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May 19, 2015

Chocolate Caramel Rocks

Chocolate Caramel Rocks

These Chocolate Caramel Rocks are super chewy and chocolatey with a gooey caramel in the middle. If you need to satisfy a chocolate caramel craving, this is the perfect vehicle. They are a lot of fun to feed to the kiddos, who get a big kick out of grandma feeding them "rocks."


Chocolate Caramel Rocks

They kind of look more like mud pies than rocks, and your hands will look like you've made mud pies when you are done shaping them, but trust me, these were a huge hit with my taste testers.

They are sifted with a coating of powdered sugar and cocoa powder right before baking, which helps give them that "rock from your garden" look (and also gets your hands all chocolatey, so have lots of napkins).

Chocolate Caramel Rocks

Honestly, I was a little worried about posting these because they are not exactly photogenic (kind of like a pile of rocks!), but after tasting them and seeing how everyone wanted seconds, who am I to deprive you of this recipe for tasty chocolatey goodness?

Get your Fred Flintstone on and head to the Bedrock Gravel Company (or was it the Cave Construction Company?), and tell Mr. Slate you need some rocks. Yabba dabba doo!!

After the recipe, check out the list of incredible cookies containing caramel from the member bloggers of the #CreativeCookieExchange.

Chocolate Caramel Rocks

Recipe slightly adapted from The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion: The Essential Cookie Cookbook 


 Ingredients

3/4 stick (6 T) unsalted butter
3 ounces unsweetened Baker's chocolate 
8 ounces (1 cup) dark brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp espresso powder
1 large egg
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
6.25 ounces (1 1/2 C) unbleached all purpose flour
24 individual caramel candies, unwrapped
1/4 C powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp cocoa powder

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. 
  2. In a small saucepan, melt the butter and the chocolate over low heat until melted.
  3. Pour the mixture into a medium mixing bowl and let it cool until it's lukewarm.
  4. Mix in the vanilla, espresso, and egg, and mix, either with a spoon or hand mixer, until smooth. 
  5. Add the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and flour, and mix by spoon, and then knead with you hands, until all of the ingredients are combined into a dough. It will be fairly stiff. 
  6. Cut the dough into 24 equal pieces and cover them with plastic wrap while you shape the cookies. 
  7. Flatten each piece of dough and wrap it around a caramel. Roll it around in your hand to form a smooth ball. Continue, until you have 24 balls. 
  8. Combine the powdered sugar and cocoa powder into a plastic sandwich bag, and drop each ball, one at a time, into it to coat with the cocoa and sugar. 
  9. Place the shaped balls on the baking sheets and bake the cookies, one sheet at a time, for 8 to 10 minutes. 
  10. Cool on the pan for 5 minutes, and then cool completely on a wire rack. 
  11. Store airtight. 

The theme this month is Caramel--any kind of caramel in any kind of cookie! 

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  1. I couldn't wait to see these cookies after you posted the title in the group. What a fun name. And you crack me up with the Fred Flintstone tie-in. Yabba dabba do!!

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  2. Oh fun! My son's class held a Rock Shop last week and sold all sorts of rocks to the school as a fundraiser. Not quite as dull as it sounds, this shop really caught the kids' interest and they made a lot of money for the school and for charity. I think I'll bake your rock cookies in celebration for them. They'll love it!

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  3. I love Flintstones :)) and I absolutely adore these "rock" cookies. They look delicious. I know my teen would love them.

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  4. We had similar ideas for our cookies, love the big yummy center of caramel in these cookies!!

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  5. I think they are perfectly delicious looking, Karen, because you can never have too much chocolate rolled in balls. Never. Especially when they are also filled with caramel.

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  6. Those caramels in the middle makes them look especially good!

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  7. Oh, my dear heavens! Karen, you can feed ME those rocks anytime, I love anything with caramel...

    but, seriously, I love that Grandma Karen is teaching Grandma Sally how to be a perfect grandma! Greenlee one day will profit from all your teachings.... :-)

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    1. I can't wait to here all of the Grandma Sally stories. It's the best job ever!

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  8. I'd eat these rocks any time! Yabba dabba do! What a cute idea and I am sure the kids would have a ball making them with you too. After all, what's more fun than getting dirty (the kind you can lick off)?!

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  9. Who cares if they look photogenic or not, they look very tasty with their caramel center. Wish I could grab one now!

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    1. It was funny, They flew off the plate once I cut them in half.

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  10. These look delicious, LOVE the caramel center! Excited to try these out!! :)

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  11. Rock cookies are always fabulous. Love this twist on them!

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  12. Wow, they are so perfect... so good.

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