Homemade Twix Cookies

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 45

Servings: cookies

Calories: 157kcal

Author: Emily

Make a cookie that tastes just like the favorite candy bar! This recipe is easy, fun and delicious.

Preheat the oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Also, prepare a small glass with ice and water in order to have very cold ice water to pull the dough together.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together with a hand mixer. Add flour, salt, and vanilla, and continue mixing. Next, add the prepared ice water to help combine everything. The dough will be very crumbly at this point, don't panic
Take about 2 tablespoons of dough and use your hands to roll it into a ball about 1-1½ inches around. Place the ball on the prepared cookie sheet and flatten it to about ½ inch thick with a glass or something flat.
Bake for 12-14 minutes, remove the cookies from the oven when they are just starting to brown on the edges. Immediately remove the cookies from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
Combine the unwrapped caramels and evaporated milk in a microwave-safe bowl and melt at 20-30 second intervals, stirring in between, until smooth and creamy. Be careful, it's hot!
Spread the melted caramel over each cooled cookie with a spoon and let it set completely.
Place the chocolate chips in another microwave-safe bowl and cook in the microwave for two 20-30 second intervals, stirring in between. Stir in the vegetable oil and then heat in the microwave for one more interval. Stir until completely melted and smooth. Spread the chocolate on top of the cooled caramel with a spoon.
Let the chocolate set in the fridge for about 10 minutes before digging in.

To flatten the cookies, use a flat-bottomed glass or bowl. I used a heavy glass, and it worked perfectly.
Adding vegetable or coconut oil to the chocolate will help make it easier to spread and give it a nice shine once it cools. This step is optional, but I recommend it.
The cookie dough is made with powdered sugar instead of regular sugar, so it has a different consistency than regular shortbread would. It will be very crumbly, and that is normal; don't panic.
Make sure you melt the caramel and chocolate in intervals in the microwave. Although it's tempting to heat it for longer times to go faster, you will risk burning the caramel or chocolate.
Make sure the bowl you use to melt the chocolate has no water in it, or the chocolate will seize, and you will have to start over.