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Better than Anything Cookies

It tastes just like the famous cake, but in personal cookie form. These are my new favorite cookie! They are SO good!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Servings 36
Calories 138kcal

Ingredients 

  • 3/4 cup butter softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3.9 ounces Devil's Food Instant Pudding Mix dry
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 1/4 cups bread flour
  • 36 homemade caramels cut into 1/2 inch pieces. You can also use Rolos.

Cool Whip Frosting

  • 3.4 ounce vanilla instant pudding mix dry
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 3 Tablespoons powdered sugar
  • 8 ounces cool whip thawed
  • heath bits for topping

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars together.
  • Add dry pudding mix and mix well.
  • Beat in eggs and vanilla.
  • Add baking soda and flour and mix until well incorporated.
  • Grab enough dough to make a 1" ball and flatten it out in the palm of your hand. 
  • Place one 0.5" caramel cube and place it in the center of the flattened dough. Fold up the edges of the dough around caramel and roll into a ball, making sure the caramel is sealed in the center of the dough ball. Place on greased cookie sheet. 
  • Repeat with remaining dough. 9-12 cookie dough balls per cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on pan for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a wired cooling rack.
  • Once cookies have completely cooled, frost with Cool Whip frosting.
  • Sprinkle the tops of the frosted cookies with Heath bits.

Cool Whip Frosting

  • In a large bowl, combine milk, pudding mix, and powdered sugar in a bowl and let sit for 3 minutes. Fold in cool whip. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Nutrition

Calories: 138kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 125mg | Potassium: 44mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 150IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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