rolo®-filled chocolate cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 48 chocolate-covered caramel candies (such as rolo®)
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 4 ounces chocolate almond bark (chocolate confectioners coating) (optional)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• mix flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda together in a small bowl. beat 1 cup white sugar, brown sugar, and butter together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. add vanilla extract and eggs; beat well. stir flour mixture into sugar mixture; mix well.
• lightly flour hands. shape about 1 tablespoon dough around 1 chocolate-covered caramel candy, covering it completely. repeat with remaining dough and caramel candies.
• place 2 tablespoons white sugar in a small bowl. press one side of each ball into sugar. place balls, sugar sides up, a baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
• bake in the preheated oven until cookie is set and slightly cracked, 7 to 10 minutes. cool on the baking sheet for about 2 minutes. transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
• melt almond bark in a saucepan over low heat. drizzle over cookies.