We’re gearing up for another cross country flight next week and we need sustenance!! This time around it comes in the form of Double Chocolate Chip Caramel Cookies!
Thomas and I are heading to Germany in a week! It will be his first time to Europe and I’m pumped to bring him back to my kinda-sorta home! We spent a decent amount of time in Germany growing up because that’s where my family is from. We’ll be running around Southern Germany for 10 days but before we get there we have a loooooooong flight. In order to make it through without losing our minds, I’ll be bringing Double Chocolate Chip Caramel Cookies. It’s a take on my favorite trail mix which combines almonds, chocolate and little chocolate covered caramels – but I’ve turned them into cookies because it’s the right thing to do! Made with chocolate chips, chopped up caramels and Oven Roasted Sea Salt Blue Diamond Almonds and then dusted with Maldon sea salt for an extra punch of flavor – these really can’t be beat!
Double Chocolate Chip Caramel Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ cup dark chocolate chocolate chips
- ½ cup caramel bites
- 1/2 cup Oven Roasted Sea Salt Blue Diamond Almonds chopped
- Maldon salt for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in eggs for about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips, caramel bites and chopped almonds. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto parchment lined baking sheets and dust with Maldon salt.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are puffed. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- Enjoy immediately, or store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 3 weeks.
Photo by Matt Armendariz / Food Styling by Adam Pearson / Recipe by What’s Gaby Cooking
You had me at caramel!!
oh %$#*!!! these look sooo good Gaby. Have a great flight- I can’t wait to follow your exploits on instagram!
These are beautiful cookies Gaby!
So my kind of cookies! Love those sea salt almonds!
Have so much fun in Germany!!! Jason is half German and he really wants to go 🙂 can’t wait to see your snaps and instas! These cookies will make the flight less painful!
My mouth is watering. They look so delicious!!
This sort of makes me want to fly cross country just so I can make these! But instead I will just stay home and make them! Love the almond addition!!
What a honor to have you here in Germany! Enjoy your stay and if Munich is on your list make a stop at Cafe Frischhut. There you can buy traditional bavarian sweets (my favorite is “Zwetschgennudel” – only my Mom does it better). Maybe you’ll find some inspiration for new recipes 😉
Greetings from Munich!
Love this caramel-almond combo! Can’t wait to try them! Yum!
I could devour an entire batch of these!
Have fun in Germany! I was there signing on tour with a punk band a few years ago so my memories weren’t exactly…clear….and I never ate a single sausage b/c everyone was vegan. So eat some bratwurst for me! PS Your wire rack is an amazing shape.
how many cookies does this make? Thanks!
Roughly 36
These are our number two favorite cookies! Number one are the kitchen sink cookies! But back to these babies, you don’t see very many cookies with almonds in them. These are soft and the crunch of the almonds are a great balance, and we love the caramel in them too! Overall a really good go to chocolate dough cookie. We made a few batches of them for our wedding favors, froze them and once thawed were just as good as day one!
Can you give me an example of a caramel bite. Do you mean like a werthers caramel candy or ??? Thanks L
I’ve been using the Salted Caramel Butterscotch balls from Trader Joes!! But really any soft caramel small bite sized treat is perfect!!
Very good! I made these for a family gathering and relatives were arguing who got to take home the leftovers.