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Chewy Caramel Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies

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Well, my friends, have I got a fabulous cookie for you! Talk about a serious winner! Peanut butter, chocolate and caramel all wrapped up into a chewy and amazingly delicious cookie. What’s not to LOVE?

Seriously addicting.

 I tell ya, when I have cravings for things I go all out. Forreals. And all this Halloween Candy that lines the aisles at the grocery store certainly isn’t helping!

Chocolate and peanut butter is a tried and true classic at my house. The combination never fails! But when I saw some Hershey’s Caramel Kisses out on display with all that darn candy, I knew I had to get a bag!

So, I made my peanut butter cookies as usual, but added in some chopped up caramel kisses.

Now, let’s take a minute and enjoy the beauty that is this cookie dough, shall we? I’m pretty sure I could eat this entire bowl.{*Confession: I have made cookie dough many times to just eat the dough…not to make cookies. I blame it on my husband.}

 I ate my fair share of this dough…and then proceeded to eat 7 cookies…with no shame.

You know why?

Because I know you all will make these and eat that many too!

They are irresistible.

So celebrate the start of a new week or the Monday blues with cookies! You know you want to! Enjoy! 🙂

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Chewy Caramel Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies

Servings 3 dozen

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a silpat or spray with non stick cooking spray. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, whip butter, peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla and eggs. Scrape sides and mix again. Slowly incorporate all dry ingredients until combined. Stir in chopped Hershey’s caramel kisses. Scoop by the teaspoon full onto prepared baking sheet. Bake 8-9 minutes or until the edges are barely golden and the middle looks like it’s not quite done.{You may have the urge to keep them in longer–don’t! Unless you want crunchier cookies in which case you should then leave them in a minute or two longer… but I like mine chewy so I pull them out sooner.} Cool on baking sheet 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. Store in airtight containers.

Recipe Notes

If you want to make the cross hatch pattern like you’d see on regular peanut butter cookies, be my guest. I tried on some of them but didn’t want to squish the caramel out everywhere. And, speaking of caramel, try to have most of your Hershey kisses closer to the top then the bottom because they will ooze on your baking sheet and become crunchy. If you don’t mind the crunch then this is no big deal. I, however, despise the crunch. So, do what your little heart desires!

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  2. Kathryn says

    Peanut butter cookies are pretty good in themselves but adding the caramel kisses sounds like a brilliant idea! If it makes you feel any better, I don’t think I would have been able to stop at eating 7!

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  3. Francois says

    Oh my my.
    How could I have live so many years without this recipe….. Life is full of pleasant surprises….
    I will try those asap.
    Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  7. Tara @ Chip Chip Hooray says

    I looooove the caramel-filled Kisses! I honestly don’t know if this dough would make it onto the cookie sheet–my college roommate and I were known to make mixing bowls of dough solely for the purpose of eating it by the spoonful! 🙂

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  18. Lindsay R says

    Wow, do those look incredible. I think they would be delicious with some haugendauz dulce de leche ice cream, don’t you think? or would that be a caramel overload?

    Lindsay 🙂

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  19. alex says

    I don’t understand people who don’t eat cookie dough?!?! that’s the best part of making cookies..I have no doubt this dough (and cookie form) is delicious!

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  22. sherry says

    Made them…..LOVE them!! and yes ladies the dough is amazing allll on its own. Some of the caramel melted out onto my parchment paper while baking but……no worries, it breaks off and I have to say is almost as yummy as the cookie dough. I saved some of the dough and am going to add in possible twix pieces tonight. thank for the recipe!! I got major boyfriend points 🙂

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