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This Double Chocolate Salted Caramel Cookies recipe gives you light, crispy edges that are soft and fudgy in the middle, with a rich chocolatey caramel taste and sea salt flakes lightly sprinkled on top! For a little extra sweetness, you can drizzle over the top some more caramel or dulce de leche. These are easy to make, require ZERO chilling before baking, and are absolutely perfect for anyone that loves cookies, chocolate, or a really good sweet and salty combo with their dessert!
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Inside the Recipe
This double chocolate salted caramel cookie dough is adapted from my super softchocolate chip cookiesrecipe, a cookie that's been pretty popular over on my Instagram feed and over on Pinterest.
With this recipe, I omitted the instant vanilla pudding and vegetable shortening and added unsalted butter, unsweetened cocoa powder, and salt. Then I swapped out the semi-sweet chocolate baking bar for the semi-sweet chocolate chips and caramel-flavored baking chips from Ghirardelli. You can still use the baking bar if you'd prefer, though!
I ensured the unsalted butter was softened and creamed together well with the brown sugar and granulated sugar before adding the eggs, vanilla extract, and dry ingredients. Then I folded in the chips using a spatula.
What's really nice about this recipe and the chocolate chip cookie recipe is that they don't require chilling before baking. That's a nice time-saver right there!
As soon as I folded in the chips, I immediately scooped out the dough, using a 1 ½ tablespoon-size cookie scoop, and placed them about 1 ½ - 2 inches apart on my cookie sheets. I was able to get three rows of four cookies, yielding a total of 36 cookies. Given the size of your cookie sheets and the spacing needed, you may be unable to fit the same amount.
Ingredients Needed
To make these insanely delicious cookies you'll need the following ingredients:
- All-Purpose Flour
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Unsalted Butter - should be softened and at room temperature
- Granulated Sugar
- Light Brown Sugar
- Eggs - should be at room temperature
- Vanilla Extract
- Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- Caramel Flavored Chips
- Sea Salt Flakes - for sprinkling over top of cookies
- Caramel Sauce or Dulce de Leche - for drizzling over the top. It's optional, but good Lord, it makes the cookies taste even better!
Quick Tips Before Starting
- Cooling time for these double chocolate salted caramel cookies is not included in the prep or cook times shown.
- Ghirardelli makes a caramel chip, and, thanks to a Beyond the Butter® reader, I've learned that Hershey also makes them! They can be a little tricky to find, so if you don't have them, you can omit them or try another chip like butterscotch or peanut butter!
- Fold in the chocolate chips and caramel chips to prevent over-mixing the cookie dough. I do this with any add-ons like nuts or dried fruit too.
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop out your cookies to get a more consistent shape and size each time! I used a 1 ½ tablespoon size cookie scoop.
- Instead of using a caramel sauce, you can easily use dulce de leche. I've made them with both, and they taste equally good!
- Allow the chocolate salted caramel cookies to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring them to the wire cooling rack. They will be very soft, so be sure to use a spatula!
More Delicious Cookie Recipes to Try!
- Salted Brownie Cookies
- Super Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
- The Best Cut Out Sugar Cookies
- Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies
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Double Chocolate Salted Caramel Cookies
Author: Jennifer
This Double Chocolate Salted Caramel Cookies recipe gives you light, crispy edges that are soft and fudgy in the middle, with a rich chocolatey, caramel taste, and sea salt flakes lightly sprinkled on top!
5 from 5 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
Total Time 30 minutes minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 36 cookies
Calories 171 kcal
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups All-Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter (room temperature)
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 cup Light Brown Sugar (lightly packed)
- 2 Large Eggs (room temperature)
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 ½ cups Semi-Sweet or Milk Chocolate Chips
- 1 cup Caramel Flavored Chips
- Sea Salt Flakes (for sprinkling over top of cookies)
- Caramel Sauce or Dulce de Leche (optional, for drizzling over the top of cookies)
Instructions
Adjust your oven rack to the 2nd level mark (just above center), preheat the oven to 375ºF, then line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper or you can use silicone baking mats.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
2 ¼ cups All-Purpose Flour, ½ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, 1 teaspoon Baking Soda, 1 teaspoon Salt
Using your hand mixer or stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the unsalted butter, granulated sugar, and light brown sugar together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy.
