The ooey gooey centers of these Rolo Stuffed Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies will satisfy your deepest chocolate cravings! Hot from the oven, these easy cookies are impossible to resist!
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If you knew me well, you’d know that I love a good short cut. Anything that makes my life easier is fair game in my book. Now, I do have my standards. A short cut is all well and good but if it leads to a sub-par result…well, then, no thank you.
I have been making cake mix cookies for a LONG time. Why? Simple. These cookies are fast, versatile, delicious, and gobbled up by whomever happens to be the lucky recipient. Sometimes it’s friends. Sometimes it’s family. And sometimes they disappear before anyone else knows I’ve made them…
When the Christmas candy went on sale after the holidays were over, I stocked up. Big time. Rolos were on my list because adding chocolate and caramel to a recipe is ALWAYS a good idea…am I right?
They happen to be the perfect thing to stuff inside these deliciously soft cake mix cookies. The chocolate and caramel melt just so resulting in an ooey-gooey center that is impossible to resist.
I do HIGHLY recommend enjoying these cookies straight out of the oven. The next day they’re good but right from the oven they are amazing.
As a chocolate lover, these cookies are all that I could ask for…and more. Deep chocolate flavor in the easiest of recipes is a win in my book. You’ll notice I added mini chocolate chips to the dough as well as to the top of each cookie. Why not? Mo’ chocolate = mo’ bettah.
As a general rule, I make my cake mix cookies with cream cheese. It makes them extra moist and delicious and my Nana taught me right: add cream cheese to EVERYTHING for a happy life.
I broke my rule.
I substituted peanut butter for the cream cheese and I’m an extremely happy camper. Feel free to use cream cheese if your prefer!
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Rolo Stuffed Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 8 tbsp butter melted
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter or 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 15.25 oz box of chocolate cake mix
- 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 36 Rolo candies
Instructions
- Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Beat butter, egg, vanilla, and peanut butter together in a large bowl.
- Add cake mix, half of the box at a time, mixing until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand.
- Refrigerate the cookie dough for at least one hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Flatten the dough into a circle and place a Rolo in the center. Wrap the dough around the Rolo and roll into a ball again.
- Place cookies onto parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 9 minutes - you don't want the cookies to brown at all on the bottom.
- Let cookies cool on a baking sheet for several minutes before removing to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Makes 3 dozen cookies.
Nutrition
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yamibest says
what a good taste cookies. great thanks introduction. I think I will make a try
Lea Harrison says
These cookies look so yummy. my kids love cream cheese, gotta try these recipe at home. Thanks for sharing!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
These cookies are fantastic! I know you’ll love them Lea!
Archana says
Wonderful recipe. Thanks a lot for sharing this. I will certainly try it and post the feedback here.
Regards
Archana
Karen @ The Food Charlatan says
You are so right, cream cheese makes the world go round! unless there is peanut butter, that’s a tough choice 🙂 These look AMAZING trish!! That oozy shot!!! killin it
Kelly says
Haha, yes, I totally stocked up on Christmas candy too 🙂 Love these cake mix cookies! They look so soft and that rolo center is just calling my name!
Susan says
i love chocolate cake mix cookie very much. thanks for sharing this rec
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
Love the addition of peanut butter! These cookies would disappear in a hurry around here!
heather @french press says
obviously I need to start stuffing everything with rolos!! and cream cheese. That center is calling my name
Cecile - My Yellow Farmhouse says
I love Rolos but have kind of forgotten about them. But not anymore!! What a great idea for a cookie. My grandchildren will love both making – and eating – these!!
Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says
Adding caramel and chocolate to a recipe is always a great idea 🙂
kate says
hang on. you want to combine rolos, and cake mix, to make a cookie!?!?!?!??! How is it that you expect my fat a** to ever leave my house? hahahah can’t wait to try it!!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Just make sure to share Kate 😉
Mir says
We should be twins, Trish. I too bought up all the X-mas candy, and I always love cake mix cookies. And these are the best. All that caramel goodness!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
LOL! I’m all for easy and chocolate in the same sentence Mir 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!