Pretzel Cookies With Chocolate Chips and Caramel
These chewy Pretzel Cookie With Chocolate Chips and Caramel are the best twist on a classic chocolate chip cookie. The addition of crunchy pretzel bits and chewy caramel make these cookies the ultimate indulgence.
Servings: 24 cookies
Cost: $8
Ingredients
- 2 ¾ cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks butter (1 cup), softened
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 1 ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup caramel bits
- 1 ½ cups pretzel bits I used pretzel rods, and broke them into about ½-1 inch pieces.
- flake salt optional
Instructions
- Start by mixing together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set this aside. Crunch up your pretzels to ½-inch pieces or even a little larger, they will get broken up with you are mixing the dough. If you are using Kraft caramel like I did, cut those down now as well.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until it is light, it will take about 2 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla. Mix these only until they are combined. To this add in the flour mixture, again, only mixing to combine.
- Last in are the pretzels, chocolate chips and caramels. Mix to combine again.
- Scoop the cookies onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. The parchment is optional, but so much easier for cleanup, especially with the caramel in the cookie dough.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes until the edges are a very light golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack. You can eat these right away if you want, but know the caramel is going to be REALLY hot! So be careful.