These Caramel Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies are chewy, soft, with a nutty crunch and gooey caramel. You’ll love this easy, no-chill cookie recipe!
This cookie recipe was originally published in August 2014. I updated the recipe notes and added new photos in March 2026.
Aimee’s Recipe Notes
Once you learn how to make chocolate chip cookies, it’s so easy to change up the flavors and mix-ins.
I based today’s cookie on a solid, tested chocolate chip cookie foundation, and incorporated my love of adding crunchy nuts to desserts.
The combination of brown sugar and butter creates a chewy cookie base, while caramel bits melt into gooey pockets throughout the cookie.
Use a 2 Tablespoon cookie scoop or larger for a bakery-style texture with soft centers and crisp edges.
I hope you love these no-chill cookie dough treats as much as I do.
xo,
I LOVE THESE COOKIES!!! My husband loves turtle cookies so I wanted to make them for Father’s Day. They turned out AMAZING!!! Gooey delicious cookies!!!
– Angela
Ingredient Notes
You’ll need all the same ingredients you use for regular chocolate chip cookies, with a few additions. Be sure to scroll down to the recipe card for measurements.
- Unsalted Butter – Softened butter makes cookies soft and chewy without spreading too much. Use my guide on how to soften butter quickly!
- Sweeteners – I use a combination of brown sugar and granulated sugar in this recipe for a chewy texture with a crispy outside.
- Vanilla – Pure vanilla extract is essential for flavoring the dough and enhancing the taste of the chocolate and caramel.
- Dry ingredients – You will need flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Milk chocolate morsels – Feel free to swap them out for semi-sweet chocolate chips or dark chocolate!
- Caramel baking bits – Find these in the baking aisle near the chocolate chips; or use chopped up caramel candies instead.
Cookie Tips and Tricks
- How to freeze cookie dough: Make the cookie dough, then scoop it onto a baking sheet. Freeze scoops of dough for 30 minutes. Transfer the slightly frozen dough to an airtight container and store in the freezer until ready to bake.
- Baking frozen cookie dough: Place frozen cookie dough right onto the baking sheet. Bake in the oven as directed, adding 1 -2 minutes of additional baking as needed.
- Use a pizza stone: I find that baking cookies on a pizza stone keeps them from getting too brown and helps them spread less.
- Underbake: Slightly underbake the cookies to keep a gooey center!
- Sprinkle the tops with flaky sea salt for a more sweet and salty finish.
More Cookie Recipes
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- Make this creamy, dreamy Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Chunk and you will have a new favorite cookie!
- This easy to follow Snickerdoodles recipe is packed full of that lovely Cinnamon Sugar!
- These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies combine two of my favorite types of cookies!
- Want a nice, and warm Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies? Look no further for the perfect ones!
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Caramel Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 ½ cups light brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 bag milk chocolate morsels 11 ounce
- 1 ¼ cup caramel bits or whole caramels, chopped
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and sugars for about 2 minutes, until fully blended. Add in eggs and vanilla extract and beat until well mixed.
- Add in flour, salt, and baking soda. Beat JUST until fully combined. Fold in chocolate chips, caramel bits, and pecans.
- Using a 2 Tablespoon cookie scoop, drop onto parchment paper lined baking sheets about 2 inches apart. If desired, press some extra chocolate chips into the top of the cookies.
- Bake for 11-13 minutes, until outside of cookie is lightly browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool several minutes on baking sheet. Remove and cool completely on wire rack.
Notes
- Use my homemade vanilla extract recipe for delicious flavor.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.
- Freeze cookies for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Easy Cookie Recipes
You’ll love these decadent and gooey Caramel Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies! Just as easy as traditional chocolate chip cookies with an extra sweet and nutty twist.
I love this idea to freeze the cookie dough! My son always asks for a cookie after school and this would be a great way to have them on hand.
Fall is on its way and that means TONS of time for cookies, and by time I mean time where I am not a gross sweaty mess and baking cookies will NOT leave my apartment an inferno of heat. I love the caramel and pecan combo, Aimee, so chewy and decadent! 😀
You had me at caramel and pecan. Girl, these look bonkers good. Cookies every Monday? I’ll be over with my sleeping bag. I love that you scooped out the dough for freezing–genius! Pinned.
Consequently tasty! That seems impressive.
Such a great idea Aimee! I’m totally doing that from now on – with my regular batches. Less for me to eat…right away…
Yeah, I do it with regular sized batches too! It’s such a great trick, and fresh cookies each week keep me in my kids graces 🙂
Loving the combination in these cookies–I haven’t tried caramel and pecans with chocolate but now it is on my list!
Decadent, chewy delight is RIGHT! These cookies are on-point, Aimee! Love them.
I love that Monday is your cookie day!!! I usually do Sunday or Monday too…that way we are stocked for the week. I don’t freeze the cookie dough though. I bag up the extra cookies in lunch box sizes and freeze those instead…if there are extras. Usually we give away half of what I make for different meetings.
Very clever indeed! I’d probably resort to eating frozen dough though! The caramel bits makes these cookies especially delicious!
These cookies!! I used not to like nuts in my cookies but now I am crazy about them. I need these!
I love your “living off the fat of the land” in the summer…a freezer full of cookie dough is a very good thing! I get lazy, so having them in the freezer to bake up at a moment’s notice is perfect for me. 🙂
I’m such a dramatic teenager. Or, really, I’m so dramatic cause I live with teenagers. LOL
I need to make these right now!
My kids would love the Monday cookie schedule. Makes me think I should start this to ease into the school year. These look delicious!
I have so many dough balls JUST LIKE that in my freezer, with the name of the dough, date, and all stacked up, layer by layer. It’s a good thing that I don’t need my freezer for anything else b/c I am not kidding you when I say that 90% of my freezer is frozen cookie dough and 10% frozen fruit/veg from TJs 🙂 These cookies look so perfectly chewy – love them! Pinned 🙂
Haha, is it wrong I want to come raid your freezer 🙂
Oh gosh, Aimee.. you are mom of the year! Fresh cookies every monday? Will you adopt me?!
Sure! What’s one more cookie eating mouth to feed?!?
These chocolate chip cookies are loaded with all the flavors I love. I’m going to have to try these.
Let me know if you do!! They are awesome, if I do say so myself 🙂
WOW, these cookies look sooo good! I’ve been meaning to make some cookies lately and these are perfect!
Thanks Kristy, if you’ve been craving cookies, these definitely have it all 🙂
These cookies look fantastic! I’m going to whip up a batch of dough and freeze it, right now!
You go girl, you won’t regret it 🙂
The fat of the land, huh? In that case, I have a lot of land. Or a lot of fat. Because my freezer stash is HUGE. I’m more than a little scared of it!
These cookies are fanabulous. Especially because you added caramel! And your kids are super lucky to have such a great Monday treat!
Sounds to me like you’re ready for your own personal bake sale 🙂
My daughter would love to be at your house on Mondays. She adores cookies and would love these. So would I. I love any kind of nut in a chocolate chip cookie plus you added caramel. Oh, I love these.
I love nuts in my cookies too. Usually my kids rebel, but the caramel won them over they forgot the nuts were in there!