Kodi's Rolo Cookies

I love caramel.  I am a caramel girl.  My two favorite caramel recipes came from my good friend, Kodi.  They are Kodi's Caramels and Kodi's Rolo Cookies.  Both bits of heaven.  Both first tried as gifts from her.  Yummy!  The rolo cookies end up being moist and chewy, with a caramel center.  If caramel isn't your thing, but you like peanut butter, then mini Reese's peanut butter cups also work with this recipe!

Kodi's Rolo Cookies

1 Devil's Food Cake Mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
3/4 bag of Rolos, unwrapped

Mix together the cake mix, eggs, and oil.  Roll into little balls, using about 1 Tbs. of dough.  Very slightly press on the rolo between your fingers just barely enough to crack the outer chocolate coating.  Then press into dough ball, forming the dough around the rolo.  Place on cookie sheet.  Bake in a 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes.  Remove from cookie sheet and let cool on rack.  When cool, sprinkle powdered sugar through a sifter (or fine mesh colander) over the cookies.  Just remember to not breathe in just before taking a bite of the cookie!  [You don't want to inhale the powdered sugar and end up coughing instead of taking a bite! :) ]

***Have you noticed that the cake mixes have all been downsized?  So frustrating.   This recipe was intended with an 18.25 oz. mix, not the 15 or 16 oz. mix.  But they've somehow changed the mix, too.  Now all the cake mix recipes turn out a little wonky.  Not to mention that the homemade oreos turn out tall, fat, and dry instead of moist and flat with the new mix.  Weird.  I really wish they hadn't messed with the cake mix!