I texted Zach in a panic last week because our electric bill was literally double what it should have been. Double! Since I’ve been blogging full time and am home so much more, I expected the bill to go up, but double!? Never mind that I’m mostly using our gas stove, I was horrified that I was costing us so much in electric. I texted him immediately, before digging deeper into the charges, which was a mistake because he texted me back and said “Um, Samantha, it’s not double… you just didn’t pay it last month…” What!? Of course I paid it, I pay all of the bills on a schedule religiously, I record everything in my checkbook app and balance it regularly, thankyouverymuch. He was just reading it wrong, I hoped (I was actually hoping for a larger electric bill at this point rather than accepting the fact that I might have missed a payment).
Nope. He was right. Not only did I miss it (even though I had recorded the payment in my checkbook… I’m maintaining that there must have been a glitch when I submitted the payment) but if I’d just taken a second to look over the bill myself instead of texting him, I could’ve quietly, quickly paid it and spared myself weeks of teasing and faux-concerned offers to handle our bills from now on 🙄. Shamed and with my self esteem in tatters, I needed a cookie to recoup from my utter financial failings. This is that cookie — chocolate caramel sandwich cookies that are decadent and dreamy enough to forget the worst of your electricity woes. I’ve made similar cookies before (have you tried my Espresso & Cream Sandwich Cookies?), but none that paired these delicately rich crackly-topped cookies with caramel.
The caramel is what makes these cookies so amazing, you’ll start by cooking a small batch of caramel sauce on the stovetop. Making the caramel is my favorite part, it’s simple to make (no candy thermometer!) and is so buttery and good that I could eat it by the spoonful. Try to resist, though, because you need every bit of it for our frosting. Once the caramel cools completely, you’ll add some powdered sugar to thicken it, which you’ll spread or pipe between your finished cookies. (If you want extra caramel for eating by the spoonful, grab my recipe here for easy homemade salted caramel sauce.)
Dark chocolate, salted caramel, and a drizzle of melted chocolate, these cookies are rich. Of course, that didn’t stop my brother from eating three of them, or Zach from stuffing an entire one in his mouth (not that he deserved one, after discovering my financial deficiencies, and all). The chocolate drizzle on top is of course optional, but you know how I am about my chocolate…
Enjoy! Oh, and I hope you’ll join me for my Facebook Live today at 12:00 EST — I’ll be making one of my most popular recipes, my Snickerdoodle Blondies! PIN IT:
