Caramel Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Modern Honey

April 2024 · 5 minute read

Caramel Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. Soft chewy chocolate cookies with soft caramel center and roll into powdered sugar. A popular chocolate caramel filled cookie. www.modernhoney.com

Caramel-Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are chewy chocolate cookies filled with ooey-gooey caramel.

It’s DAY #4 of Modern Honey’s 12 Days of Christmas Cookies.  As I was creating a very long list of Christmas cookies I wanted to bake and share with you, I was inspired by some handcrafted soft caramels from Mrs. Call’s Candy Company in Heber City, Utah.  I am full-on obsessed with crinkle cookies during the holidays. A soft caramel was wrapped inside chocolate crinkle cookie dough, baked, and my Caramel Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies were born.

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Years ago I watched a movie about a man who was known as the “Candy Bomber.” It all started in Berlin, which had become a divided country after the war.  A pilot named Gail Halvorsen watched as children in Berlin became so excited about sharing two pieces of Wrigley gum. They didn’t have much, especially not candy, and he promised the children he would drop candy on his next flight. The kids asked how they would know which of the huge airplanes was his, and he said he would “wiggle his wings” as he approached. He became known as “Uncle Wiggly Wings.”

He lived up to his promise, getting other pilots to donate their candy rations. More children started to show up to catch his candy drops. As newspapers got wind of what was happening, chocolate and candy donations began to pour in from the United States. These German children were so appreciative of something as small as a piece of gum. A small act of service by ONE man became a full-fledged humanitarian effort by the Air Force. Wow! It’s amazing to me what one person can do to make a difference in so many lives.

Caramel Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. Soft chewy chocolate cookies with soft caramel center and roll into powdered sugar. A popular chocolate caramel filled cookie. www.modernhoney.com

After my family left the movie theatre, my kids couldn’t stop talking about how cool it was what he did for those children. My son, Mason, said that he wanted to do something like that. We became brainstorming and thought since we love to bake, we could become “Cookie Droppers.” Obviously, we don’t have an airplane but we started to think of other ways we could make it work.

We spent two days baking up a storm, loading up Christmas bags full of cookies, and began driving around neighborhoods. We started with a quiet senior citizen neighborhood, filled with people who may not get many visitors or plates of Christmas cookies. The kids would set the bag of Christmas cookies down on their front porch, knock, and run.  They would peer around the corner and see their faces.

It has become one of our family’s favorite Christmas traditions.  It doesn’t take much time or effort but hopefully, it brings some happiness into someone’s life. Last year I shared some of our favorite family traditions to help feel the Christmas spirit. You can read the CHRISTMAS BUCKET LIST POST HERE. These Caramel Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies will definitely be in our cookie bag this year!

Caramel Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. Soft chewy chocolate cookies with soft caramel center and roll into powdered sugar. A popular chocolate caramel filled cookie. www.modernhoney.com

Let’s get back to these Caramel-Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies! These are made with a simple chocolate cookie dough made with cocoa powder.  The dough is chilled and then a soft caramel is placed in the center of a ball. The chocolate crinkle cookie dough is wrapped around the caramel, rolled into powdered sugar, and baked. The caramel melts inside the cookie and becomes ooey-gooey. A chocolate caramel cookie masterpiece!

Caramel Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. Soft chewy chocolate cookies with soft caramel center and roll into powdered sugar. A popular chocolate caramel filled cookie. www.modernhoney.com

What type of caramels should you use in these Caramel Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies?

Caramel Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. Soft chewy chocolate cookies with soft caramel center and roll into powdered sugar. A popular chocolate caramel filled cookie. www.modernhoney.com

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DAY #1 — Soft Chewy Sugar Cookies

DAY #2  — Cranberry Orange White Chocolate Cookies

DAY #3 — Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

Christmas Bucket List — list of ideas and traditions to help feel the Christmas Spirit

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Happy Baking, my friends!

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