As I was meandering around in the local grocery store this past weekend searching for ingredients for my latest experiment in the kitchen, I came across one of my all-time favorite candies, turtles.
What can be better than chocolate, caramel, and pecans all molded together into one tiny piece of heaven? And then it came to me . . . what if I create a version of the perfect candy, in a baked good? As a result of all of this “sweet” thinking (pun intended), I developed the Rolo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie.
These Rolo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies are a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe; although, I incorporated a special surprise, so when you take a bite, you are blown away with ooey gooey goodness. Brian is never a reluctant taste-tester, but is a man of few words; but he took one bite of a Rolo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie and raved all evening that these were the best cookies I have ever made. This says a lot, because as you know, I’ve made A LOT of cookies. It is important to note that the Rolos need to be frozen before use and again, inside of the cookie dough ball before baking, but the extra couple of minutes is so worth its weight in Rolos! Have a fantastic weekend and thanks so much for stopping by MBA!
Rolo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: about 30 cookies
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups unsalted butter; softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 eggs
3 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped pecans30 Rolos; frozen at least 2 hours
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed or with spoon until light and fluffy. Mix in flour, baking soda and salt. Mix in chocolate chips and pecans.
2. Measure dough using a medium cookie scoop (about 1.5 tablespoons). Roll into a ball and then flatten in the palm of your hands.
3. Place a frozen Rolo in the centers of the flattened dough balls and form dough back into a ball around the Rolo.
4. Place Rolo stuffed dough balls into the freezer for 15-20 minutes before baking.
5. On cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat, place dough balls 2 inches apart.
6. Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until light brown (centers will be soft). Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
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Looking at that second pic of the cookie in half is making my sweet tooth act up. I am def gonna have to try these soon!
ohh these sound great! i haven’t had rolo in years, but they sound like a lovely addition to the already wonderful chocolate chip cookies!
That is a great idea to use the Rolo with the cookie. I have to make a note of it. Thanks, Jamie.
Oh gosh…you totally took the chocolate chip cookie to the next level. Rolo’s are SO delicious…look at all that melty caramel…yum!!
I have a recipe where you make a chocolate cookie (with cocoa) and then put a rolo in the middle. Amazing. These sound like a really yummy variation!
These look ridiculously good! Thanks for sharing!
Wow. Amazing idea! I’ll definitely be making these soon.
Ooh, somebody pinch me!
I like chocolate, but I LOVE caramel, so these sound like the best CC cookies ever!
Thank you! Well, maybe not. I’m going to gain a ton of weight from the recipes I’ve printed off since I found your blog. But oh, it will be worth it!
Hello amazingness! I can only imagine the look on my friends faces as they’re biting into these cookies- I’ll have to remember this recipe!
Turtle ice cream is undoubtedly one of my absolute favorites and to have it in cookie form sounds amazing! You are a creative genius.
There’s a Pillsbury recipe for putting a Rolo into a chocolate cookie . . . never thought to do that with a chocolate chip one! Can’t wait to try this!
Those look amazing!!!
Double decadence I love it. I’ll take ooeey gooey anytime!
Oh my gosh, I can’t wait to make these! They look so great.
UFFFFFFFFF Fantastic idea!!! great recipe!!!!!!
Wonderful, gooey, yumminess with the bast candy ever made
Hi Becky
You have chopped nuts in your ingredient’s list. When are they incorporated into the cookie dough.
Queenie, Just made these cookies for John and your brother..John said he rated them a 10 on the baking scale. Good job!
mmm that looks so good, my mouth is watering! I love caramel and chocolate together, though, Ive never had a rolo…Thanks for this anyway, is a great idea!
-Amalia
http://buttersweetmelody.wordpress.com/
My two favorite over the counter candies…Heath Bar and Rolos; love both in a cookie but haven’t done this in a long time. Think I need to fix that!
I love rolos! These look amazing.
I’ve put these in chocolate cookies, but not chocolate chip cookies- they sound scrumptious! I’ll have to try these for sure!
These look AMAZING! I love chocolate chip cookies, but mine always turn out looking like flat wrinkled disks. The addition of the Rolos… genius!
Ok so you are a GENIUS. How delicious and so devilishly bad for you! I love this and am already calling the dentist for when i make them…. Yumm
I’m drooling over the goeey yummy shot!
I must try these!! I’m contemplating making another trip to the store tonight just so I can make them. haha!!
