A simple chocolate chip cookie recipe is used to use up leftover Christmas sweets. Chewy and bursting with flavor! The leftovers may also be used in my leftover Halloween candy bark.

Trick-or-treating is frowned upon at my age. I’d definitely be jailed if I dressed up as Batman and went door to door asking for food. At the absolute least, I’d be chastised and have doors slammed in my face. Instead, I remain inside and let the older kids do the heavy lifting.

So I simply relax on my couch and watch horror movies while a large bowl of candy sits idle nearby, ready to be delivered to superheroes and princesses. I aim to have a good variety of chocolate candy (with and without peanuts), fruity candy, chewy candy, and hard candy on hand.

It irritates me that I can’t throw out handmade sweets because parents are terrified about razor blades and poison, but that’s what I’d want to do. But I’m afraid I can’t. So I purchase large bags of different sweets and distribute them in return for a cheerful, Trick or treat!

Quick story of a trick or treater

I had to tell you a tale about Halloween this year. A small girl dressed as Jasmine from Aladdin approached my door and respectfully requested for five pieces of candy to give to her group of friends who are too nervous to ask.

I let her choose the candy, and she thanked me and said, “Happy Halloween!” before walking up to her pals and handing them each a piece. She was accompanied by five pals and did not even eat a bite for herself.

She didn’t have a bag, didn’t have any chocolates in her pockets, nothing. Her precious tiny spirit just melted my icy, dark heart.

Hence, the leftover candy

Yet, thanks to that nice young kid, I ended up with a lot of leftovers. Alright, so, it was because I over overestimated the amount of candy I needed for the youngsters in the neighborhood. I wanted to get that candy out of my home, but because Halloween happened on a Friday this year, I’d be stuck in the house until Monday with it all, I needed to devise a strategy.

I knew I couldn’t get rid of it entirely, but I could get rid of part of it by injecting it into baked products.

It’s really easy. Cut and smash the candy before combining it with some cookie dough and baking it. A typical chocolate chip cookie recipe just has to be tweaked slightly to accommodate for the increased sugar in the candy. Just cut down on the granulated and brown sugar and you’re ready to go!

What kind of candy should I use?

You may use whatever kind of candy you choose. Hershey’s chocolate bars, Mr. Goodbars, Butterfingers, Crunch Bars, KitKats, and so on.

But you don’t want to utilize whatever candy you have left in your bowl; chopping up Starbursts and tossing them in won’t provide the greatest results. I try to stick to chocolate sweets with no soft nougat and caramel that can be diced up without adhering to the knife.

Anything gooey needs chilled dough

If you have those little, square, snack-sized Milky Ways, you can place one in the centre of the cookie and wrap the dough around it, which is very tasty. Just be sure to put the dough in the fridge for a few hours to firm up before putting it in the oven, otherwise it will melt all over the place, which you don’t want.

Can I do this for other holidays?

Without a doubt! You could do this after Christmas or Easter, but you’d wind up with a different taste combination (for example, peppermint during Christmas, when a chocolate cookie could be even better mmm!).

This is a terrific way to use up some of your leftover Halloween candy without plopping down on the sofa, covered in wrappers and chocolate all over your face. The individuals that live with you will be grateful.