It's a couple days after Halloween, and we have ALOT of leftover candy. Soccer season has ended and we have a potluck pool party we are going to. I needed to bring something, and so the wheels turned in my head. I used my favorite cookie base for chocolate chip cookies and instead of adding chocolate chips, I added all sorts of chopped up candy bars. Snickers, Reese's, Baby Ruth, Malt balls, Hershey's bars, Nestle Crunch, M and M's....you name it, it went into the batter. I went away from putting anything mint into the mixture and stuck with more of the caramel, nut, nougat, peanut butter profile. These turned out incredible, and was a good way to use all those candy bars. If you want to do one big chopfest, candy bar chunks can be stored a ziplock in the freezer for later uses.
Leftover Halloween Candy Bar Cookies
2 c. plus 2 tbsp flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
12 tbs. butter, melted, then cooled till warm
1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg, plus 1 egg yolk
2 tsp vanilla
1 -1 1/2 c. assorted candy bar pieces chopped up
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Melt butter in a large bowl in the
microwave just until it melts, don't scorch it! Add sugars, vanilla,
and salt to butter mixture. Add egg and egg yolk, blend. Add flour and
baking soda, mix until blended. Stir in candy bar pieces. Scoop
tablespoon sized cookies onto an ungreased, light colored baking sheet.
Cook for 14 minutes, or until edges are lightly golden...do not over
bake. Let cookies sit for 1 minute until removing them from the pan to cool.
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