Wow, these look great! How heavenly
Oh my word…you just made my Monday. I love turtle candies, except for the nuts, which just means I love chocolate + caramel. YUM.
EVIL!! I am totally making this very soon.
I love rolos. They’ve always been one of my favorites. I remember getting them from the vending machines back in Junior High at lunch. I’m definitely going to have to give these cookies a try!
I’ve tried chopping rolos up with pretzels, but I’ve never done a whole one before. I’ll have to run out for a bag of them today! They look fantastic.
Um.. the inside of that cookie is giving me palpitations. They look so amazingly delicious!!
Now that’s MY kind of cookie! Great idea!
I tried these and brought some to my work. Everyone that had one raved about it! You are some kind of baking genius
Even my husband who isn’t that into sweets loves them….
I’ve made chocolate cookies with Rolos but not chocolate chip. These are going on my list!
I made this cookies last night and sent half with my husband to the fire department and I took half to school with me. I am now a hero in both places! I loved this recipe and it will be my new go-to cookie!
I love adding fun things to chocolate chips cookies to
make em tastier–love the Rolo idea!
Um…..I about fell out of my chair when I saw these. This is going to be PERFECT for my friend that just had a baby and is an absolute chocolate caramel addict. Naturally I am always on the prowl for chocolate chip cookie recipes. This is definitely on the punch list for the week. So excited. Thank you!
Amanda
I made these last night and they were a little of a process for a weeknight but so worth it. Everyone loves them!
I never thought Rolo’s would be so valuable!
I’m making these cookies as we speak and the first batch came out delicious. Such a n amazing combo. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing these! One of my dear friend’s b’day is tomorrow and her favorite candy is the Rolo. She’ll be thrilled to receive these as part of her gift!
these cookies look amazing! I’ve tried making cookies with rollos before (a soft chocolate cookie with the candy in the middle) but after the cookies cooled the caramel hardened up again, which made them a bit difficult to eat! did you have this problem with your cookies?
I tried these cookies recently with tremendous success. So much so that my mother went to the store today to purchase all ingredients involved. She wanted to eat them again!
Just made these today (finally). Yummmm! They were a big hit with the family and will definitely become a repeat recipe.
Great recipe! I really enjoyed the addition of chopped pecans, they give a cruchy/chewy texture to the cookie. Thanks!
We loved loved LOVED these! serious love..We can no longer eat a plain chocolate chip cookie again. I’m an American living in The Netherlands and I send in baked goods to my husbands work once a week. They are not used to american baked items so everything I send in is always new to them. These cookies caused a mass e-mail outbreak and people were coming from all over the building to try them! My husband didn’t take enough in to give to everyone
So we all thank for a wonderful recipe that will be made over and over again!
these cookies look so incredibly yummy it aint even funny!
Whipped up a batch of these today for a coworker. Definitely worth the effort, they’re amazing!
I just tried these last night. They were uhhhhh-mazzzing. Love all around. Don’t know if I would change these at all. Will have to make these again.!!!
Just stumbled upon one of your rolo recipes only to find several other through the use of your nifty search bar. I cannot tell you how much i love you right now
I’m not sure what went wrong with mine. The rolos were frozen for days before use. I made the balls (I actually measured the T and half), put in the rolos, froze them for 20 minutes. They came out of the oven looking perfect, but when I put them on cooling racks (after about 5 minutes) the rolos were melting out of the bottom. Now that’s a mess I enjoy eating/cleaning up, but it didn’t work in the cookie for me. I wonder if it’s my baking soda – maybe too old? I replaced the box in February, but seems like that might be it. I also did the giant chocolate chip recipe from the NY Times you posted – I’ll go comment now, they were unbelievable!!!!
I tried these a few days ago and I cannot say enough good things about this recipe! The cookies were perfect, not overly sweet and with a gorgeous texture, everyone loved them! I made just under 40, and all went in 2 days between 5ish people. I will be making this one again for sure. Posted about it and linked back to you, hope thats ok
Thank you for a wonderful recipe!
http://theprocrastobaker.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/rolo-stuffed-chocolate-chip-cookies.html
Not only delicious looking but also UK ingredient friendly … yum!
We LOVED these cookies. Thanks so much for sharing this amazing recipe!
JJ-
I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thanks for stopping by and providing your feedback – have a great day!
-Jamie