Put all that Halloween candy to delicious use and make these leftover Halloween candy cookie bars. Soft, thick cookie bars loaded with oats, peanut butter, and lots of chocolate!
Halloween just happens to be my least favorite Holiday. Just like all kids, I loved it as a child because CANDY! Oddly enough, the candy is the very reason I dislike it so much as an adult.
We went to a few trunk or treat parties this last week and my kids got buckets of candy. Which also means that I spent all week dealing with sugar comas, sugar withdrawals, my kids not eating meals because they had already stuffed themselves with candy, and picking up candy wrappers all over the house. It does not matter where I hid their buckets of candy, they would find it!
With Halloween tomorrow this whole candy frenzy will start all over again. Yay me! haha! My kids are excited and it only happens once a year so I let them have their fun. The one upside to all the candy is that I have my kids trained to give me all their Butterfingers. They make a pile for me 🙂
Gather up all your favorites from your kids’ trick-or-treat bags! You need 2 cups of candy mix-ins so mix & match and use whatever you want.
Being a food blogger I can’t simply just let candy be candy, right?! I must make into cookie bars that are loaded with all the best in life; peanut butter, oats, and chocolate.
This recipe is adapted from one of our favorite recipes on the blog. These oatmeal chocolate chip peanut butter bars are made over and over again in our house. Loading them with candy was really a no-brainer.
Happy Halloween 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
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Serves 12-15
Put all that Halloween candy to delicious use and make these leftover Halloween candy cookie bars. Soft, thick cookie bars loaded with oats, peanut butter, and lots of chocolate!
15 minPrep Time
15 minCook Time
30 minTotal Time
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup whole-grain old fashioned oats (not quick oats)
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 cups chopped leftover candy bars
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9X13-inch baking pan and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt and oats.
- In a large bowl, or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, and sugar until fluffy looking and light in color, 2-3 minutes.
- Add in the vanilla, egg and egg yolk. Mix together well.
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix just until combined.
- Add the chopped candy bars and combine together.
- Press the batter into the prepared pan. Press a few additional chopped candy on top of the dough for a pretty presentation.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned on the edges. The bars will still look pale and slightly underdone in the middle. That's ok. Don't over bake or the bars will be dry!
- Let the bars cool in the baking pan for 30 minutes. Cut into squares and enjoy!
Notes
Use any type of candy you want! I also like to add about 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips too.
For pretty bars, gently press a few additional chopped candy bars on top of the dough before baking.
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