Back in the day Snickers bars used to be called Marathons.
Way back then kids didn't have mobile phones. There was no Facebook, no "selfies", no duck facing.
Walkmans ruled the world, not iPods.
There was nothing more annoying than having to rewind a VHS tape before watching it.
Crop tops & double denim were the height of fashion... ok some things come back around.
Anyway, last night (during a furious game of Golden Eye on the N64) my friend Will and I decided to go old school & invented what we like to call "Marathon Cookies".
Soft, gooey, deliciously naughty biscuits with molten caramel & chocolate covered peanuts.
The basic cookie base is the same as my Choconut Cookies, but these are a totally different animal.
The main thing you have to find is caramel sauce, they sell it in most supermarkets now, or you could use dolce de leche if you're somewhere with a big Spanish community.
You'll need:
250g (9oz) plain flour
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
170g (6oz) unsalted butter, melted
200g (7oz) brown soft sugar
100g (3.5oz) caster sugar (granulated sugar)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg + 1 egg yolk
200g (7oz)Chocolate covered peanuts
1 big tbsp caramel sauce
Preheat your oven to 170°C / 340°F
In a big, dry bowl, sift your flour, bicarb & salt together. Set to one side.
In a separate bowl mix together your sugars & melted butter.
Next beat in your eggs & vanilla extract. Pour it into your dry mix. Mix until totally combined (I used a mixer, but feel free to use arm power & burn off some cals in preparation for your cookie feast!)
Once totally mixed, pour in your chocolate peanuts, mix.
Then add your caramel & mix again...
...but only a little, you want swirls, not caramel flavoured cookies.
If your butter's still warm you may find the chocolate melts off your peanuts, don't stress, they'll still taste delicious!
Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
Grab small handfuls and roll into balls.
This is quite messy work.
They taste better than the mixture looks, trust me!
Bake for about 12mins, until they're bronzed but still soft in the middle.
Cool on a wire rack.
Enjoy warm with a cold glass of milk.
Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
I'm a massive fan of salty/sweet so next time I'm going to try making them with salted peanuts and chocolate chips. *Homer drool*.
Mmm they look yummy, going to have to try these! :)
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I need these right now. Maybe with some mini marshmallows added in too.
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ReplyDeleteThey looks awesome - but seriously...surely you can not be old enough to remember when they were Marathon bars?!
ReplyDeleteWill is a bit older than me ;)
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Height or fashion.. sorry for being that annoying person. i know. but you are the coolest, these biccies seem the coolest and im making them with the friends i hope i make at uni when i move there tomorrow-(if im not too annoying)
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DeleteThanks x
DeleteThey look great ands as for Golden Eye on the N64 - what a classic!
ReplyDeletethese biscuits look amazing!!!!!
ReplyDeleteand 50 house points for whoever can spot the spelling mistake!? :p
Yummy! and salted peanuts sounds like an exellent idea, just converted my husband to peanuts over icecream!
ReplyDeleteI love salty adn sweet as well, but I guess that is what you get growing up in Sweden with all our salty licorice!
wow these look delicious...! Xx
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These look ridiculously yummy!
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These look amazing! I think I'm going to make them with the salted peanuts/choc chip combo. Would you suggest then using 100g choc chips and 100g salted peanuts (yur original recipe says 200g chocolate peanuts)? xx
ReplyDeleteYea go for half & half Lucy x
DeleteDamn these look good! I'm addicted to the salty sweet combination, got craving these at my desk now!
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These look so good, I really didn't think you would be old enough to remember the days of Marathon's. They were the days when you could play outside and knew you had to be home by dark and would always keep 10p in your shoes to use a payphone to call home.
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Delicious might have to have a go at making these on this wet snowy day!
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Dulce de leche is not Spanish is from Latinoamerica.
ReplyDeleteThere aren't too many LatinoAmerican areas around here! Few Spanish ones though... ;)
DeleteYou and your yummy cookies!! Make me soo hungry!
ReplyDeleteSalted caramel is a trend at the moment. Will be interesting to see how they turn out! :)
ReplyDeleteSo trendy, so duliiisshhuus!
DeleteThat looks almost TOO good, yummy! And I totally agree on the VHS tape, hated when I discovered it was at the end, hehe.. :D
ReplyDeleteOMG. Thats just criminal!
ReplyDeletehmmm these look awesome and fun to make I love making anything that requires digging your hands in and getting down right dirty! I think this would be a fun recipe to make on Valentine's day with your loved one be it boyfriend, husband or just your best friend. Thanks for the recipe!
