Caramel Filled Chocolate Cookies Drizzled With Chocolate

Here you have a rich chocolate cookie rolled in nuts (pecans or walnuts) filled with creamy caramel then drizzled with chocolate.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 24 cookies

Ingredients

• Cookie dough

• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar
• 2  tablespoons  hazelnut-flavored liquid coffee creamer or 2  tablespoons milk
• 1  large egg, yolk and white separated
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  cup flour
• 1⁄3 cup  unsweetened cocoa
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda

• Nuts for rolling

• 1  cup  chopped pecans or 1  cup walnuts

• Filling

• 12  caramels, unwrapped
• 1  tablespoon heavy cream

• Drizzle

• 1⁄4-1⁄2 cup chocolate chips
• 1  tablespoon butter

Directions

1. Mix butter, sugars, egg yolk, creamer or milk.
2. and vanilla until light and fluffy.
3. combine flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda gradually add to flour mixture.
4. Cover and chill, which has to be done or you`ll have flat cookies!
5. Melt caramels with cream in micro wave of double boiler stirring till melted and creamy.
6. Remove dough from refrigerator and roll into 24 balls.
7. Dip into light beaten egg white then roll into nuts.
8. Place on a parchment-lined cookie sheets.
9. Make indentations with thumb in center of each cookie.
10. Pour in melted caramel and bake in a 350° oven for 10-12 minutes.
11. Melt chips and butter in micro or double boiler.
12. Drizzle on cooled cookies.
13. Let firm up and enjoy!