Chewy Pecan Chocolate Chip Caramel Cookies

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I remember this one time as a kid baking cookies for my family when they were gone for the day. For some reason, I never taste-tested the dough, which seems pretty strange. Anyways, when my fam got home my dad was the first to try my cookies and that’s when I found out that they were essentially salt cookies! Not like a yummy salted caramel kind of salt but more like a possibility-I-used-salt-instead-of-sugar kind of salt. My dad tried to be nice and he said that they were medicine for his cold. It was traumatic and – I kid you not – for the 20+ years since then I have been using less salt in my dessert recipes than called for. Not sure why I thought of that experience. I’ve been pretty nostalgic lately; it’s probably the time of year. I always miss my childhood home during the fall because the best falls I’ve ever experienced were in Upstate NY. Chilly after-school soccer practice surrounded by colorful autumn trees, apple cider from the local orchard, and hot chocolate while watching sports games. I love fall as much as the rest of the world so I had to throw a few fall touches into my latest recipe. These are cookies filled with chocolate chips, caramel, and pecans, and I used one of my favorite cookie bases where I throw in all dark brown sugar. EXCEPT I tweaked it with one little change to make these extra chewy: Karo® Corn Syrup. By subbing Karo® Corn Syrup for some of your sugar, you get the best, chewiest outside and a soft inside, which is my favorite kind of chocolate chip cookie. It seems like Karo® Corn Syrup​ is often reserved for specific desserts like pecan pie around the holidays, but it has so many uses beyond that! Think sauces, pancake syrups, and all kinds of cookies and other desserts. It was even in my last recipe for Korean Fried Chicken. But just by adding it to your favorite cookie recipe you can enhance the texture and level up your baking that much. I’m excited I get to sing praises for Karo® Corn Syrup as a partner because I’ve kept bottles of it in my pantry for as long as I can remember. Here’s my tip for the day: if you want a chewier cookie, try a bit of Karo® Corn Syrup in your recipes. Give a whirl and see what you think. In fact, here are some recipe ideas to get you started: check it out.