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These look amazing!
ReplyDeleteIf you like the whole sweet/salty combination, then give these a try: http://emmaforth.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/peanut-butter-and-milk-chocolate-cookies.html Salted peanuts, milk chocolate and pretzels...
They're from Edd Kimber's book, 'The Boy Who Bakes' and are insane: definitely worth a bake!
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I make similar cookies with snickers but with oatmeal as well. Love the salty/sweet combo too!
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This sounds like the perfect combination of flavors! It's raining here in Italy and a big glass of milk with some warm, fresh baked cookies would definitely be the cure for the rainy day blues!
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O........M.......G!!!! Can't wait to try these :D
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This is not helping my weightloss plan, Rose. x
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Oooh these look SO good! And what a perfect snowy day to stay inside and fill the house with the smell of baking. If only I was capable of keeping chocolate in the house without eating it, I'd have all the ingredients required right at hand...I even have salted peanuts, but no chocolate....fyi cooking chocolate isn't even that nice to eat on its own, still couldn't help myself though!
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ReplyDeleteThis seems like a stupid thing to ask on a cookie post, but I want to loose 12 pounds and if I follow your anti-post how long would that take?
Thanks and I love your blog!
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Don't worry about speed, the whole point of the anti-diet is to lose weight at your body's natural pace and keep it off forever.
DeleteConcentrate on getting healthy, the weight thing will come naturally x
If you're a fan of salty/sweet you should try them with salted caramel, I'm sure they would taste to die for.
ReplyDeleteLauren x
My mouth is watering, wow...
ReplyDeleteWow, my mouth is watering!
ReplyDeleteThese look sooooo yum!!
ReplyDeleteI love how inventive you are with your recipes!!
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Those look incredible! I am also a huge fan of the salty-sweet combo. I also just posted an even EASIER recipe to satisfy the salty-sweet tooth :)
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Sounds great! How about piping lines of dark chocolate on top (rather than chocolate chips) and then a sprinkle of sea salt. Some of the best cookies I've made had big chunks of dark chocolate in them and sea salt sprinkled on them halfway through baking. Delicious!
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These look so good, I need to put time aside to attempt these :)
ReplyDeleteWill def make these! I remember when they were Marathons and was appalled that they changed the name ;)
ReplyDeleteThey look sooo good! Definitely part of the naughty 20% in the Anti Diet!! xx
ReplyDeleteyum yum, plus they look super easy
ReplyDeleteJust came home from the longest day at work - a new blog post (and a recipe for biscuits, even better!) has certainly cheered me up :) thank you x
ReplyDeleteOh your recipe says chocolate covered peanuts but the pics look like plain Jane peanuts, which do you think would be best? These are so being rustled up this week.
ReplyDeletethey look delicious. I'm just gonna pop over to asda and get some ingredients aha
ReplyDeleteLet me know how they turn out! x
DeleteI just HAVE to tell you: you are brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI love to bake for my friends and your recipees are always the best, hence why I always tell them about your amazing blog. Recently, I was featured in a cooking show where I baked your recipe of slutty brownies.. great succes!
Thank you so much for sharing all this with us :)
Thanks doll! Glad the recipes are all going down well! x
DeleteDear Londoner,
DeleteI LOVE your blog and your recipes are absolutely AWESOME, including your slutty brownies!! How many Marathon Cookies does 1 batch yield? Any other idea to use as a substitute for chocolate covered peanuts? Have family member who is allergic to nuts!! Any info will be much appreciated!
Thanks and keep well :)
Oh ma freaking gawd! I need these in my life! ahaa- they do look scrumptious!
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they look delicious! you should make a cook book or something! you have a gift :D
ReplyDeleteSome days I seriously consider just cooking and eating everything you post on your blog and risking the whole getting fat thing.
ReplyDeleteThose look soooo yummy!! I am craving some biscuits now!
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Mmmhhh -- my (culinary) heart skips a beat :-)
ReplyDeleteI have to be quick though - because I decided I will join in with the rest of my family and have a 7-weeks-without... My 'without' will be sweets :/
cause I thought to pick something which is going to hurt, ha ha. :-)
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UGHHH *drools* I need that in my life. Now!
ReplyDeleteYummmmy they look so delicious.x
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I would demolish those:)
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious i'll be trying this recipie.
