Masquerading as a traditional chocolate cookie on the outside, these are the surprise-inside Rolo Cookies that will make you famous! One bite is all it takes for a flood of gooey caramel to give your taste buds the thrill they didn’t know was coming! Plus, with just 4 ingredients, these soft and chewy cookies are crazy easy to make!
Rolo Cookies
Of course Rolo candies are delicious all by themselves, with that rich milk chocolate and gooey caramel center. But something extraordinary happens when you stuff them inside the center of a soft and chewy chocolate cookie.
This sneaky little trick turns a classic chocolate cookie into something quite covert!
Sherrie writes: "Turned out great!"
It all starts with your first bite into these Rolo cookies. Right away your hand will uncontrollably reach for a second… then a third… then a fourth cookie!
Trust me, there really is no stopping your inner cookie monster when these cookies are just waiting to be devoured!
Bite after bite, they’re so hard to stop eating.
So just watch out! Because you are going to have grabby fingers all over the cookie sheets as soon as these little beauties make their debut in your kitchen!
You just can’t go wrong cramming your favorite candy into a soft, chocolate cookie recipe. This combination creates a wildly delicious treat every time.
How can I be so confident? Just try these fabulously Easy Milky Way Cookies, these scrumptious Snickers Stuffed Cookies, and these oh so marvelous 3 Musketeers Cookies with Candy Bars. Then you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about!
So do yourself a HUGE favor, and bake up a batch of these fantastically popular Rolo cookies.
With just 4 ingredients and 15 minutes of prep, you’ll be done almost before you start. All thanks to a clever little box of chocolate fudge cake mix!
Here’s what you’ll need to get baking…
Ingredients
It takes just 4 simple ingredients to make the BEST Rolo Cookies with cake mix.
Here’s what you’ll need to pick up at your local Walmart grocery store…
- Cake Mix
- Rolos
- Butter* – Vegetable Oil or Canola Oil can be substituted.
- Eggs
No kidding, these 4 ingredient Rolo cookies truly are one of the EASIEST Christmas Holiday Dessert Recipes and Thanksgiving Make Ahead Recipes ever!
How To Make Rolo Cookies
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Here’s what you’ll do…
1. Mix your cookie ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Chill the cookie dough in your refrigerator.
3. Once the dough has chilled, make each cookie dough ball by wrapping a heaping spoon of cake mix cookie dough around each Rolo chocolate candy until it is completely covered.
4. Bake your cookies in the oven, then cool, serve & DEVOUR!
See… I told you this was going to be EASY!!
Once you taste that first cookie, you’ll discover for yourself that easy cookie recipes with few ingredients and minimal prep… really do create the most scrumptious cookies imaginable!
Scroll down for the printable recipe card with detailed, step-by-step instructions.
Make Ahead Tips
These chocolate cake mix cookies are SO easy to prep ahead of time!
Your chocolate Rolo cookie dough can be made ahead of time and stored covered in the refrigerator up to 2 days prior to baking.
Storage Tips
With almost all of my cake mix cookies recipes, your cookies will last well at room temperature, stored covered in an airtight container, for up to 3 days.
That makes these cookies ideal for gift giving and to use as Cookie Exchange Cookies!
Rolo Cookies Recipe Reviews
Here’s what your frugal friends are saying about this easy Rolo cookies recipe…
Shawn writes: “Yummy”
Sherrie writes: “Turned out great!”
Cindy writes: “Scrumptious!”
Ryan writes: “Amazing with all that yumminess in the center.”
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Rolo Cookies
Ingredients
- 13.25 ounces Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix, (if using a 15.25 oz. box, increase butter to 1/2 cup)
- 1/3 cup Melted Butter, (Vegetable Oil or Canola Oil can be substituted)
- 2 large Eggs
- 32 Rolos , (one 10.6 oz. bag will be plenty)
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients.
- Combine Cake Mix, Melted Butter (or oil), and Eggs in large mixing bowl, and mix with hand mixer or stand mixer until well combined.
- Cover dough and chill in refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Unwrap Rolos and set aside.
- After dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Wrap 1 heaping tablespoon of cookie dough around 1 Rolo, until it is completely covered with dough. Repeat process to form cookie dough balls, then place on cookie sheet.
- Bake for 7 – 13 minutes, or until done. (Note: Bake on the shorter end of the time range for non-stick cookie sheets & longer end of the time range for aluminum cookie sheets.)
- Remove from oven and allow to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes.
- Transfer cookies to wire racks to finish cooling, and ENJOY!
Notes
- Butter: When it comes to Cake Mix Cookies, salted or unsalted butter can be used, as the cake mix will have a little salt in it. However, I’ve found that salted butter will result in superior flavor.
- Make Ahead Tips: These cookies are SO easy to prep ahead of time! Your chocolate Rolo cookie dough can be made ahead of time and stored covered in the refrigerator up to 2 days prior to baking.
- Storage Tips: With this recipe, your cookies will last well at room temperature, stored covered in an airtight container, for up to 3 days.
- FAQ’s: For answers to Frequently Asked Questions or tips for common substitutions and variations, please refer to the detailed information above this recipe card.
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