Rolo Cookies

Rolo Cookies will cure any chocolate craving! Soft-baked, thick & chewy chocolate cookies stuffed with a caramel chocolate Rolo candy.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate cookies, cookie recipe, rolo cookies

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 8

Servings cookies

Calories 185kcal

Author Jessica

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 cup finely chopped pecans (optional)
36 unwrapped Rolo chocolates
1/3 cup granulated sugar (for rolling cookie dough balls in)

Instructions

Heat oven to 375°. Prepare a cookie sheet (12'x18') by lining with parchment paper or spraying with cooking spray.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and stir with a wire whisk to break up any clumps.
In a bowl of a stand mixer, or use a mixing bowl with a handheld mixer, beat together the softened butter, sugar, and brown sugar until combined. About 1-2 minutes.
Add the vanilla extract and eggs. Beat until combined. Add half the flour mixture and beat together. Add the other half and mix together just until combined. If you are using pecans, stir those into the dough.
Take a scoop of dough (I use a small cookie scoop), about 1-2 tablespoons of dough, and flatten it out on the palm of your hand. Place an unwrapped Rolo in the middle, bring up the sides, and roll into a ball. Roll the ball in the granulated sugar and place on the cookie sheet. Repeat until you have 12 cookies per cookie sheet.
Bake for 7-9 minutes. Cookies should be puffy, won't spread much, and may have slight cracks on top of the cookies. Let cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Try eating a warm cookie! Store leftovers, covered, at room temperature.

Notes

I would get a few extra Rolo candies because depending on how small or large your dough balls are, you may have some extra dough for a few cookies. I just bought a bag of unwrapped Rolo candies and there were some leftovers.

These cookies are really good with the pecans added in. They add a nice salty crunch. I have made these cookies with and without the pecans and they are so good either way.

I found this recipe in a church cookbook that my mom gave to me years ago. It's her neighborhood church cookbook. Those types of cookbooks are my favorite and a goldmine for delicious recipes.

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