Recipes To Use Up Halloween Candy
Here are some fantastic recipes to use up Halloween candy, transforming that overflowing bowl into something new and delicious. Don’t let your candy haul go to waste when you can give it a second life in these creative desserts.
This list provides some of the best leftover Halloween candy ideas, from simple bakes to decadent treats. You can chop, melt, and mix your favorite chocolates and candies into these recipes for a fun post-Halloween baking project.
Chocolate Pizza
A dessert pizza is the perfect canvas for a mountain of chopped-up chocolate bars and candy-coated pieces. This is a wonderfully fun recipe to make with kids, letting them decorate their own “slice” with their favorite treats. Serve it slightly warm for a gooey, irresistible experience.
Mistletoe Blondies
Get a head start on your holiday baking by transforming Halloween candy into festive Christmas blondies. This is a genius way to use up chocolates before the next wave of holiday sweets arrives. No one at the holiday party will ever guess the secret ingredient came from a trick-or-treat pail.
Loaded Reese’s Bark
This recipe was chosen specifically for the peanut butter cup hoarders, because there are always so many! This Loaded Reese’s Bark is one of the most simple yet satisfying desserts with leftover Halloween candy. It’s an easy, no-bake treat that peanut butter lovers will absolutely adore.
Ultimate Trash Brownies
Embrace the chaos of your candy collection with these perfectly named brownies. They are the ultimate “kitchen sink” dessert, where a wild combination of sweet, salty, crunchy, and chewy candies creates a brownie that is spectacularly unique every time.
Loaded Halloween Cream Cheese Brownies
For a brownie that’s a bit more refined, try this version with a decadent cream cheese swirl. The tangy cream cheese layer perfectly cuts through the richness of the fudgy brownie and sweet candy toppings. It looks impressive and tastes even better.
Leftover Halloween Candy Cookie Dough
This recipe is the ultimate answer to what to do with leftover Halloween candy when you don’t want to eat it all at once. Mix your candy bits into a big batch of freezable cookie dough, and you’ll have ready-to-bake cookies on hand for any future craving.
Concession Crackers
Get the perfect mix of sweet and salty with these incredibly addictive crackers. Topped with caramel, chocolate, and chopped candy, they taste just like a treat you’d get at the movie theater concession stand. They come together in minutes and are impossible to stop eating.
Halloween Cheesecake Bars
Keep the spooky fun going with these delightful cheesecake bars, complete with googly eyes. This is a fantastic way to use up candy corn, chocolate bars, and more, all while creating a creamy and delicious dessert that still feels festive.
Leftover Candy Corn Popcorn Balls
If you have a surplus of the season’s most controversial candy, this recipe is your answer. The sweetness of the candy corn is perfectly balanced by salty popcorn and roasted peanuts, creating a crunchy, chewy treat that might just convert some candy corn critics.
Halloween Bark
When you need truly easy leftover Halloween candy recipes, look no further than Halloween Bark. Simply melt some chocolate, spread it out, and sprinkle your chopped candy all over the top. It’s customizable, requires no baking, and is a fantastic way to use a wide variety of treats.
Halloween Candy Popcorn
Elevate your movie night by tossing your leftover candy with a big bowl of popcorn. Drizzled with white chocolate and mixed with your favorite chopped candies, this sweet and salty snack is a crowd-pleaser that’s incredibly simple to prepare.
Halloween Candy Ganache Tart
For a truly show-stopping dessert, use your candy to create this stunning ganache tart. A rich, silky chocolate ganache filling is topped with an artful arrangement of chopped candy bars, turning simple leftovers into an elegant and impressive final course.
Halloween Candy Cupcakes
Turn your leftover sweets into colorful decorations for a batch of simple cupcakes. This recipe includes a brilliant hack to ensure your candy pieces stick to the frosting instead of sliding off, making it a perfect baking project for little helpers.
Surprise-Inside Halloween Candy Cupcakes
What’s more fun than a cupcake? A cupcake with a secret! These clever treats have a hidden cavity in the center filled with small candies that spill out when you take a bite, creating a delightful piñata-like surprise.
Crispy Rice Mickey Treats
Bring a little theme park magic into your kitchen by incorporating chopped Halloween candy into these adorable Mickey-shaped crispy rice treats. This recipe adds a fun twist to a classic no-bake dessert that both kids and adults will love.
Leftover Halloween Candy Cookie Bars
Cookie bars are a fantastic solution when you want cookies without the effort of scooping individual dough balls. These soft and chewy bars are one of the best recipes using leftover Halloween candy, as they are loaded with a variety of chopped sweets and are perfect for sharing.
Apple Nachos
For a treat that feels just a little bit virtuous, try making apple nachos. Crisp apple slices are drizzled with melted chocolate or caramel and sprinkled with chopped candy bits. It’s a crunchy, sweet, and refreshing way to use up those leftovers.
Monster Cookie Pancakes
Why limit candy to dessert? These Monster Cookie Pancakes bring the party to the breakfast table. Loaded with oats, chocolate chips, and chopped candy, then drizzled with peanut butter syrup, they make for an unforgettable special occasion breakfast.
Candy Bar Crispy Rice Cereal Treats
Give the classic crispy rice cereal treat a major upgrade by stirring in your favorite chopped-up candy bars. This adds a wonderful new dimension of flavor and texture, from chewy nougat to crunchy nuts, making each bite an exciting discovery.
Halloween Peanut Butter Candy Waffle
Start your weekend off with a breakfast that’s a true treat. A warm, fluffy waffle becomes the base for a mountain of peanut butter candies, whipped cream, and chocolate syrup. It’s an indulgent creation perfect for the morning after Halloween.
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