Best 6 Homemade Candy Bars Recipes

HOMEMADE MILKY WAY CANDY BARS

Steps:

• Combine marshmallow cream and melted chocolate chips in a mixing bowl.
• Gently fold until thoroughly incorporated.
• Let stand, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
• With your hands, form mixture into bars of desired size and place on cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
• (If mixture is too sticky to handle, it needs more melted chocolate.) Melt dipping chocolate or remaining chocolate chips in microwave for about 2 minutes, stirring every thirty seconds to prevent scorching.
• Dip bars into melted chocolate, and place back on cookie sheet.
• Put in freezer for about 10 minutes, or until chocolate sets.
• Variation: for Snickers bars, soften some caramels and flatten onto on bars before dipping in chocolate.
• Press peanuts into caramel, then harden bars in freezer for 5 minutes.
• Dip in chocolate according to the above instructions.

HOMEMADE CANDY BARS

Steps:

• Place a third of the crackers (about 25) in the bottom of an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. pan. , In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, melt butter. Add the milk, graham cracker crumbs and sugars; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 5 minutes. Pour half of the mixture over crackers, carefully spreading to cover. Place half of the remaining crackers (about 25) on top. Spread with remaining sugar mixture. Top with remaining crackers. , In a small saucepan over low heat, stir peanut butter and chips until melted and smooth. Spread over crackers. Chill until firm, about 1 hour. Cut into small squares.

HOMEMADE CANDY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and white sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the flour and cocoa powder. Press the dough evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, then remove from the oven and sprinkle the almonds and coconut over the crust. Drizzle the sweetened condensed milk over the whole pan. Return to the oven.
• Bake for 15 additional minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Allow to cool completely before frosting with the prepared frosting and cutting into squares.

HOMEMADE BUTTERFINGERS CANDY BARS

Steps:

• Melt candy corn in microwave on high 1 minute. Stir and continue cooking in 15-second intervals until completely melted, stirring after each interval. Stir in peanut butter. Spread mixture in a 9x9" pan lined with wax paper.
• Let cool completely (put in the fridge if you want it to set up more quickly). Cut into bite-size squares or bars.
• Melt chocolate as directed on package. Dip peanut butter bars in melted chocolate candy coating. Lay on waxed paper to set.

HOMEMADE BIG HUNK CANDY BARS

Steps:

• Grease a large cookie sheet with butter or shortening. Then spread the peanuts all over the greased cookie sheet.
• In a large mixing bowl put the marshmallow creme, and then set aside.
• In a large saucepan combine the corn syrup and sugar over medium high heat and stir constantly using a wooden spoon until it comes to a boil. Clip the candy thermometer on the side of the pan and heat it to 290 degrees F (soft crack stage). Do Not Stir During The Time It Reaches 290 degrees! (Trust me on this - do not stir while it's reaching the 290 degrees)
• Then remove from heat and let stand for 2 minutes (do not stir during this time - let it set undisturbed).
• Without scraping sides of the pan, pour into the marshmallow cream bowl and stir with a wooden spoon until smooth. Then add in the butter, vanilla, and salt and stir with wooden spoon until the butter is incorporated.
• Pour into the prepared pan and spread evenly over the peanuts.
• Let it set at room temperature until set, about 3 hours. You can put it in the fridge to set up faster. You can cut them up and wrap in waxed paper. After cutting them in squares we turned them upside down so you could see the side with the peanuts.

HOMEMADE PAYDAY CANDY BARS

Steps:

• 1. Prepare an 8" square pan by misting it with cooking spray, lining it with parchment paper (extending over 1 inch on all sides), then misting the parchment paper with cooking spray.
• 2. Chop up half of the peanuts and spread over the bottom of the prepared pan. Chop up the rest of the peanuts & set aside for later.
• 3. In a medium pan, melt the unwrapped caramels, water, and mini marshmallows together over LOW-MEDIUM heat, stirring constantly off the bottom to keep the caramels from scorching. This will take about 8 minutes, so you might want to check out your newest cookbook or a few pages of Dogzilla with your sous chef...
• 4. ...until the caramel mixture looks like this.
• 5. Pour the melted caramel mixture over the chopped nuts...
• 6. ...and smooth out.
• 7. Top with the rest of the nuts, pressing them firmly into the caramel mixture like this. (If you use your fingers, just don't touch the hot caramel mixture! Don't ask me how I know this.)
• 8. It should look like this when you're done. Set aside for about 2 hours to cool.
• 9. Remove the candy from the pan, using the edges of the parchment paper.
• 10. Cut into bars or pieces with a really sharp knife.
• 11. Store in an airtight container, IF you have any leftovers after you share with your sous chef & any other kitchen helpers who wander in. =^..^=