I decided to make cookies for a coworker the other day using my leftover Halloween candy!
Believe it or not, I had some candy left after the holiday so I whipped up some yummy baked goods. I think these tasty little cookies could use any mish-mosh of candies, but I happened to have some M&Ms on hand so that's what I used!
Everything else that this recipe called for happened to be in my pantry or 'fridge- how easy is that?
I started by creaming the butter with two different kinds of sugar.
After beating in the eggs...
I tossed in the dry ingredients...
Before adding the M&Ms. (Note: if you make these for yourself, I would recommend NOT opening the candy until it's ready to be added to the batter- otherwise it's really hard not to snack the whole time you're preparing the dough.)
After a few minutes in a hot oven...
I had a whole tray of delicious cookies!
If you'd like to try this recipe for yourself, here you go:
Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup Butter, Softened
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup White Sugar
2 whole Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla
2 cups Flour
¾ cups Cocoa Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
½ teaspoons Salt
Leftover candy (I used a bag of M&Ms)Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare cookies sheet(s) with parchment paper. Cream together butter and sugars until fluffy, then add eggs and vanilla. The add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Add candy until combined. Drop by spoonful onto the baking sheets and bake cookies 8-12 minutes (do NOT over-bake, they should be slightly chewy) and place on a rack to cool.
They're very tasty: extremely chocolatey and the perfect way to use up any extra candy lying about!
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