Gooey Halloween Candy Cookie Bars
Have leftover Halloween candy from trick-or-treating? Chop it up and turn it into these Gooey Halloween Candy Cookie Bars that are oozing with chocolate, caramel, nougat, and nuts!
Servings 9
Ingredients
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 2 sticks unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 4 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 2 cups mini Halloween candy bars chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ยบ. Grease a 9" x 9" pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a mixing bowl, add softened butter and sugars. Beat until fluffy.
- Add the eggs and vanilla to the sugar mixture and beat until combined.
- In a medium bowl, add flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- Gradually beat in dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
- Fold in chopped Halloween candy bars.
- Spoon cookie dough into the bottom of the prepared pan and evenly spread it out.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until edges of the cookie are golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
- Optional: while cookie bars are warm, press more chopped Halloween candy into the top of the cookie bars.
- Allow bars to cool completely before cutting and serving.