Salted Rolo Brownie Cookies

File this recipe under: How to win friends and influence people. We brought these cookies with us on a family-filled weekend road trip through the wilds of Connecticut, snacking on them in the Jeep, proffering them as a hostess gift/dessert, and using them to pay highway tolls in lieu of coins. I can’t imagine a sane person who wouldn’t like them  –  they are crisp outside and gooey and chewy inside.

Salted caramel has been a super trendy flavor combination for a while, and I like how Rolos turn it just a tad trashy and ironic, like a mustache and PBR. Is that still a thing? Probably not. The cool kids are probably growing mutton chops and drinking Crown Royal and Tab. My only piece of advice is to buy more Rolos than you need. You think you are better than Rolos, but you’re not. I’m not. Kate Middleton, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Salman Rushdie are. The rest of us, I’m afraid, are stuck being plebeians and gobbling up Rolos. It’s not so bad.

Salted Rolo Brownie Cookies
Adapted from a recipe on Cookies and Cups

Ingredients:

• 16 oz semisweet chocolate chips
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups Rolos, chopped
• Flaked sea salt

Method:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350.

Step 2: Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

Step 3: Over a double boiler, melt butter and chocolate.

Step 4: In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, sugars, and vanilla until well combined.

Step 5: In a smaller mixing bowl, combine flour and baking powder.

Step 6: Slowly stir the melted chocolate into the eggs, sugar, vanilla mixture in four batches. Stir vigorously to incorporate.

Step 7: Mix in dry ingredients.

Step 8: Fold in chopped Rolos candies.

Step 9: Drop heaping tablespoons onto prepared cookie sheets.

Step 10: Bake 10-12 minutes, until the centers are just set.

Step 11: Remove from oven and sprinkle with sea salt.

Step 12: Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for five minutes, then transfer to a rack to finish cooling.

Step 13: Pour a tall glass of ice cold milk and enjoy.

Tagged as: candy, chocolate, cookies, dessert, rolos

About the Author: Jillian Bedell

Jillian grew up in Connecticut, went to university in Boston, college in New Haven, did some post-grad soul searching in New York, exiled herself to Mexico, married her longtime sweetheart, and lived in a house on the ocean. She suspected Maine might be the perfect place to raise a family, so she came back home to New England two years ago. Now a mom to Violet Maeve and living in Rockland, where she hopes to settle for a good, long while, Jillian reads, writes, walks, and practices Nia, when not watching Malcolm photograph sandwiches.