Best 9 Mini Candy Bar Cookies Recipes

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Calling all candy bar lovers! These scrumptious mini candy bar cookies are an indulgent treat that combines the flavors of your favorite candy bars with a soft and chewy cookie base. With just a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can whip up a batch of these delicious treats that are perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth or sharing with friends and family. Whether you prefer Snickers, KitKats, or Milky Ways, there's a mini candy bar cookie recipe out there for everyone. So grab your mixing bowl and preheat your oven, because it's time to embark on a baking adventure that will leave you with a taste of pure bliss.

Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!

ULTIMATE CANDY BAR COOKIES



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I created these after Halloween, when I had way too much candy left over. You can make them with any mini chocolate candy, but if you use peanut butter cups, throw them in the freezer just before unwrapping so the chocolate won't stick to the paper. -Tara John, Plymouth, Minnesota

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 40m

Yield 4-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 8

7 Butterfinger candy bars (2.1 ounces each), coarsely chopped
1 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
27 Reese's mini peanut butter cups
27 miniature Snickers candy bars

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375°. Place Butterfinger candy bars in a food processor; process until ground. In a large bowl, cream butter and 2 cups ground candy bars until blended. Beat in eggs. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Shape into 1-in. balls; roll in remaining ground candy bars. Place 2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes or until tops are cracked., Immediately press a piece of candy into the center of each cookie. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Freeze option: Freeze cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. To use, thaw before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 124 calories, Fat 7g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 17mg cholesterol, Sodium 92mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 2g protein.

MILKY WAY COOKIES RECIPE BY TASTY



Milky Way Cookies Recipe by Tasty image

Here's what you need: salted butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, baking soda, baking powder, coarse sea salt, all purpose flour, semi sweet chocolate chips, milky way candy bar

Provided by Danielle Boodman

Yield 40 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup salted butter, softened
½ cup sugar
1 ½ cups brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon coarse sea salt
2 ¾ cups all purpose flour
1 ½ cups semi sweet chocolate chips
1 milky way candy bar, king-sized

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 360°F..
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until fluffy (approximately 3 minutes at medium-high speed).
  • Add the vanilla and two eggs, and beat for an additional 2 minutes at medium speed.
  • Sift in the baking soda, baking powder, sea salt, and flour and mix until fully incorporated.
  • Add in the Milky Way chunks and the chocolate chips. Stir until well distributed (the batter should be somewhat thick).
  • Chill the dough for 15-30 minutes in the refrigerator.
  • Use a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop dough onto the lined cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 9 - 11 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are golden brown.
  • Remove from the heat and allow the cookies to remain on the cookie sheet for an additional 5 minutes.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 128 calories, Carbohydrate 14 grams, Fat 7 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 1 gram, Sugar 8 grams

HERSHEY'S® CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR COOKIES



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Candy bar cookies offer a different take on chocolate chip cookie bars: a layer of melted Hershey's® bars in between chocolate chip cookie dough (without the chocolate chips).

Provided by sammiann226

Categories     Desserts     Cookies     Bar Cookie Recipes

Time 35m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter, room temperature
¾ cup packed brown sugar
¾ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
8 (1.5 ounce) bars milk chocolate candy bar (such as Hershey's®)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan.
  • Mix flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.
  • Combine butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Mix sugar mixture gradually into flour mixture. Spread 1/2 the dough evenly into the prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until partially firm, about 10 minutes. Leave oven on.
  • Cover the partially baked dough with chocolate bars, breaking up as needed to fit. Drop remaining dough over the chocolate as evenly as possible.
  • Bake in the hot oven until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 242.2 calories, Carbohydrate 30.9 g, Cholesterol 39.2 mg, Fat 12.6 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 2.5 g, SaturatedFat 7.7 g, Sodium 220.3 mg, Sugar 21.2 g

CANDY BAR COOKIES!



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Yummy, soft cookies flavored with your favorite candy bar! Reeses Peanut butter cups, Snickers, Caramello! If you like toll house cookies, but wish they were a little softer, these are the ones for you! My daughter loved the Reese's Cups quartered into them. For folks with orthodontia or sensitive teeth, these are perfect!

Provided by shrrley

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 20m

Yield 36 cookies, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup salted butter
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups flour
6 ounces roughly chopped candy bars (use amount and kind you prefer)

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • 2. Cream together the butter and the sugars until fluffy, beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the flour with the baking powder and salt mixed inches Stir until blended. Fold in gently the chopped candy bars. If desired, add a cup of chopped almonds, walnuts, pecans or other nut.
  • 3. Drop on a cookie sheet in the size you wish and bake until edges are browned nicely in the middle of the oven (ten minutes or less). Transfer to a cooling rack. From here they disappeared so I can't tell you shelf life but assume these will freeze nicely and ship well.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 345.1, Fat 16.4, SaturatedFat 10, Cholesterol 75.9, Sodium 350.6, Carbohydrate 46, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 25.9, Protein 3.9

PEANUT BUTTER CANDY BAR COOKIES



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Perfect candy bar cookies/brownies for the chocolate and peanut butter lover!

