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Chocolate Salted Caramel Pretzel Cookies
4.5 from 90 votes

Chocolate Salted Caramel Pretzel Cookies

These Chocolate Salted Caramel Pretzel Cookies blend cocoa-flavored cookie dough with crunchy pretzel pieces, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and a hidden caramel candy center. The cookies feature a rich chocolate base with sweet and salty contrasts from the caramel and sea salt, offering a chewy texture with bursts of smooth caramel and crisp pretzels. Baking with caramel enclosed keeps it from oozing out, ensuring soft centers with gooey caramel inside.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Course: Dessert, Snacks, Baked Goods
Cuisine: Canadian, Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt sea salt
  • 1 cup butter at room temperature, unsalted
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar packed
  • 2 egg large
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup pretzels chopped
  • 1 cup chocolate chips semi-sweet
  • caramel candy cut in half (I use Kraft caramels, about 20 squares
  • salt for sprinkling on cookies, sea salt

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat baking mat or parchment paper. Set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and sea salt.
  3. With a mixer, cream butter and sugars together until smooth. Add in eggs, one at a time. Next, add in vanilla extract and mix until combined.
  4. Gradually add flour mixture and beat until just combined. Stir in the pretzel pieces and chocolate chips.
  5. Form the cookie dough into balls, about 2 tablespoons of dough. Place a caramel piece in the center of the dough ball, making sure the cookie dough completely covers the caramel. This will prevent the caramel from oozing out in the oven. Place on prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Sprinkle cookies with sea salt.
  6. Bake cookies for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes. Transfer to a wire cooling rack and cool completely.