Salted Caramel Fudge Cookies

Paper bakery boxes filled with colorful tissue paper give holiday confections a festive and pretty look. Add a little ribbon and tie it up with a festive bow and give them as gifts to family and friends. Happy Holidays!

I know that I was only sharing 12 days of Christmas Confections but I couldn’t help myself: here’s one more Cookie Recipe for your Christmas baking repertoire:  Salted Caramel Fudge Cookies.

Oh my, these are sinful!

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To get started, gather your ingredients:

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Now get the chocolate and butter melted in the in microwave….

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Once the chocolate is melted, set it aside and combine the rest of the ingredients in a bowl.

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Beat in the melted chocolate mixture.

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So pretty – I love chocolate –

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I’m not to sure where my picture of the dough balls went but after the batter is combined, spoon balls of dough onto an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. When the cookies come out, place a Rollo into the center of each one and sprinkle with sea salt.

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Thank you Saltopia for the beautiful salt!

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These cookies make me close my eyes and sigh and know that everything in the world is right….

Same cookie – 2 different kinds of light — both yummy! Enjoy!

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Salted Caramel Fudge Cookies

Ingredients:

  • 6 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate
  • 1/3 cup butter, chopped
  • 1 (17 oz) package sugar cookie mix
  • 1 egg
  • 1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 48 Rollo’s or other caramel chocolates
  • Sea Salt

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven 350 degrees.
  2. Melt chocolate and butter in the microwave in 25 second intervals, stirring until smooth.
  3. In a large bowl, beat together the cookie mix, egg, milk, vanilla and melted chocolate mixture.
  4. Spoon balls of dough onto an ungreased baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are brown.
  6. Press a Rollo into the center of cookie.
  7. Sprinkle with a nice amount of sea salt.
  8. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

Recipe is adapted from Taste of Home