Salted Caramel Coconut Thumbprints
This Post May Contain Affiliate Links. Please Read Our Disclosure PolicyThese Salted Carmel Coconut Thumbprint Cookies are a modern twist on a classic cookie recipe that makes them perfect for the fall!
I really wanted something caramelly for this year’s Fall Cookie Week. These Salted Caramel Coconut Thumbprints certainly satisfied my craving. Boy are they delicious!
If you love coconut and caramel, these cookies are downright delicious.
How to Make Salted Caramel Coconut Thumbprints Cookies:
I absolutely adore coconut, so I really love these cookies. I also can’t get over how wonderfully the salt and caramel work together. If you’ve never experienced this combination, you must give it a try.
I know it sounds weird, but it’s like a little flavor party for your mouth.
Salted Caramel Coconut Thumbprint Cookies:
I thought about dipping half of each cookie into melted chocolate, but I resisted.If you decide to give that a try, I think it would totally take these cookies to the next level. Give me a shout out if you do.
With this recipe under our belts, I have one more cookie to share with you tomorrow. I’m actually making them this morning, and I’m pretty excited about it.
I’ll catch you on the flip side for our final recipe!
If like like this cookie recipe, be sure to check out these:
- Spiced Apple Cake Cookies
- Peanut Butter Sprinkle Cookies
- Soft Pumpkin Sugar Cookie
- Maple Cream Sandwich Cookies
- Pumpkin Pecan Tassies
- Buckeye Brownie Cookies
- White Chocolate-Dipped Soft-Batch Butterscotch Cookies
Salted Carmel Coconut Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 sticks unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 large eggs lightly beaten
- 12 ounces sweetened flaked coconut
- 1 bag (about 14 ounces) soft caramel candies
- 6 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Begin by preheating your oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, beat together your butter and sugar with a mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes); then beat in the vanilla and salt. With the mixer on low, gradually add the flour and beat until just combined.
- Roll the dough with your hands into 1-inch balls.
- Then, in one small bowl place your lightly beaten eggs. In another small bowl, place your coconut. Dip each ball first in the egg, then roll in the coconut.
- Place balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Press an indentation into each ball with your thumb, finger, or back of a wooden spoon. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven and re-press the indentations. (Use caution since the cookies are hot.) Place the cookies back in the oven for an additional 10 minutes or until the cookies and coconut are golden.
- Remove and let cool on a wire rack.
- Now, place the unwrapped caramels and heavy cream in a sauce pan over low heat. Stir constantly until the caramels are melted and the mixture is smooth. Spoon the caramel sauce into the cookie indentations. Then, sprinkle with sea salt.
I love Martha; she’s my hero!! ButI do agree that the recipes could be more descriptive and helpful at times.
I melted dark chocolate chips in the microwave, transferred them to a squeeze bottle with a thin tip and then drizzled the chocolate over them. Made them taste like the original “Yes,Yes” cookies I grew up with ages ago!! Kind of like the original Girl Scout Samoa cookies.
These look AMAZING!! Also, this is my first time finding your blog and it too is AMAZING!! Keep up the amazing content, I’ll definitely be back to visit!
Emma
How do you store these and how many days will the stay fresh. Thanks
Carol,
I store all my cookies in an airtight container. As with most homemade cookies shelf life is about 2 weeks.
xo Michael
When does the heavy cream go in?
With the caramels. 🙂
xo Michael
This came up as a Passover recipe and looked so good. It’s not OK for Passover but does look like a yummy cookie. I wonder if the idea can be adapted for Passover?
I’m not sure Aly, I don’t celebrate Passover, so I’m not sure of the restrictions.
xo Michael
I made these tonight, I did without the sea salt (although, drool… I love sea salt) and drizzled the cookies with chocolate. This will become a staple in my cookie rotation. Thank you for posting with your comments!
These look amazing, but three sticks of butter! I’m wondering if you could do the same thing by making coconut macaroons and turning them into thumbprints…
I made these through the holidays, FANTASTIC~~
How many cookies does this make ? Thank you
Hi Vicki –
It makes about 50 cookies. 🙂
xo Michael
How many cookies does this recipe yield?
Could you use a caramel sundae topping in place of the melted caramel candies or would that be too gooey?
I am guessing these probably don’t freeze well. How long do you think they would stay “fresh”. So glad to find your recipe!
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Hi!
These look and sound SCRUMPTIOUS! However as I live in Norway, I am guessing a stick of butter might be different 🙂 can you tell me the precise measurement? Thanks!!
Claudia
1 US stick of butter = 113 grams Happy Baking!
Oh my goodness! You are so awesome. These look ahh-mazing! Totally going on my ‘must-make’ list! 🙂
I will be giving these a try tomorrow. And will give the dipped chocolate a shot. I also love coconut and salted Carmel . k
These look like they’re right up my alley and I have all the ingredients. Somewhat surprisingly I have been having very good results from the Martha Stewart recipe videos presented by Sarah Carey. I subscribe and have done many of the recipes which are not overly involved – the videos are quite short and there’s not a lot of time for nonsense, yet it’s all made from scratch. A must for me with my sodium issues. You might want to give it a try. Alas the sodium deal means that I will have to leave the salt out of your wonderful recipe, but I’m hoping for the best. Thank you for another great post, Michael. Now I’ll do the math below so I can post this. LOL
Hello Michael,
I don’t remember just how I found your blog a few days ago, but I have already made you a favorite. Love all these cookie recipes, even tho I am not that busy a baker. ( I like to think I am Suzy Homemaker- but alas, I don’t even try really) When I saw these Caramel Coconut Thumbprints I was thinking they needed chocolate! I have dreams of making these soon and I think I will try drizzling chocolate on top. I’ll let you know, but it may take me awhile! Thanks for the motivation (maybe!)
Glad to know I’m not the only one who has trouble with MS recipes. I have her cookie book and some have worked great but some have been flops. But these look delicious. It’s like macaroon meets salted caramel meets shortbread!