Leftover chocolate Halloween candy, mashed together with buttery batter, makes these cookies monstrously delicious! Crisp cookies combined with your favorite trick-or-treating candies make a yummy, fun treat.
Whether you’re a trick-or-treating candy monster or a cookie connoisseur, you’ll be looking forward to these cookies after every Halloween!
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What Are Leftover Candy Cookies?
Leftover candy cookies transform bits of Halloween candy into delicious cookies that you won’t be able to stop eating! A basic vanilla cookie batter is enhanced with candy pieces, that can give you a new creation every time. The blending of candy and cookie makes this the perfect snack for a sweet tooth!
The history of mixing candies into cookie batter goes back to 1938 with the birth of the chocolate chip cookie. Ruth Wakefield, manager of the Tollhouse Restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, added pieces of chocolate into her cookie batter. Some versions of this story avow that the act was done to create chocolate cookies, while others maintain that she fully intended to create chocolate chunk cookies. Whatever her intention was, the final product became one of the most beloved cookies in the United States.
Do You Have Any Tips or Tricks?
One of the secrets to amazing cookies is ensuring that the dough is well-mixed, but not overmixed. My Kitchen Aid stand mixer is my very best friend and cookie co-chef. It combines stiff dough a lot more easily than I do and it never gets a tired arm. I love when people compliment my cookies and cakes, but honestly, they should be complimenting my appliance!
Another secret is in selecting the candy. Caramel or nougat pieces will melt, so Caramello and Three Musketeers bars don’t work out so well in this recipe. Solid chocolate and peanut butter candies are substantial enough to hold up in the cookies while still melting a bit, giving your cookies a delicious zing of flavor.
What Candies Should I Use?
You can change the taste of these cookies by changing the candies you choose to use. Sometimes I try to use all of one candy bar, but this time I mixed them up. I used Snickers, peanut butter cups, Reese’s Pieces, M&Ms, and Kit Kats. They disappeared before the day was over!
Here are some great candy combinations.
- Peanut Butter Cups, Reese’s Pieces, and M&Ms
- Take 5 and Snickers
- Almond Joy and Hershey’s Special Dark
- Kit Kat and 100 Grand
No matter what candies you use, your Monster Mash Candy Cookies will be the after-Halloween hit of the neighborhood!
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Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
Cream together granulated sugar, brown sugar, butter, and the egg in a stand mixer.
- Stir in the flour, baking soda, and salt. The dough will become super thicku002du002ddon’t panic!
- Fold in the candy you’ve prepared. Yummy!
- Scoop dough by generous tablespoonfuls and shape into rough balls. Lay them on an ungreased cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake at 350 F for about 15 minutes. Cool for 3-5 minutes on cookie sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack
Looking for More Cookie Recipes?
- Try our Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies for a favorite sandwich in cookie form
- Potato Chip Cookies are made with thin potato chips for a sweet and salty taste
- Who can resist the kiss in the middle of Peanut Butter Blossoms?
Monster Mash Candy Cookies
Course: Cookies, Cookies and Candies, RecipesDifficulty: Easy4
servings15
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dozenLeftover chocolate Halloween candy, mashed together with buttery batter, makes these cookies monstrously delicious!
Ingredients
3/4 up granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 egg
2 1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups chopped candy pieces
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Cream together granulated sugar, brown sugar, butter, and the egg.
- Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Fold in prepared candy.
- Scoop dough by generous tablespoonfuls and shape into rough balls. Lay them on an ungreased cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for about 15 minutes. Cool for 3-5 minutes on cookie sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Notes
- Want to freeze your cookie dough? Scoop the prepared dough into balls and carefully lay them inside a ziplock freezer bag. When you want to bake the cookies, remove the number you’d like and bake as usual.
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