In Wisconsin, there’s always the possibility that Halloween will coincide with the first (or second) snowstorm of the season. While some kiddos will bravely don their winter parkas over their costumes and trudge through the snow (all in the name of FREE candy), a Halloween blizzard usually means excess candy (and Halloween Chex Mix with Candy Corn and Salty Maple Peanuts) left in the bowl at the end of the night. This happened to us a few years back and rather than sit around my house alone (sipping Halloween Sangria) with a quietly expanding mount of empty candy bar wrappers, I decided to put our excess of Halloween candy to more noble use: COOKIES. Results? Let’s just say you’re going to be hoping for a blizzard because you are going to want all of the leftover Halloween candy you can get to bake these outrageously delicious candy bar cookies.
How to Make Candy Bar Cookies
With lightly crispy edges that give way to perfectly soft and chewy centers, melting puddles of chocolate, peanut butter, caramel, and hints of flakey sea salt, these candy bar cookies are gunning for the title “Most Likely To Keep Your Hand in the Cookie Jar.” (These Monster Cookies are in the running for second place though.)
The Ingredients
Butter. Make the cookies tender and flavorfulSugar. Sweetens the dough and helps the outside of the cookies caramelize in the oven and become crisp.Light Brown Sugar. Thanks to molasses, brown sugar adds extra moisture which keeps the inside of the cookies chewy.All Purpose Flour. The tried-and-true flour for all classic cookie recipes. (Try these Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies if you’d like a recipe with whole wheat flour).Egg. Provides structure to the dough and helps make the cookies chewy.Vanilla. Balances and enhances the flavor of this perfect cookie dough base.Cinnamon + Cocoa Powder. Just a hint of both to add a subtle surprise of warmth and cocoa flavor to the dough. (If you like cinnamon cookies, try these Pumpkin Snickerdoodles.)Chocolate Chips. Even with the addition of candy bars, no cookie would be complete without at least a few melty puddles of dark chocolate chips.Candy Bars. I opted for a heavy amount of peanut butter cups, peanut butter Snickers, and regular Snickers. The combination was absolutely DREAMY!
The Directions
Halloween blizzard? I say bring it on—and bring on the candy bar cookies!
More Scrumptious Cookie Recipes
Healthy Oatmeal CookiesCranberry Oatmeal CookiesBrown Butter Peanut Butter Blossom CookiesChocolate Ginger CookiesRum Snickerdoodles
