Best Chocolate Turtle Cookies Recipe

chocolate cookies with caramel and chopped pecans

PHOTO: BRYAN GARDNER; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

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It’s really hard to beat the combo of chocolate and caramel, so naturally I stuffed a chocolate cookie with a soft caramel to replicate one of my favorite candies: chocolate turtles. With pecans in the dough, you get the classic combo of a turtle candy. The crunchy pecans give such a nice texture to the soft cookie and chewy caramel that you’ll never want to return to a basic chocolate cookie again.

As far as stuffed cookies go, these are pretty simple and straightforward. A quick chill time makes the dough easy to work with and roll around the caramel. The dough can be chilled for longer, but if it gets too hard to scoop, let it sit out for just a few minutes. You can also roll the dough with the caramel and freeze until you are ready to bake them off for a freshly baked cookie whenever you need one.

Did you try making these? Let us know how it went in the comments!

PHOTO: BRYAN GARDNER; FOOD STYLING: MAKINZE GORE

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Ingredients

1 1/4 c.
(150 g.) all-purpose flour
3/4 c.
(60 g.) unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 tsp.
baking soda
3/4 tsp.
kosher salt
3/4 c.
(1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 c.
(150 g.) packed light brown sugar
1/2 c.
(100 g.) granulated sugar
1
large egg
1 tsp.
pure vanilla extract
3/4 c.
finely chopped raw pecans
12
soft caramels

1. Step 1In a large bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. In another large bowl, using a handheld mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and beat until combined. Add dry ingredients and beat on medium-low speed until just a few dry streaks remain. Add pecans and fold with a spatula until combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour and up to 4.