Fudgy, rich Chocolate Turtle Cookies! Filled with pecans, caramel and chocolate chips that are perfect for holiday baking!
These easy to make chocolate turtle cookies are perfect for your cookie trays! Easy to make ahead of time! Filled with gooey caramel, pecans and chocolate throughout!
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Some of my favorite cookies this time of year are these soft sugar cookies! They are so easy to make and decorate too! Also we really love these toffee chocolate chip cookies! My kids are obsessed with toffee!
One year I made these Italian butter cookies for my hubby! They were a hit! Reminded him of home!
HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE TURTLE COOKIES!
Ingredients:
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- ⅓ cup chopped pecans
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup caramel candies, chopped
Directions:
- Mix the butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and cornstarch.
- Slowly combine the wet and dry ingredients.
- Stir in the chopped pecans, chocolate chips and caramel pieces.
- Cover and chill the dough in your refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Roll dough into small balls and place on a prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes.
- Remove and let cool on the baking sheets.
- Serve and ENJOY!
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Chocolate Turtle Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- ⅓ cup chopped pecans
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup caramel candies chopped
Instructions
- Mix the butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and cornstarch.
- Slowly combine the wet and dry ingredients.
- Stir in the chopped pecans, chocolate chips and caramel pieces.
- Cover and chill the dough in your refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Roll dough into small balls and place on a prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes.
- Remove and let cool on the baking sheets.
- Serve and ENJOY!
Nutrition
MORE TURTLE DESSERT RECIPES!
- Vegan Turtle Cheesecake! Rich, creamy and won’t leave you missing the dairy! It’s also no-bake and perfect for Christmas.
- Chocolate Turtle Poke Cake! This cake has all the great flavors of the popular candy but in a chocolate cake!!
- Turtle Cookie Bars! These bars have two layers of chocolate chip pecan filled cookie, full of caramel in the center!
- Chocolate Caramel Turtle Cake! Rich, moist, chocolate cake, topped with chocolate ganache, caramel sauce, and chopped pecans.
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