Provided by bubba

Categories     Desserts     Nut Dessert Recipes     Peanut Dessert Recipes

Time 53m

Yield 28

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 (16 ounce) package peanut-shaped sandwich cookies (such as Nutter Butter®), crushed
½ cup butter
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
½ cup creamy peanut butter
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
5 (1.5 ounce) packages peanut butter cups, coarsely chopped
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
½ cup honey roasted peanuts
2 (2.1 ounce) bars chocolate-covered crispy peanut butter candy (such as Butterfinger®), coarsely chopped
½ cup sweetened flaked coconut

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with aluminum foil extending over the ends of the pan; coat with butter.
  • Combine crushed cookies and butter in a bowl. Press crumb mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until crust is set, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove crust and leave oven on.
  • Combine condensed milk, peanut butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl, stirring until smooth.
  • Sprinkle peanut butter cups, chocolate chips, peanuts, chocolate-covered peanut butter candy, and coconut over the baked crust. Drizzle condensed milk mixture over the coconut.
  • Bake in the hot oven until lightly browned, about 27 minutes. Remove to a wire rack and let cool in pan. Pull aluminum foil to lift uncut brownies out of pan. Peel foil away from sides; cut brownies into bars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 279.6 calories, Carbohydrate 31.7 g, Cholesterol 16.7 mg, Fat 16 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 6.2 g, SaturatedFat 6.6 g, Sodium 174.3 mg, Sugar 22 g

MINI CANDY BARS RECIPE BY TASTY



Mini Candy Bars Recipe by Tasty image

Here's what you need: sugar wafers, caramel sauce, semisweet chocolate chip, heavy cream

Provided by Natalie Rhein

Yield 9 servings

Number Of Ingredients 4

18 sugar wafers
3 tablespoons caramel sauce
4 oz semisweet chocolate chip
½ cup heavy cream

Steps:

  • Place 9 wafers on a tray and glaze each with approximately ⅓ tbsp of caramel. Layer a second wafer on top and transfer to the freezer while preparing the ganache.
  • For the ganache, combine the chocolate and heavy whipping cream in a glass bowl and heat over boiling water or using a double broiler until combined.
  • Remove the caramel-coated sugar wafers from the freezer and coat each in a thin layer of the chocolate ganache.
  • Place in the fridge to cool for at least 15 minutes and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 176 calories, Carbohydrate 18 grams, Fat 12 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 1 gram, Sugar 11 grams

CANDY BAR COOKIES



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These cookies are absolutely amazing! My aunt made these one Christmas and I fell in love with them. They are so easy to make, and hey are always a party pleaser. You can also use any kind of mini candy bar. I have used mini Twix before. And I am sure 3 Musketeers and Milky Way are just as great! This original recipe was only for 24 cookies. So you can cut every thing in half.

Provided by Lhelms811

Categories     Candy

Time 25m

Yield 48 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 (18 ounce) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
1/2 cup flour
48 Snickers miniature candy bars
candy sprinkles (any color or use colored sugar)

Steps:

  • Pre heat oven to 350.
  • Beat cookie dough and Flour until combined (this could take a while)
  • Shape 1 - ½ teaspoons of dough around each snickers (don't measure, just eyeball it! just make sure that the whole snickers is covered)
  • Roll in sugar
  • Place 2 inches apart on a foil or parchment paper on a cookie sheet
  • Bake for 10 -12 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 121.1, Fat 5.1, SaturatedFat 1.7, Cholesterol 5.2, Sodium 79.1, Carbohydrate 17, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 9.8, Protein 1.9

CANDY BAR SURPRISE COOKIES RECIPE - (4/5)



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Provided by cecelia26_

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
30 About 30 mini chocolate candy bars, unwrapped (Milky Way, Snickers, 3 Musketeers, etc.)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugars, and vanilla until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet, and stir to combine. Use an ice cream scoop to shape the dough into balls. Take a dough ball in one hand, and flatten it slightly. Place a mini candy bar in the middle of the cookie dough, and carefully fold the dough up and over the candy bar, completely enclosing it in dough. Reshape as needed. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and repeat with the remaining dough balls and candy bars, placing 12 cookies per baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes until just beginning to turn golden on the edges. Remove from oven, cool on sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool. Makes 2 to 2 1/2 dozen cookies.

COLORFUL CANDY BAR COOKIES



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No one will guess these sweet treats with the candy bar center start with store-bought dough. Roll them in colored sugar or just dip the tops for even faster assembly. Instead of using miniature candy bars for the centers, you can also slice regular-size Snickers candy bars into 1-inch pieces. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 45m

Yield about 3 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 tube (16-1/2 ounces) refrigerated sugar cookie dough, softened
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
40 miniature Snickers candy bars
Red and green colored sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Beat cookie dough and flour until combined. Shape 2 teaspoons dough around each candy bar. Roll in colored sugar. , Place 2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until set, 9-11 minutes. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 93 calories, Fat 4g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 4mg cholesterol, Sodium 65mg sodium, Carbohydrate 13g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

Tips:

  • Use a kitchen scale to measure your ingredients for the most accurate results.
  • Don't overmix the cookie dough. Overmixing can make the cookies tough.
  • Chill the cookie dough for at least 30 minutes before baking. This will help the cookies hold their shape.
  • Bake the cookies until they are just set. Overbaking will make the cookies dry.
  • Let the cookies cool completely before frosting them. This will help the frosting set properly.

Conclusion:

Mini candy bar cookies are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that is perfect for any occasion. With a variety of candy bar options to choose from, you can easily customize these cookies to your liking. These cookies are also a great way to use up leftover candy bars. So next time you have a candy bar craving, try making a batch of these mini candy bar cookies. You won't be disappointed!

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