Here are Caramel Cheesecake Cookies — soft, creamy, buttery cookies filled with a sweet cheesecake center and topped with gooey caramel. Super easy and bakery-level delicious! 🍮🍪✨
🍪 Caramel Cheesecake Cookies
Ingredients (makes ~20 cookies)
Cookie Dough
- 1 box vanilla cake mix
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Cheesecake Filling
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Topping
- Caramel sauce (jarred, homemade, or dulce de leche)
- Optional: sea salt for salted caramel
🧑🍳 Instructions
1. Make cheesecake filling
- Beat cream cheese + powdered sugar + vanilla until smooth.
- Scoop into 1/2-teaspoon sized balls onto a plate.
- Freeze for 20–30 minutes (makes them easy to wrap in dough).
2. Make cookie dough
- Beat together cake mix, softened butter, softened cream cheese, egg, and vanilla.
- Mix until a soft, thick dough forms.
- Refrigerate 20 minutes (important so dough isn’t too sticky).
3. Assemble cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Scoop about 1 tablespoon of dough and flatten it slightly in your hand.
- Place a frozen cheesecake filling ball inside.
- Wrap dough around it and seal well.
- Place seam-side down on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
4. Bake
- Bake 10–12 minutes, until cookies are set but not browned (you want them soft).
- Let cool 5–10 minutes.
5. Add caramel
Drizzle or spoon caramel over each cookie.
Sprinkle lightly with flaky sea salt if desired.
⭐ Tips
- Don’t overbake — they stay soft and creamy if removed early.
- Use dulce de leche for a thicker caramel topping.
- Add 1/2 cup caramel chips or white chocolate chips into the dough for extra decadence.
- Freeze well (without caramel topping).
🍮 Variations
Salted Caramel Cheesecake Cookies
Add sea salt + extra caramel swirl on top.
Turtle Cheesecake Cookies
Caramel + chopped pecans + mini chocolate chips on top.
Brown Sugar Version
Use a spice cake mix for a caramel-spiced twist.
If you want, I can also give you no-bake caramel cheesecake cookies, caramel apple cheesecake cookies, or Biscoff caramel cheesecake cookies!
