These are awesome! The dough was a little tough to work with, but i just rolled it out with my rolling pin and molded it around my caramel. I used caramel treasures...these are a keeper for next year!

Part drop cookie, part chewy brownie, 100% fabulous!! Could not find Rolos at my grocery store, so used the caramel-filled Hershey's kisses with great results. For those who find the dough too sticky and difficult to work with, keep a small dish of water close by your work area, and dip the tips of your fingers in the water, shaking off excess, before molding the dough around the candy piece. The dough won't cling to your fingers then, and it makes refrigerating unnecessary. Be sure not to overbake, and make sure you calibrate your oven, because unless the temperature is accurate, you won't get the endorphin-inducing chewy chocolate fix you crave. I skipped the nut/sugar dip because I wanted to finish them another way. Although it was unnecessary for texture or flavor, I frosted them for looks, making these "Triple Threat Fudge Cookies" as I billed them. Nice frosting that sets up unsticky in about 2 hours: Mix together 3 Tb soft butter, 3 Tb unsweetened cocoa powder (I used Hershey's), a pinch of soda, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 Tb light corn syrup, and 1 cup powdered sugar. Added in, tsp by tsp, enough milk to make it spreadable. Frost cookies while still a little warm (about 8-10 minutes after removing from oven.) I got rave reviews all around, with one fan giving them a "10 on the swoon meter." Thank you for the phenomenal recipe.

i skipped the walnuts in the cookies-just did the ones on top and thought they were great. next time i want to try them with peanutbutter cups in the middle.

OMG! These are the best cookies I have ever had! I cut the recipe in half after reading the reviews about the dough being difficult to work with. I used rolos because they are one of our favorites and they worked great. I found that if I dipped my fingers in water before making each cookie, the dough was easy to work with and the cookies turned out perfectly shaped. I didn't sprinkle the tops with sugar because I didn't think they needed it and we don't like walnuts so I left those out too. Make sure to leave them on the pan until cooled, otherwise the caramel will leak like crazy!

This recipe was great! I made it for the people I work with, and some loved it so much they had 5 of them! I made the recipe with Rolos and Reese's Miniatures, but my favorite were the ones with Rolos. The only tip I could give anyone about this recipe would be to make sure to use enough dough to coat the piece of candy completely, otherwise it may leak through and stick to the cookie sheet, making them harder to remove from the pan. Otherwise, its definitely one of my favs!

I couldn't believe how great these cookies were straight out of the oven! This is my new favorite cookie recipe, hands down. Like some others, I covered my hands in cocoa while rolling the cookies and I had no trouble at all. I made half the batch using peanut butter cups and half with Rolos. Both were good, but I definitely liked the original caramel ones the best. Overall a great recipe, no modifications needed.

Always a big hit when I share them with friends!

I enlisted some friends to help me with these because they seemed labour intensive. I had no problems with the recipe and everyone LOVED them. I found them very good, but to me they tasted like something you would buy in a package.

Fantastic! I made these cookies exactly as the recipe is written and they were delicious. I will definitely be making these again.

These were good but they seemed to dry out kind of fast. I stored them in locking containers between wax paper-but they still dried out in two days. So if you are making these-eat them quickly!

I made these with reeses mini peanut butter cups and with dove milk chocolate covered caramels and though the cookie part was really good I was dissappointed that the candies did not melt and spread any. There was a big lump of candy in the center of the cookie. Good but too much in one bite. I wish they would have spread out better. Maybe if I had squished them down some and made them flatter...

I used regular caramels. They were great right out of the oven, but after they cooled, the caramels were too hard (although the cookie still tasted great). So next time I will try Rolo's. I also can't wait to try York Peppermint patties.

Great cookie, but not original. This recipe has been around since forever, and is a standard in my Christmas cookie baking. People are always pleasantly surprised to bite into that caramel filling!

These were my family's favorites this Christmas. I didn't change a thing - they are a little time consuming, but worth it! I didn't find the dough too difficult to work with as some reviewers mentioned. I also used Rolos.

These were awesome!!! Big hit at the party I brought them too. I used rolos for the center.

These were good and I plan on making them again. Only this time I will use a smaller candy.