nutty. Transfer to a bowl to cool (make sure you get all those yummy brown bits too!)
- In a large bowl combine flours, baking soda, baking powder, cornstarch, and salt. Whisk together and set aside.
- Combine butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until creamy and lighter, 3-4 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating between each addition. Add the vanilla with the second egg. Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Reduce the mixer speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture. I usually do 4-5 additions, scraping down the bowl as necessary. Make sure you add the next addition as soon as most of the flour has been incorporated from the last one.
- Add the chocolate chips and Snickers either with the mixer or with a wooden spoon.
- Refrigerate overnight. I know, I know. Patience grasshopper. The melted butter makes this step critical.
- Preheat oven to 350° and line several baking sheets with parchment or silpat.
- Roll dough into balls approximately the size of a golf ball. Divide each ball in half and make a little indent with your finger. Either spoon caramel sauce in the indent or press half of a caramel candy. Put the two halves back together and gently press down the sides to reform a ball.
- Place on a cookie sheet 2 inches apart and bake for 10-12 minutes or until the sides begin to brown and the edges are set. The centers will still look underdone.
- Let cool 5 minutes on the baking sheet and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. If you are impatient and you eat a cookie too soon, it will seem way underdone and the caramel may still be hot and oozy.
Denise says
When do u add the cream cheese?
Lindsey says
With the butter and sugars. Sorry about that! I have updated the recipe. Thanks for asking, Denise.
Kelly - Life Made Sweeter says
These look amazing, Lindsey! Love the oozy drippy caramel filling and brown butter makes everything better 🙂
Lindsey says
#truth 🙂
David @ Spiced says
Could you please add some more deliciousness to this recipe? It doesn't have enough yet. This cookie is loaded with some serious awesomeness! Clicking through to get recipe now!
Lindsey says
Haha! I will try just for you, David!
Alexandra @ Confessions of a Bright-Eyed Baker says
Cream cheese is my favorite thing to add to cookies; it keeps them SO soft and chewy. I adore brown butter and caramel so clearly these sound amazing!
Lindsey says
Thanks, Alexandra! Isn't cream cheese amazing in cookies?! I am trying to resist putting it in every single recipe I make!
PassTheKnife says
These cookies look too good!
Lindsey says
Thanks!
Rachel @ Bakerita says
Wow these look amazing!!! Love that drippy melted caramel 🙂
Lindsey says
Aww thanks, Rachel! It takes a strong person to resist dripping caramel!
Jess @ Sweet Menu says
Oh yes please! Huge cookie fan over here! Cream cheese cookie stuffed with caramel and snickers pieces? Sooo amazing!
Lindsey says
haha thanks, Jess! I can't resist a CCC either!
Kristine @ Kristine's Kitchen says
You really did think of everything with these cookies! You can't go wrong with brown butter and caramel!
Miss Kim @ behgopa says
Awesome! Total indulgence. I look forward to checking out her blog. P.S. You should also develop a Sriracha CCC recipe lol. I've only had Sriracha brownies and flourless chocolate cake. I also tried a Peanut butter cookie once. The first batch with reasonable amount of Sriracha turned out good. But you know me....I kept adding more to rest of the batch and ummm....it killed it lol.
Lindsey says
I don't even put Sriracha in regular food...can't say I'm going to start putting it in baked goods!
marcie says
I love brown butter in anything and everything, and with snickers, these cookies would be gone in a flash! YUM! 🙂
Lindsey says
Haha! There is just something about brown butter...
Liz says
Oh, yeah! These look dreamy!
Lindsey says
Thanks, Liz!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
yayyyy 2 of my fave girls! and omigosh THESE COOKIES-caramel-y goodnesssss
Lindsey says
Haha! More brown butter for you! 🙂
Jackie says
Hi
When I click on the link it is not on her website.
Lindsey says
Oh no! She said she scheduled at 1:00AM. I'll send her an email. Thanks for letting me know.
Lindsey says
It is there now. Try this link