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I swear to god you are trying to kill me. They look delicious! I'm thinking that you could also get the caramel hit from using un/salted peanuts and those galaxy caramel bites thingamajiggies? May have to give it a try... x
ReplyDeleteMMmmm that would be amazing!
DeleteOMG these cookies sound delicious!!! I love anything with chocolate and peanuts and snickers are one of my favourites! Thanks so much for the recipe. Holly xx
ReplyDeletedelish! i'm not a nuts-in-cookies fan so i'd swap those out for bits of toffee or a broken up Skor bar, myself.
ReplyDeletemmmmmm i may have to try this this week for roadtrip cookies! Montreal is just far enough away to justify eating half a batch of these, right? :]
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Is this real life? I want these cookies right. NOW.
ReplyDeleteYes Kate! Make it happen! x
DeleteWhy has lent come so soon?! Cookies and pancakes tomorrow it is...
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Im making these to go along with my pancakes tomorrow before lent. They look incredible!!
ReplyDeleteWill you be posting your pancake day activities? Looking forward to it if so! xx
Oh my jesus (excuse my french) this looks absolutely divine, can't wait to try it might use salted caramel instead though I love it so much!
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Wow this looks and sounds amazing, I wonder how they taste!
ReplyDeleteAt 30 I am old enough to remember Marathon bars and being really annoyed when they changed the name to Snickers :) I will give these a try I think, although I might have to buy 2 jars of the caramel sauce as I suspect most of it will end up in my tummy before I have a chance to make any cookies!
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This looks delicious!
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Homer droll indeed!! x
ReplyDeleteOMG these look amazing!! Can't wait to try these out myself!
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Everytime I feel like detoxing, a delicious recipe comes along on your blog ;)
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious! I need to make this.. xo
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yum is all i have to say these look a-mazing! I used to love listening to my walkman ;) xx. gigi. food and beauty blogger @ www.gigikkitchen.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI've got a few issues with how the mixture looks but the end product definitely looks great and yum!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there's a homemade recipe for caramel sauce? Ingredients are a bit hard to find where I live! :(
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They look amazing! *dulce de leche* is the spanish term.
ReplyDeleteLooks really good! :-) Perhaps I'll finally try to make some of your cookie recipes this weekend. In Holland it's currently so freaking cold, warm cookies seem heavenly now! Nothing beats the smell of homemade cookies fresh from the oven right?
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Ahhh these look amazing! I don't think I could stop at eating just one though! x
ReplyDeleteOh drool!
ReplyDeleteAnd whilst we're on the subject of delicious food, please,, please, please can you post e recipe for your mum's venison pie? Please! I ave venison all waiting!
Woah! Possible competition for Slutty Brownies?? x
ReplyDeleteOh dear god, now I NEED cookies.
ReplyDeleteplease do a gluten free version?!
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Rosie, you must be some sort of mind-reader, I've had a jar of coffee-infused dulce de leche sitting in my cupboard for ages which my parents brought back for me from their trip to Colombia and I have been clueless as to what to do with it... until now.
ReplyDeleteYou are a star. You must be psychic, or maybe not, maybe you just have good taste, like... ahem.. me!
Haha, will be trying this one out as soon as poss because I've been dying to use my coffee dulce de leche.
Veronica x
I pretty much have a tonne of your recipes saved for The Boy and I to test out over the next few months. So delish!
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They look yummy! I hope making these will cheer me up since i have been having a tough week :(
ReplyDeleteThanks Rosie for all the effort and words of kindness!
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Oh man these look yuuuummy! I see a Valentine's dessert in the making. Thanks for sharing! x
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing, will give this a try! :)
ReplyDeleteRosie I love you, but my cookies didn't stay in cookie form :( They melted into one big pan of deliciousness, my roomates and I ended up eating them with forks....still super yummy though
ReplyDeleteThey were DELICIOUS! I made them with salted peanuts because we had them at home already and with chopped caramelfudge because I didn't have any caramel cream.
ReplyDeleteEveryone loved them, thanks for the recipe!
Eating one RIGHT NOW. Same as Krista though, mine didn't stay in cookie form either, they just dissolved into puddles of deliciousness. I really tried to follow the recipe, but maybe a bit more flour next time...
ReplyDeleteThese look so yummy! Such a great blog, your pictures are amazing! x
ReplyDeleteMade these with salted peanuts & chocolate yesterday. They are DELISH! Thanks for the awesome recipe!
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