Chewy Turtles Cookies
I knew when making these they would be a new favourite of mine and I was right. Take rich chocolate cookies and fill them with chocolate chips, pecans and caramel bits, I mean how could it not be a HIT. It’s a turtles chocolate lovers DREAM.
Well guys I did it again; these are truly an ultimate mash up of two favourites; cookeis and turtles chocolalte, making one decadently delicious treat. I don’t know about you guys but I love Turtles Chocolate, I mean you have caramel and crunchy pecans covered in milk chocolate what’s not to love. So as a baker the logical thing to do was to make it into a cookie and boy am I glad I did.
Chocolate Base
So I kept going back and fourth about which cookie base to use regular or chocolate, I love them both but I ultimately wanted to switch it up and went with my chocolate cookie base and am I glad I did. These turned out perfect I mean look at them. A chocolate lovers dream, rich chocolate cookie packed with all the turtle components. These did not disappoint.
Ingredients Needed
- Butter- melted and unsalted.
- Brown Sugar- for moisture and chewy texture.
- White Sugar- for crispy edges.
- Vanilla Extract- for flavour.
- Eggs- two here for binding.
- Salt- to offset the sweetness.
- Baking Soda- helps to leaven.
- Cocoa Powder- to make chocolate base cookie and intense chocolate flavour.
- All Purpose Flour- builds structure in cookies.
- Chocolate Chips- this recipe has both semi-sweet and milk chocolate chips.
- Pecans- can’t have turtles without them, but can substitute walnuts too.
- Caramel- I used Kraft caramel bits in this recipe, so creamy.
Tips For Making Turtles Cookies
- Properly measure your flour and cocoa powder, scoop it and level it off by sweeping a knife over top.
- Make sure butter is melted but not HOT.
- Use room temperature eggs.
- Use a a scoop to make them uniform in size.
- Add extra pieces of chocolate, pecans or caramel pieces on the scooped balls before baking, you can even add after they come out too.
- Bang the sheet on the counter a few times after removing from oven to flatten out cookies a bit.
- No need to chill this dough.
- These bake for 10-12 mins. but for a gooey cookie take them out at the 10 minute mark, they continue to bake while cooling but won’t be over baked.
That’s pretty much it guys. These were a HUGE hit with the kiddos and me, I had to eventually GIVE them away to neighbours, they were hard to resist. Can you blame me look at them, chocolatey, caramelly (is that a word..?) and chewy, SOOOOOO good.
With that said I hope you guys take some time to try this recipe out cause believe me it will be worth it. I know I will be making these over the holidays; if I can wait that long.
As always I’d love to see what you’ve made so be sure to take those pics and tag me on Instagram @marisblissfulbites.
Happy Baking,
XOXO Mari!
Chewy Turtles Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup of melted unsalted butter
- 1 cup of brown sugar
- ¼ cup of granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs at room temp.
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1 tsp of baking soda
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- ½ cup of cocoa powder
- ½ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips plus extra to place on top of scooped dough
- ½ cup of milk chocolate chips plus extra to place on top of scooped dough
- ½ cup of pecan pieces
- ½ cup of caramel bits
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside
- In a large bowl add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk and set aside.
- With stand mixer on low mix together butter and both sugars for about 5 mins.
- Add both eggs and vanilla and mix again.
- With mixer on low add your bowl of dry ingredients as well as both chocolate chips, pecans and caramel bits. Mix until just combined.
- With large cookie scoop or spoon scoop out dough and place on baking sheets. At this point you can add more chocolate chips on top of dough before baking.
- Place in oven and bake for 10-12 mins. Remove and let cool on sheet for about 5 mins. before transferring to a cooling rack.