Leftover Halloween Candy Bar Cookies

What’s better than leftover Halloween candy?

Giant Halloween candy cookies packed with pieces of kit kats, peanut butter cups and walnuts! That’s what!

While I usually prefer a soft cookie like Nestle toll-house, I really enjoyed these. Crisp around the edges and chewy in the middle, they take a little more time to eat than your average, everyday cookie. One of them is all I need to feel completely satisfied. And I put all those lonely, unclaimed candy bars to good use. Made them feel wanted. I think they’re much better off this way!

A little trick for softening up hard cookies is to put a piece of bread or apple into the container, depending on how hard they are it can take up to 24 hours for them to soften, so give it time!

Candy Bar Cookies

(adapted from Epicurious)

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 + 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly

1 + 1/2 packed brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

3 large eggs

1 + 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

3 cups chocolate candy bars, chopped
(like kit kats, peanut butter cups, snickers, milky way, m&m’s)
2/3 cup walnuts, chopped

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.

2. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.

3. In a large bowl beat together butter and sugars at high speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in eggs. Beat in vanilla.

4. Beat in flour just until blended. Gently mix in candy bars and walnuts, batter will be thick.

5. Scoop 1/4 cup batter for each cookie placing about 3 inches apart. Flatten mounds into 3-inch rounds using moistened palm of your hand. Bake, 1 sheet at a time, until golden, 10 -14 minutes. Cool cookies on wire racks.

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Comments

sensiblecooking says:

11/08/2010 at

first of all love the name of your blog. Finishing off the halloween candy has never been a problem. So I will have to get some more to make this cookies. Yummy.

Kim says:

11/08/2010 at

I'm loving all of these recipes for using up that Halloween candy. Not only did the kids get a ton of candy but we had leftover candy that we didn't pass out and I can't quit eating it – yikes! These cookies look delicious.

Hannah @ Bake5! says:

11/07/2010 at

what a fantastic idea to use up candy! those cookies must have tasted TERRIFIC! bake5.wordpress.com

Nutmeg Nanny says:

11/07/2010 at

Yummy cookies! If I hadn't eaten all my leftover candy I could have made these…haha.

Sophie says:

11/07/2010 at

These candy cookies look the best, dear Reeni!!MMMMMMMMMMMMMM,..they look amazing too!