Name: Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 1 h 16 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 1 cup melted butter; 1 cup white sugar; 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed; 2 eggs, slightly beaten; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; 2 Tbsp water; 3 c all purpose flour; 9 fun sized chocolate candy bars

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I’ve heard other moms complain in the past that they don’t know what to do with all the “leftover” Halloween candy. Now in our house, if a recipe calls for “leftover” Halloween candy, it might as well be asking for unicorn liver. We don’t know what leftover Halloween candy is. But this year the little guy and I decided to set aside some of his Halloween chocolate to make Halloween candy cookies. If you’re struggling with having too much Halloween candy this year, try whipping up a batch of these cookies. And if you’re concerned about the amount of sugar in your house, get your kiddos involved and turn this recipe into a fun service learning project by baking a batch for your local fire department or first responders.

How To Make Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies

Start by melting two sticks of butter in the microwave. Pour the melted butter into your stand mixer.
Add 1 cup of white sugar and 1/2 cup of packed dark brown sugar to the butter in your stand mixer. Mix until incorporated.

Melted butter and sugars mixed in a kitchenaid mixer

3. Add 2 slightly beaten eggs, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract, and 2 Tablespoons of water to your butter and sugar mixture. Mix to combine.

melted butter, sugars, eggs, baking soda, salt, vanilla extract, and water in a kitchenaid mixer

4. Add 3 cups of all purpose flour to your stand mixer. Mix well. Let the dough chill in the fridge for at least an hour.

cookie dough mixed up in a kitchenaid stand mixer

5. While your dough is chilling, unwrap 9 fun sized candy bars. Cut the miniature candy bars into 4 pieces.

Miniature Hersheys candy bars cut into 1/4s

6. Once your dough has chilled for at least an hour, preheat your oven to 375.

7. Scoop the dough out of the bowl by the heaping tablespoon. Wrap each tablespoon of dough around a piece of cut up chocolate bar. Roll your dough into a ball with the candy bar in the center.

a little boy places a small piece of chocolate candy bar into the middle of some cookie dough

8. Place your cookie dough on a greased baking sheet.

two cookie sheets filled with unbaked halloween candy cookie dough balls

9. Bake your leftover Halloween candy cookies at 375 for 6-8 minutes or until the bottoms begin to slightly brown. Let cool for a few minutes before eating.

a pumpkin bowl filled with leftover halloween candy cookies and miniature hersheys candy bars

Little Cooks Corner

This is the best recipe for including your little helpers. Let your tiny sous chef practice their fine motor skills by measuring and dumping the ingredients into the stand mixer, cutting up their chocolate candy with a Montessori knife, and rolling the cookie dough into balls around the chocolate candy pieces.

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Does your family ever have leftover Halloween candy? What do you normally do with it? Did you try making these cookies with your little ones? Let me know all about it in the comment section below!

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