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Home » Recipe Index » Dessert: Cookies » Caramel Shortbread Cookies with Chocolate Drizzle

Caramel Shortbread Cookies with Chocolate Drizzle

November 15, 2013 by Kara Cook 21 Comments

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I hope you’ve enjoyed all the cookie recipes this week! For the last day I’m sharing a recipe for Caramel Shortbread Cookies. These cookies are right up my alley!
Tender buttery shortbread topped with gooey caramel and drizzled with chocolate. It doesn’t get much better than that!
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My parents came down for a visit yesterday, and I whipped up a batch of these for my mom to take to a party they had last night. Thankfully they are out of the house, because I’m sure I wouldn’t have had the willpower to stop eating them!
shortbread-cookie-recipeThese would make a perfect addition to any Christmas cookie tray, wouldn’t they? They are so pretty that I couldn’t stop taking pictures of them. LOL!shortbread-cookies

See what I mean? So yummy!

caramel shortbread drizzled with chocolate

 

CARAMEL SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Yield: 30 cookies

Caramel Shortbread Cookies with Chocolate Drizzle

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Buttery shortbread cookies filled with caramel and topped with melted chocolate. If you love Twix candy bars, give these cookies a try!

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Total Time 41 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 15 caramels, unwrapped
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp milk
  • 1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Beat in yolk and vanilla. Stir in the flour.
  2. Roll in balls and place on parchment lined cookie sheets. Use the back of a round measuring spoon or your thumb to make an indentation in the middle of each cookie.
  3. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or till barely brown on the bottom. Let sit on pan for a couple of minutes, then remove to cooling racks.
  4. Melt caramels and milk in the microwave in a small glass bowl. Fill each cookie with about half a teaspoon of caramel.
  5. Melt chocolate chips in a ziplock bag in the microwave at half power. Drizzle over cookies.
  6. Let cool completely before serving.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

30

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 126Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 62mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 0gSugar: 7gProtein: 1g
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Cuisine: American / Category: Dessert: Cookies

Filed Under: Dessert: Cookies, Recipe Index Tagged With: butter, caramel, chocolate

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Comments

  1. Kaylene

    November 21, 2020 at 6:20 pm

    I’m thinking a sprinkle of sea salt on top would give these a salted caramel taste! Looks yummy

    Reply
  2. Kelly

    November 21, 2020 at 5:18 pm

    Hi Kara! Would the microwave Carmel’s from your site work in the middle of the cookies?

    Reply
  3. Grover Sheffield

    September 2, 2018 at 1:46 pm

    I’ve made these several times now. They are fun to make, even when they don’t turn out as beautifully as the photos, they taste great. Thanks for sharing this recipe!

    Reply
  4. Grover Sheffield

    May 5, 2018 at 3:43 pm

    Made these for the first time; I made the cookies too small, the caramel ran over the edges, and the chocolate wasn’t as nice looking as yours, but everyone loves them ANYWAY! Thanks for a great cookie to share with friends and family!

    Reply
  5. Sophie

    August 18, 2015 at 1:26 pm

    Hello,

    do you have the ingrediënts in grams? ( i’m from the netherlands 🙂

    Sophie

    Reply
    • Kara

      August 30, 2015 at 9:30 pm

      Sorry Sophie, I’m horrible at math. If I tried to convert to grams I’m sure I’d mess it up and you’d end up with a disaster. LOL!

      Reply
    • Crystal

      August 16, 2016 at 1:31 am

      You can use Google and convert it over to grams….that’s what I do and it helps a lot. Good luck. Hope this helps.

      Reply
  6. Lynn

    March 29, 2014 at 12:12 pm

    I finally made these yummy looking cookies but they don’t look like yours. Can you help me figure out what went wrong? I followed your recipe exactly. After everything was mixed and it was time to roll the dough, it was so crumbly that it was not fully staying together. Then trying to put an indentation in the middle caused the dough to crumble apart even more. They just wouldn’t stay together. Did I do something wrong? On a positive note, it did eat them anyway and the taste was amazing! Please help!

    Reply
    • Kara

      March 31, 2014 at 10:53 am

      I’m not exactly sure, but I would guess that either the butter wasn’t quite soft enough, or you used just a little too much flour. Sometimes it packs down in the measuring cup. I like to stir my flour around a little before I scoop it so it’s nice and airy. Next time maybe add 1 3/4 cups flour at first, then add more as needed. Sometimes it’s just a matter of size of the egg, humidity in the kitchen, etc., so adding the flour as needed will help with that. Glad they tasted good though!

      Reply
  7. Lynn

    January 25, 2014 at 9:25 am

    These cookies look amazing! When the cookies are ready to be eaten, is the caramel soft/gooie or hard?

    Reply
    • Kara

      January 27, 2014 at 11:47 am

      The caramel is softer than an actual caramel, but not as gooey as caramel sauce. Kind of in the middle. Is that vague enough? LOL! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Laura @ The Turquoise Home

    November 25, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    I’m such a caramel lover and these are making my mouth water. Can’t wait to make some!!

    Reply
    • Kara

      November 30, 2013 at 7:22 pm

      Hope you like them as much as I did Laura!

      Reply
  9. Courtney

    November 22, 2013 at 5:51 am

    These look so much like an easier version of ‘millionaire’s shortbread’, which I had for the first time when I spent Christmas in Scotland with a cousin and her family. It was the most amazing thing I’d ever tasted! Thanks for the reminder of that Christmas- I’m definitely making these!!

    Reply
  10. Madonna/aka/Ms. Lemon

    November 20, 2013 at 10:20 am

    These look delicious.

    Reply
    • Kara

      November 20, 2013 at 3:10 pm

      Thanks! They really are! 🙂

      Reply

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