1 cup Unsalted Butter, 1 cup Granulated Sugar, 1 cup Light Brown Sugar
Add in the eggs and vanilla extract and continue to mix together until well blended. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
2 Large Eggs, 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
Switching the mixer speed to low, gradually add in your whisked dry ingredients until just combined. Then fold in the chocolate chips and caramel chips.
1 ½ cups Semi-Sweet or Milk Chocolate Chips, 1 cup Caramel Flavored Chips
Using a spoon or cookie scoop (I used the 1 ½ tablespoon size), drop dough by the spoonful leaving 2 inches apart on the lined baking sheets.
Lightly sprinkle the tops of each cookie with the sea salt flakes.
Sea Salt Flakes
Bake for 8-10 minutes at 375ºF (mine baked for 10 minutes).
Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.
Drizzle the tops of each cookies with a little caramel sauce or dulce de leche (optional).
Caramel Sauce or Dulce de Leche
Keep stored in an airtight container for up to a week with a slice of bread.
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Recipe Notes
- Recipe adapted from my Super Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies and the St. Stephen's Family Recipes cookbook.
Nutrition
Calories: 171kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 104mg | Potassium: 83mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 175IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutritonal information provided above is an estimate only and will vary based on specific ingredients used. See Nutritional Disclaimer for more info.
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Lynn Mitchell says
These are absolutely chocolaty delicious!!! Will make them again! Mine flattened out quite a bit. Any suggestions to keep that from happening? Since they are flat I intend to make icecream sandwiches with chocolate chip icecream! Can't wait to bite into them. Thanks for sharing this recipe!!
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Jennifer says
I'm glad to hear that; thank you so much, Lynn! It's possible the cookie dough was just a little too soft and that's why they spread more. The recipe doesn't require the dough to be chilled, but if you find your cookies tend to spread more (and maybe more during the summer months when it's much warmer) you could pop the dough into the fridge to chill for 15-20 minutes or so.
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Barbie says
Hi there, I am going to make this cookies, but before I do, I want to know if the caramel drizzle stays "wet" , I would like to stack them. If so, can you suggest a drizzle that hardens? thanks.
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Sheila says
I tried this and am so pleased with the results! They spread beautifully and have a lovely chocolate smell and flavor. Many times I try a chocolate cookie recipe and it comes out nothing like the pictures or doesn't spread etc. This is the first time I can say these are as advertised. Thank you for sharing such a great recipe!
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Jennifer says
I'm so glad you loved them Sheila, thank you!
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Tanya says
This was a no-brainer---anything involving chocolate makes me happy! I didn't have the caramel chips so I just used more chocolate chips. I also used local, ground-just-for-me eikorn flour. So good! Oh, and I didn't have any brown sugar, I used minimally processed organic sugar for all of it. Can you tell I was determined to make these no matter what? They are soooo good and it is nearly impossible to eat only one in a sitting (okay, it is impossible, I always have at least two).Reply
Noemi says
Such an amazing recipe! These Cookies are so easy to make and so delicious!!! Thank you!Reply
Jennifer says
I'm so glad you loved them Noemi!
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Nola says
Though I see it is not necessary, would it be okay to refrigerate the dough overnight?
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Jennifer says
Absolutely! I would just make sure to let it sit out at room temp for approx. 30-45 minutes before trying to scoop it onto the lined baking sheets.
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Janna says
These were hands down the best double chocolate chip cookies I've ever made and tasted. I brought them to work and they were gone in no time. Everybody loved them! I had some leftover homemade caramel sauce in the fridge and used it to fill the cookies (as suggested by Jennifer when I asked for her opinion on Instagram), instead of using caramel chips. The caramel spilled over just a little bit while baking, and created a delicious caramel puddle in the middle of each cookie. I will definitely make these again VERY soon. Yum!!Reply
Jennifer says
Yay Janna!! Thanks for letting me know how they turned out! I'm so happy you and your coworkers loved them!
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Dee says
Jennifer!
Love your blog! such great recipes!!! I really have to try this recipe! Chocolate and Caramel is always a great idea!!!Reply
Jennifer says
Thank you so much, Dee! I completely agree about chocolate and caramel! I hope you get a chance to make these!
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