Salted Caramel-Stuffed Chocolate Cookies

I love all things salted caramel, so I decided to make some Salted Caramel-Stuffed Chocolate cookies using Kauai Sweet Shoppe's Hawaiian Sea Salt Caramels and Malama Mushroom's Lion's Mane Cacao Mix.

Salted Caramel-Stuffed Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 c unsalted butter, softened
• 1 c dark brown sugar
• 1/2 c granulated sugar
• 1/2 c Malama Mushroom's Lion's Mane Cacao Mix
• 2 large eggs
• 1 t vanilla extract
• 3/4 t baking soda
• 1/2 t salt
• 2 1/2 c all-purpose flour
• 2 c semisweet chocolate chips
• 24 Kauai Sweet Shoppe Hawaiian Sea Salt Caramels

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit. 
• In a medium bowl, mix butter and sugars until smooth. 
• Mix in Lion's Mane Cacao Mix until well combined.
• Mix in eggs and vanilla until smooth. 
• In a separate small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Mix flour mixture into sugar mixture.  
• Fold in chocolate chips.  Be careful not to overmix.
• Using a medium scoop (approximately 2 T), scoop dough into balls.
• Place an unwrapped caramel into the center of each ball, ensuring that the caramel is covered completely.
• Place balls of dough onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet, at least 2 inches apart.  
• Bake for 13-15 minutes in a preheated oven.
• Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

Yield: 24 cookies