TikTok’s Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
These TikTok Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies are every bit as delicious as the name makes them sound. Warm from the oven, filled with melty chocolate and homemade toffee, they were definitely worth the quick trip up the street!
Hot Cookies Just Up the Street
Carrie called the other night and told us to run up there and try the cookies she had just made. Fortunately, running up to Carrie and David’s house is pretty convenient since we moved into their neighborhood a few years ago—on the same street, actually.)))
I’m always telling my husband, “See, if we hadn’t moved, this is an opportunity we would have missed!”
Whether it’s sampling Carrie and David’s latest culinary creation, seeing the grandkids, or visiting the granddogs, living nearby certainly has its advantages. If we still lived out at Hurricane, we might have been relegated to a quick visit on Sunday afternoon—possibly!
So yes, moving was a good decision.)))
Still Warm From the Oven
Now, back to the cookies.
They were still warm from the oven when we arrived, with melty chocolate and gooey bits of toffee in every bite. They were absolutely delicious!
I asked Carrie if she had used toffee chips. To my surprise, she said no—she had made the toffee herself!
David makes wonderful toffee at Christmastime—the kind with chocolate on the bottom and finely ground nuts on top. It’s delectable. Apparently, Carrie has decided it’s time to step up her dessert game, too.)))
She also said this was the first time she had made browned butter. I’ve used browned butter in chocolate chip cookies before, and it really does make a difference. It gives the cookies a deeper, richer flavor that regular melted butter just doesn’t have.
TikTok Strikes Again!
Naturally, I asked where she found the recipe.
“TikTok,” she said.
Of course.)))
I immediately told her, “Send me that TikTok!”
The recipe came from Olga’s Treats, and it’s called Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies. I’m only sharing the ingredient list below. Be sure to visit Olga’s original TikTok for the complete instructions and to watch how she makes the browned butter, homemade toffee, and cookies.
[Watch Olga’s Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies on TikTok]
Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookie Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extractSemi-sweet chocolate chips, to taste—or one extra-large Hershey’s chocolate bar, chopped
Homemade Toffee
- 1/3 cup salted butter
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Ingredient list credited to Olga’s Treats. Please visit the linked TikTok for her complete preparation and baking instructions.
Some Things Are Better Left Unknown
We could run all these ingredients through the WordPress recipe app and calculate the nutritional information.
But honestly, why spoil a good thing?
For cookies like these, you’re probably better off not knowing. Just eat one and move on.)))
Carrie did a great job, and we will gladly volunteer as taste testers for whatever TikTok sends her way next.
Keep watching, Carrie—we’re only a few houses away!
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