Caramel Apple Milky Way Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Caramel Apple Milky Way Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies. Phew. There are a lot of flavors going on in these cookies. But that is a good thing. I brought these cookies to the birthday party of my boyfriend's mom this past weekend. Happy birthday to her and her friends :) Anyways, these cookies were a hit. No offense to all of the other cookies at the party, but everyone loved these cookies and they were gone before anything else. I even saw one kid take one and then come back for three more a few minutes later. Not that anyone could blame him. 

When people first take a bite, they assume it is just a regular chocolate chip cookie. But baked inside each one is a mini caramel apple milky way. Have you seen these in stores? I found mine at Target- big surprise there. I actually ran out of milky ways before I finished making the cookies, so there were a few plain chocolate chip cookies in the cookie tray. Hopefully no one was too mad if they ended up with one of the cookies without a milky way inside.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Caramel Apple Milky Way Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe adapted from Picky Palate

Yield: 5-6 dozen cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

3/4 cup light brown sugar

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 tbsp vanilla

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

10 oz bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 bag caramel apple milky ways

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

In a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugars together until combined and creamy. Add the vanilla and eggs and continue mixing until fully incorporated. 

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Mix until fully combined. 

Stop the mixer and add the chocolate chips. Mix with a spatula until combined.

Using a small ice cream scoop or a teaspoon, place one scoop of cookie dough on top of a caramel apple milkway. Then take another scoop of cookie dough and place in on the bottom the milky way. Seal edges together and place on a prepared baking sheet. Bake for about 8-10 minutes or until golden brown on the edges. Allow to cool completely on a cooling rack.

Enjoy :)