Put Some Candy in Your Dessert

Why not make dessert even that much sweeter and add some candy to it? These would be good recipes to make if you had leftover Halloween candy you wanted to make use of too.

 

Cookie Dough Candy Bars

Ingredients:

1 pouch (1 lb. 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie mix
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1/2 cup canned sweetened condense milk
1 cup finely chopped Snickers candy bars (about 8 fun-size)
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons M&M's chocolate candies

Directions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 8-inch square pan with cooking spray.

In large bowl, mix cookie mix, softened butter and egg until soft dough forms. Press two-thirds of the dough in bottom of pan; bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven.

Drizzle condensed milk over cookie base. Sprinkle with Snickers pieces and 1/2 cup of the M&M's chocolate candies. Crumble chunks of remaining cookie dough over candy. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons M&M's chocolate candies over top of crumbled dough.

Bake 23 to 28 minutes, or until top is golden brown. Cool completely, at least 3 hours. For bars, cut into 4 rows by  rows.

Source: Betty Crocker. You can find it here.

Notes: These were really good. I loved the Snickers in these bars.

 

Sugar Cookie M&M's Bars

Ingredients:

1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 cup M&M's chocolate candies
1 cup white vanilla baking chips

Directions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.

In large bowl, mix cookie mix, butter, and egg with spoon until soft dough forms. Stir in 1/2 cup of the candies and the white vanilla baking chips. Press dough in bottom of pan. Sprinkle remaining candies over top.

Bake 22 to 24 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 hour. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store in airtight container.

Source: Betty Crocker. You can find it here.

Notes: These firm up really easily, so I would suggest keeping the cooking time at the low end (22 minutes).