Deep Dish Chocolate Chip Caramel Cookies

3 Unwrap caramel if using store-bought or cut caramel into 1" squares if using homemade.  Freeze unwrapped caramel for 10 minutes prior to using.
0 Preheat oven to 350F.
1 Spray muffin top pan with non-stick cooking spray.
2 Take approximately 3 tablespoons of chocolate chip cookie dough (or three squares of precut break and bake cookies)  and  form a flattened cookie shape in your hand. 
4 Place a piece of frozen caramel in the middle of the cookie dough.  Place two more tablespoons of cookie dough on top of the caramel.  Wrap all of the cookie dough around the caramel so no caramel shows.
5 Place cookie in one cavity of the deep dish pan. Repeat until pan is full.
6 Bake for at 350F for 15-18 minutes until edges are golden brown and middles are not jiggly. 
7 Cool to the touch before removing from pan.