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Ooey Gooey Chocolate Rolo Cookies are soft and indulgent, filled with a caramel Rolo center! They are quick, easy, & Chocolatey!
These gooey rolo cookies are so good you’ll want to save and bookmark this recipe for later! They are quick and easy like our Lemon Cake Mix Cookies and Cake Mix Cookie Bars!
Gooey + CHOCOLATE-Y
One of our favorite family cookies is our Ooey Gooey Butter Cookies. They are so delish and easy to make!
I decided I wanted to do a chocolate version and to mix things up I decided to add a Rolo to the middle because who doesn’t love ROLOS?! The added cream cheese adds a new level of ooey gooey goodness and creaminess.
The end result was amazing!! I made them for a family function a few months back and they were a hit. I call them: Gooey Chocolate Rolo Cookies!!
Rolo cookies with cake mix
PREP. Preheat oven to 350.
BATTER. Beat butter, vanilla, egg and cream cheese until fluffy. Mix in cake mix. Chill for 30 minutes.
ROLOS. Grab a Rolo and insert into rolled cookie dough making sure it is covered. Place in a bowl of powdered sugar and placed on greased cookie sheet.
BAKE. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Add sifted powdered sugar on top if desired.
The best technique for inserting the Rolo into the dough is to make sure that its right in the middle of the cookie is to 1st roll the dough into a ball and smash it flat with your hand. Place the Rolo in the middle and the bring the remaining dough together around the Rolo.
Tips & Variations
- Caramel: If Rolos aren’t your favorite you can get a pack of caramels from the candy aisle and use those instead. Just make sure that whatever size caramel you use that your cookie dough ball completely covers it.
- Chill: When you chill cookie dough it solidifies the fat so that the cookies don’t spread out as much in the oven and the fatty goodness stays right where it should instead of cooking right out of the cookie.
- Gooey: It is a gooey cookie because the added cream cheese adds a new level of ooey gooey goodness and creaminess.
Storing Info
STORE ooey gooey chocolate rolo cookies at room temp, tightly covered for 3-5 days. After this time period the cookies will most likely become hard.
FREEZE in an airtight container for 1-2 weeks, thaw before enjoying!
For some Candy Bar Treats check out:
- Candy Bar Brownies
- Candy Bar Cookies
- Oreo Snickers Pie
- Candy Bar Trifle
- Reese’s Brownies
- Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Gooey Rolo Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 egg
- powdered sugar
- Rolos
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Beat butter, vanilla, egg and cream cheese until fluffy. Mix in cake mix.
- Chill for 1 hour.
- Scoop dough with cookie scoop into a bowl of powdered sugar. Roll around and then flatten dough, place a Rolo in the middle and fold the dough around the Rolo.
- Place cookie dough on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Dust powdered sugar over baked cookies, if desired. Let cool.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Thank you Lil’ Luna for all you do to make our holidays yummy! Love this recipe.
Make them, you must!🥰
These really are so gooey and delicious! They are the perfect combo!
This recipe is so easy to make and super flavorful! It tasted so delicious! Will surely have this again! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing gooey rolo cookies recipe! Highly recommended!
These are the most delicious cookie recipe ever. The rolo in the center is perfection!
There is nothing better than biting into a warm cookie & biting into a rolo at the same time!! Super gooey & chocolatey!!
We love rolls. They even taste better in the the middle of a chocolate cookie.
Can’t be easier to make a fancier cookie. Such an easy way to add a center to a cookie.
Yes please! One of my favorite candies in a cookie. Yum!