Cocoa Puffs® cereal and potato chips add a crunch in these chocolate and caramel cookies – perfect for dessert.
Chocolate and Caramel Compost Cookies
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 45 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2 tablespoons coffee grounds from brewed coffee
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 bag (6 oz) semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
- 1 1/2 cups slightly crushed rippled potato chips
- 1 1/2 cups Cocoa Puffs™ cereal
- 30 round chewy caramels in milk chocolate (from 12-oz bag), unwrapped, cut into quarters
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat brown sugar, sugar, butter and shortening with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
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Step2Add coffee grounds, vanilla and egg; beat on low speed until blended.
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Step3Add flour, baking soda and salt; beat until soft dough forms. Stir in remaining ingredients.
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Step4Onto cookie sheets, drop dough by 1/4-cupfuls 2 inches apart. Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 4 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely before storing in airtight container.
Nutrition
260
Calories
13g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
33g
Total Carbohydrate
20g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 260
- Calories from Fat
- 120
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 21%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 30%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 7%
- Sodium
- 190mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 95mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 33g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 20g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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