I first saw a similar recipe at the cookiemadness.net website and thought I would give it a try. I’ve always liked the ‘standard’ Toll House recipe for chocolate chip cookies, so that’s the base recipe that I used ... that recipe can easily be found on the Toll House package or at the Nestle website, so I won't bother repeating it here.
I added 3 Tbsp. instant coffee crystals to the dough, stirring it into the egg/butter/sugar mixture and then letting the mixture sit for a few minutes to let the coffee dissolve. After that I continued with the usual recipe until it came to adding the 2 cups of chocolate chips and the optional 1 cup of chopped nuts … instead of stirring those in, I used 1-1/2 cups of chocolate chips and 1-1/2 cups of Kraft Premium Caramel Bits.
When it came to baking the cookies, I didn’t like the way the drop cookies turned out; some of the caramel bits melted completely and ‘ran’ onto the cookie sheet, leaving holes in the cookie and burnt caramel on the edges of the cookie and on the baking sheet. These bake up REALLY nicely into pan cookies, though.
When it came to baking the cookies, I didn’t like the way the drop cookies turned out; some of the caramel bits melted completely and ‘ran’ onto the cookie sheet, leaving holes in the cookie and burnt caramel on the edges of the cookie and on the baking sheet. These bake up REALLY nicely into pan cookies, though.
The caramel bits are something that Kraft came out with last year; they're small 'beads' of caramel about the size of a large pea. Because they're unwrapped, they're easier and quicker to use in recipes, and because of the small size they melt more quickly than the chunky square caramels. It's hard to find the bits in this area but Super Walmart has carried them (unfortunately for me, the nearest Super Walmart is a 45-minute drive away).
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