Chewy Caramel Chocolate Cookies

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• Caramels (home made preferably!)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cream together butter and both types of sugar in a stand mixer. Once it is light and fluffy add in the eggs one at a time. Then mix in the vanilla extract. Add in cocoa powder, baking soda and salt, mix until well combined. Mix in the flour and mix until smooth-ish. Some lumps are ok, they will bake out.
3. Take a tablespoon or so of dough and wrap it around the caramel. Place it on a cookie sheet (I lined mine with silicone mats - it helped when some of the caramel oozed out!) Bake for 11-13 minutes.
4. **Let cool completely before eating - while they are still warm the caramel is kind of dissolved into the dough, but once cooled there is a chewy caramel consistency in the center. Delicious!!**

butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, flour, caramels

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/chewy-caramel-chocolate-cookies-50104010 (may not work)