If you are looking for a twist on the standard cookie recipe, try making these chocolate chip caramel pretzel cookies. It's a winning combination you'll want to make again and again.
I'm a huge fan of chocolate covered pretzels. When my friend was telling me about some cookies she had at a local restaurant, I had to try to make something similar. She said they were large chocolate chip cookies that had caramel, salt, and pretzels in them. What a great flavor combination, right?
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour
- baking soda
- salt
- butter
- granulated sugar
- light brown sugar
- large eggs
- vanilla extract
- bittersweet chocolate chips
- caramel bits
- crushed pretzels
- whole small pretzels
- flaky sea salt
Making Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies
Step 1. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and mix them with a wire whisk. Set aside.
Step 2. In a large mixing bowl, use a hand or stand mixer to combine softened butter with white and light brown sugar. Mix until smooth.
Step 3. Then add the eggs, mixing one at a time into the butter and sugar.
Step 4. Add vanilla extract to the same wet ingredient mixture.
Step 5. Then add the dry ingredients (flour mixture) to the wet ingredients 1/3 at a time, mixing well in between.
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Step 6. Crush pretzel pieces by placing some in a baggie and using a rolling pin or anything you can find to smash them into small pieces.
Step 7. Hand fold the crushed pretzels, chocolate chips, and caramel bits into the cookie dough.
Step 8. Use a medium cookie scoop or a large tablespoon to portion dough onto cookie sheets. Set a whole pretzel on top of each one.
Step 9. Bake in a pre-heated 350-degree oven for 5 minutes. Then remove the trays and press the pretzel into the dough slightly. Set the trays on opposite racks (top goes on the bottom, and bottom goes on the top) and continue baking for 5-7 minutes.
Step 10. Remove the cookies and sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Let them sit for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack or towel to continue cooling.
Once they have completely cooled, place the cookies in an airtight container and leave them on the counter for a few days. You can also freeze them for up to 2 months.
Can I tell you they are sooooo good! Another great one to add to the cookie swap, cookie table or bake sale list.
Chocolate Chip Caramel Pretzel Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- .5 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips 12 oz bag
- 1 cup caramel bits 6 oz
- .5 cup crushed pretzels
- 36 whole small pretzels
- .25 cup flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a small mixing bowl.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars together until smooth and creamy.
- Add the eggs one at a time to the butter and sugar mixture and mix well.
- Add the vanilla extract to the butter, sugar, and egg mixture and mix well.
- Add the flour mixture to the large mixing bowl about 1/3 at a time mixing well between.
- Fold in chocolate chips, caramel bits, and crushed pretzels.
- Use a medium cookie scoop to portion cookie dough onto baking pans.
- Top each cookie dough ball with a whole pretzel.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes.
- Remove trays from the oven and slightly press the pretzel, securing it in place.
- Place the baking pans back into the oven on the opposite tray from the first 5 minute bake.
- Bake for an additonal 5-7 minutes until the cookies are lightly golden brown.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and sprinkle them with flaky sea salt.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack or towel to finish cooling.
- Store the cookies in an airtight container for several days, or freeze for a couple of months.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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