Candy bar cookies

Halloween is over, but I'm sure you are like me and either had candy left over or need a reason to get rid of your kids candy.  I, like most people, over bought Halloween candy this year, and needed an easy way to get rid of it without just sitting and eating it, like years in the past.  So, I thought...why not just chop up the candy bars and throw them in some cookie dough to make some tasty treats.  

The cookies turned out great with Snickers and Milky Way added into the batter.  The caramel and chocolate melted into the cookies and added a nice sweet surprise in each bite.   

You can use whatever candy bars that you have...Reese's, 3 Muskateers, Twix, Heath bar...whatever you have left over.  Now, if you don't want to eat all the cookies...you can share with your co-workers, neighbors or other loved ones.  

I used a standard Mrs. Tollhouse recipe, and swapped in chopped up candy bars in place of the chocolate chips.

Cookie recipe:

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened

3/4 c. granulated sugar

3/4 c. packed brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 large eggs

1 cup chopped Snickers and 1 cup chopped Milky Way candy bars (you can use whatever candy bars you want, just chop up 2 cups of candy).

Directions:

• Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine flour, soda and salt in a bowl.
• With a mixer, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and eggs until creamed together.
• Add flour mixture and combine.

• Add candy bars and stir by hand until combined.
• Drop by a spoonful onto a greased baking sheet.  
• Bake 9 - 11 mins until golden brown, or a little less for a chewier cookie.

Now, sit back, relax and enjoy the sugar high!

Dee