Rolo Chocolate Caramel Cookies

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I am constantly looking for new twists on my traditional “almost famous” chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Rolo Chocolate Caramel Cookies

When making cookies this past week, I substituted chopped mini Rolo candies for the chocolate chips.

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I can usually resist my own cookies, but I may never make these again, because I could NOT pass them up!

Rolo Chocolate Caramel Cookies

Ingredients:

4 sticks butter, softened
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
5 cups all purpose flour
2 Pouch Bags of Mini Rolo Candies (chopped – I cut each mini Rolo in half)

Directions:

With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until completely incorporated. Add vanilla and eggs, and beat until light and fluffy. Add baking soda and salt, and mix another minute. Gradually add flour and beat until well incorporated, but do not overbeat.

Fold in chopped Mini Rolo Candies. Refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours or up to 2 days.

When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees F. With your hands, form a cookie dough ball about 1-1/2 inches in diameter.  Place on baking stone. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Do not overbake. Allow to cool on baking stone for 2-3 minutes, then remove to cooling rack to cool completely.

Warning!  These are highly addictive!  Enjoy!!

Cheers & Hugs,

Jodi

Snowman Oreo Cookie Balls

Since the Thanksgiving Turkey Oreo Cookie Balls I made a couple weeks ago were such a big hit, I was excited to try these cute little Snowman Oreo Cookie Balls using the same technique to take to a party we are going to on Saturday.  Didn’t they turn out cute?

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They were super easy to make, and I got the idea from the original Turkey Oreo Cookie Ball Inventor/Blogger, Jennifer West at Pink When.  Thanks for the great creativity and inspiration Jennifer!

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These quick, easy, and adorable little just-starting-to-melt snowball faces would be great to take to your child’s school party, for a winter sledding party, holiday get-togethers, and as a fun addition to your holiday cookie trays.

Here’s the recipe (as created by Jennifer at Pink When)

Snowman Oreo Cookie Balls

1 Package Oreo cookies, finely crushed (about 36 cookies)
1 package (8oz.) cream cheese (softened)
16-20 oz White Chocolate, Melted
Black and Orange Icing
Mini Rolo Candies
Deocorative Candy Snowflakes

Crush OREO cookies to a fine crumbly mixture (I placed in a Ziploc Freezer bag and rolled a marble rolling pin over them).  Mix in the softened cream cheese.

Roll into one inch cookie balls, and freeze for 10 minutes.

Dip cookie balls into melted chocolate and place on a prepared cookie sheet covered with wax paper.

Place into the refrigerator for 15 minutes to an hour before decorating.

Add an orange carrot nose with icing and black coal eyes and mouth.

With an additional dab of white chocolate (I used a toothpick), adhere a decorative candy snowflake to the hat (of course this is optional or you could use whatever fun thing you have), then with one more dab of the white chocolate, adhere the rolo “hat.”

Enjoy!

Cheers & Snowy Hugs,

Jodi