656161 Wed Sep 30 16:39:22 -0700 2009 8 31 Home Cooking 0 5070682 Last month I was the lucky recipient of a box of assorted cookies and bars from a local delivery service, which included "caramel pretzel chocolate chunk cookies." They were a big hit , I'm a big baker and now I want to try to recreate them. They seemed to be your basic chocolate chip / chocolate chunk cookie dough with the addition of crushed pretzels and some soft caramelly pieces. Crushed pretzels are pretty self-explanatory, but I'm at a loss as to how to get the caramel bits. I've searched around online but all I get are recipes for chocolate covered pretzels. Any ideas? Thanks. Wed Sep 30 16:39:22 -0700 2009 14819 cookie monster 1 5070819 easy solution...unwrap some individual/bite-sized caramels (Kraft, Eagle, or Hershey) toss in some of the flour, and chop into bits. re-toss the chopped pieces in a bit of the flour before folding them into the batter to ensure even distribution. ETA: a quick Google search returned several mentions of "Kraft Premium Caramel Bits" which you can apparently find at Super Target and some supermarkets...or you can buy them online. Wed Sep 30 17:30:17 -0700 2009 5070682 103920 goodhealthgourmet 2 5070875 Aha - chopped up Kraft caramels. Much simpler that the path my brain was on of how to make caramel and then somehow swirl it through the cookies . . . Wed Sep 30 17:54:46 -0700 2009 5070819 14819 cookie monster 1 5070823 you could try chopping and mixing in some caramels. or, maybe not quite the same idea, but you could also break up some toffee bars or heath bars, and mixing those in... Wed Sep 30 17:32:12 -0700 2009 5070682 15572 Emme 1 5072563 These sound great. Could you let us know how they turn out pls? Thu Oct 01 11:20:11 -0700 2009 5070682 36325 Procrastibaker 1 5072864 http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=3379973 These caramel bits are very good. Thu Oct 01 12:56:04 -0700 2009 5070682 36312 HillJ 2 5073156 Interesting - are these a non-US product? And I will definitely report back. I was hoping to conduct the experiment tonight but now it's looking like I won't have time. Stupid job. Thu Oct 01 15:29:57 -0700 2009 5072864 14819 cookie monster 3 5073177 let me know how that turned out. i have a batch of leftover home-made caramels (i obviously cannot finish myself) - maybe i can work these in? mine are kinda hard caramel but are disintegrating in our humid air as we speak.. might be too chewy/sticky than the commercial candies we're looking at here? Thu Oct 01 15:37:05 -0700 2009 5073156 133265 jeniyo 3 5073180 http://www.nutsonline.com/chocolatessweets/toppings/caramel-bits.html?source=gaw&kw=cam5grp279AdA&gclid=CN60ltL0nJ0CFeFM5QodKzei2Q Not at all, cookie monster. This is a source near me in NJ Thu Oct 01 15:38:48 -0700 2009 5073156 36312 HillJ