Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies
Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies are deliciously indulgent treats that repurpose your post-Halloween candy stash into chewy, chocolate candy-studded delights.
Equipment
- Cookie Scoop optional
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups leftover Halloween candy, roughly chopped *see notes
- ½ cup softened unsalted butter ½ cup butter = 1 stick
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon table salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375°F and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or a reusable baking mat. Roughly chop the Halloween candy into small chunks.
- To a large mixing bowl, add softened butter and brown sugar. Use a hand mixer on high to cream together until light and smooth (about 2-3 minutes).½ cup softened unsalted butter, 1 cup light brown sugar
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and use your hand mixer on low to combine.1 tablespoon vanilla extract, 1 large egg
- Add the flour, salt, and baking soda and mix to combine, careful not to overbeat. Use a spatula to scrape any flour off the sides of the bowl and integrate it into your dough.1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour, ¼ teaspoon table salt, ½ teaspoon baking soda
- Add the chopped candy to your dough and use a rubber spatula to fold to combine. I like to keep a small handful of each out to place on top of the cookie dough once it's formed into cookies.1 ½ cups leftover Halloween candy, roughly chopped
- Use a large cookie scoop or 2 heaping tablespoons of dough to form your cookies, adding them to the prepped baking sheets. Leave at least an inch of space in between each cookie for minor spreading. Add the conserved candy on top.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes on the top rack. It's okay if they are slightly underdone. Allow them to cool on the baking sheet so they continue to bake as they cool. If you want perfectly round cookies, use a round cookie cutter, scooting it around the cookie while they are still hot. Enjoy!
Notes
- *You can make these with one or a combination of any of the following chocolate candy bars: Hershey's, Kit Kat, Take 5, Mars Bars, Heath, Crunch, Mounds, Baby Ruth, Almond Joy, 3 Musketeers, Milky Way, Twix, M&M's of any flavor, Butterfinger, Snickers, Reeses, Pay Day, and 100 Grand.
- You can freeze excess cookie dough before baking it to give you fresh baked cookies every time when the craving hits! Just bake them as normal straight out of the freezer.
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