Salted Caramel White Chocolate Cookies
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Read the full disclosure here.
Easy, chewy Salted Caramel White Chocolate Cookies recipe with an amazingly soft cookie! So yummy, you can’t stop at just one! Salted Caramel White Chocolate Cookies are perfect for holidays, parties and when you are craving sweet and salty flavors together!
More caramel? 16 Caramel Apple Recipes and 16 Chocolate & Caramel Gooey Decadent Desserts That Rule and these super gooey Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies!
Seriously, these are best cookies loaded with salted caramel chips, white chocolate chips and caramel bits of love along with these Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies and these Pumpkin White Chocolate Cookies!
Salted caramel is all the rage and if you’ve never tried Salted Caramel White Chocolate Cookies, you need to hop on that train pronto! This takes your traditional white chocolate chip cookie recipe to another level for sure!
Plus, salted caramel white chocolate cookies are a perfect combination of sweet and salty, and they never fail to please the palate. The only risk with baking these cookies is that your family and friends might be asking for seconds before the first batch has even cooled.
We Made 2 Different Cookie Batches, One With Caramel Bits and One Without
If you want extra gooey caramel in your cookies, go for the caramel bits
included! It brings out the caramel color in the cookies when you do include them, but don’t let that hold you back if you don’t add them in!
These cookies are amazing with or without the caramel bits! It’s the salted caramel and the white chocolate together that make these cookies scream YUM with just the right balance of sweet and salty!
As for the salted caramel, Hershey’s Sea Salt Caramel Chips
are totally swoon-worthy! These gluten-free baking chips contain no artificial flavors or preservatives.
Just creamy caramel flavor with a hint of sea salt. You can also sprinkle them into any cookie and brownie batter, or melt them down to create a sweet and salty glaze for cakes and tortes. I like eating them right out of the bag!
Ingredients You Need
Salted Caramel Cookie Recipe
- unsalted butter, cool or room temperature, not warm or softened
- brown sugar
- sugar
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- flour
- baking soda
- baking powder
- salt
- 10 oz. bag HERSHEY’S Kitchens Sea Salt Caramel Chips
- white chocolate chips
- Optional: 1 ½ cups soft caramel bits like Kraft or go to Nuts.com
like Kraft or go to Nuts.com
How to Make Salted Caramel White Chocolate Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment or silpat and set aside.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl cream together cream butter, and sugars, then add eggs and vanilla and beat until fluffy.
- Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix until combined.
- Add the salted chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and (optional) caramel bits and mix well. No need to chill the dough unless your dough is warm.
- Using a cookie scoop of choice (we used ¼ cup) scoop out the dough and drop on a parchment or silpat lined cookie sheet, leaving 2 inches space between cookies.
- Remove from oven and let cookies cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Then transfer to a cooling rack to cool.
No need to chill the dough unless your dough is warm. Woot-Woot! We love recipes we don’t have the chill the dough! Like these Best No Chill Sugar Cookies!
What Size Do You Want Your Cookies?
- For small cookies, use 1 tablespoon cookie dough, bake for 7-8 minutes.
- 2 tablespoons cookie dough, bake for 10-12 minutes.
- 1/4 cup cookie dough, bake for 14 – 16 minutes.
Pointers for your Salted Caramel Cookie Recipe Baking Journey!
- To avoid ugly, flat cookies, be sure your butter is either straight from the fridge, cool or room temperature (not melted or even softened). You want a cooler dough vs. warm dough. Just pop it in the refrigerator a bit before baking if it feels warm. I like to scoop all the dough and place them all on a cookie sheet and put them in the fridge for 10-15 minutes for extra thick cookies! That’s called flash-freezing and I love using this method!
- Measure flour correctly! Fluff up the flour in the bag or canister. In order to make sure you’re not scooping up packed flour, you should fluff it up with a spoon or fork before you measure it. Spoon the flour into the measuring cup. Gently pile it in until it forms a heap above the rim of the measuring cup. Then, scrape a knife across the top of the measuring cup to level the flour. This way, you’ll get rid of excess flour on top of the cup without packing down the flour inside. Perfect measuring!
- For more cookie tips go here.
Can You Freeze or Refrigerate Salted Caramel White Chocolate Cookie Dough?
- If you are not quite ready to bake your cookie dough after mixing it together, place the dough in an airtight container and freeze up to a year in the freezer or 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator.
- If you have extra time or even need extra time when baking the cookie dough, scoop or roll the dough into balls and place on a sheet pan in the freezer or refrigerator to become firm before baking. You can also do this for freezing for a long period of time and make the round balls out for cookies year round.
Storing Cookies
Store your cookies in a zip-top bag or airtight container for up to 3-4 days!
More Caramel Delights!
- Salted Caramel Chip Apple Blondies
- Best Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce
- Ooey Gooey Salted Caramel Butter Cake Bars
- Salted Caramel Pretzel & Peanut Butter Brownies
Eating these cookies can become a delightful ritual of gathering around the table with friends and family or enjoying a special treat on a lazy weekend.
This salted caramel cookie recipe is soon to be your favorite salted caramel cookies with white chocolate chips ever! Give them a try and let me know!!
Share on Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook!
More Goodies to Impress!!
- Oatmeal Butterscotch & Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- Christmas Cowboy Cookies
- Double Chocolate Banana Snack Cake
- Cookie Dough Brownies
- Caramel Frosted Brown Butter Brownies
- Best-Ever White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
- Snickerdoodle Cinnamon Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Banana Dream Cake Loaf
- Home-made Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies
- Salted Caramel Mousse ROLO Cookie Cups
- Chocolate Chip & Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cake
- Best Ever Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies (with Sea Salt)
Salted Caramel White Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter straight from fridge or room temperature, do not use softened or warm butter
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 10 oz. bag HERSHEY’S Kitchens Sea Salt Caramel Chips
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- Optional: 1 1/2 cups soft caramel bits like Kraft or Nuts.com
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment or silpat and set aside.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl cream together cream butter, and sugars, then add eggs and vanilla and beat until fluffy.
- Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix until combined.
- Add the salted chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and (optional) caramel bits and mix well. No need to chill the dough unless your dough is warm.
- Using a cookie scoop of choice (we used 1/4 cup) scoop out the dough and drop on a parchment or silpat lined cookie sheet, leaving 2 inches space between cookies.
- Remove from oven and let cookies cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Then transfer to a cooling rack to cool.
Notes
Using a cookie scoop of choice
- For small cookies, use 1 tablespoon cookie dough, bake for 7-8 minutes.
- 2 tablespoons cookie dough, bake for 10-12 minutes.
- 1/4 cup cookie dough, bake for 14 - 16 minutes.
I would definitely pass you a few Ben! My pleasure! xo
Who can resist a sweet & salty combo? I cannot. Pass me a couple of these please 🙂
These are my favorite cookies right now! I love sweet and salty! Thanks Michelle!!
These cookies are screaming at me to make them! The salty and sweet combo is my weakness… yum!!