Loaded with oats, Rolo candies and chocolate chips, these Gooey Carmelita Cookies are an oatmeal cookie lover’s best friend!
These are like Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies but LOADED!! For more of our favorite loaded cookie recipes, check out Monster Cookies or Peanut Butter Pretzel Chocolate Chunk Cookies.
Caramel, Walnuts, AND Rolos!!
A few months back my sister in law posted about these delicious caramel chocolate oatmeal bars that she saw on LuLu the Baker called carmelitas. They’re basically a cookie bar stuffed with caramels. I was immediately smitten and knew I had to save the recipe for later.
Well, this morning I felt like baking and decided to make carmelita inspired cookies instead of bars. I used my mom’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe and altered it to include caramel sauce, walnuts and Rolos.
They turned out better than I could have hoped for! Gooey, soft and full of chocolate caramel goodness. I took a few to my husband and they were gone in minutes!
How to Make Them
PREP. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside.
DOUGH. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until smooth. Beat in egg, then vanilla.
Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together until combined. With mixing speed on low, slowly add into the creamed mixture until just blended.
MIX-INS. Remove bowl from stand mixer and fold in the oats, caramel sauce, walnuts, Rolo chunks and chocolate chips.
What type of caramel sauce? You can make your own caramel sauce or you can use some store bought caramel sauce.
BAKE. Using a standard cookie scoop, drop onto prepared baking sheets. Place in oven and bake for 12-14 minutes, or until the tops begin to turn light golden in color.
COOL. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 3-5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Tip: let the cookies cool before eating because chances are the caramel is going to be all melty and super hot right after baking. If you don’t wait to let them cool you risk biting into the cookie and having it burn your mouth!
Variations and Additions
- Use other caramel candies like:
- Caramello
- Dove promises
- Ghirardelli squares
- Instead of mixing in chopped candies you can seal your dough over the rolo as a whole
- Freeze the candies before incorporating them so that they don’t melt and spill out of the cookies during baking.
Storage Tips
Keep baked cookies STORED in an airtight container at room temperature for about a week. Let the cookies cool completely before FREEZING them in an airtight container or bag for 3-4 weeks.
You can also store the dough in the fridge or freezer in an airtight container, and leave it at room temperature until you can form the cookies before baking.
For more caramel recipes, check out:
Carmelita Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup quick rolled oats
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter - room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp caramel sauce
- 1/4 cup walnuts - finely chopped
- 16 Rolo candies - chilled and chopped
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until smooth. Beat in the egg, then add the vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture until just blended.
- Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and fold in the oats, caramel sauce, walnuts, Rolo chunks, and chocolate chips. Using a standard cookie scoop, drop the cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Place in the oven and bake for 12-14 minutes, or until the tops begin to turn light golden in color. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 3-5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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You’ve taken the oatmeal cookie to a whole new level, that I love! You can never have enough chocolate! Super good!
These are one of my favorite cookies. I love the oats and pecans in them. And, of course the chocolate chips! My kids will even eat these. They usually don’t like cookies with oats and nuts in them.