Chocolate Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies

Several dark chocolate cookies on a white plate, topped with colorful M&Ms and candy bar pieces
Kim Simons
Prep: 20 minutes
Total: 32 minutes
24 servings
Vegetarian
Turn your leftover Halloween candy into soft, chocolate cookies with pressed-in candy pieces on top. Easy to make and great for freezing.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour
2 1⁄4 cups
Baking cocoa
3⁄4 cup
Baking soda
1 teaspoon
Salt
1 teaspoon
Butter, softened
1 cup (2 4-ounce sticks)
Packed brown sugar
3⁄4 cup
Granulated sugar
3⁄4 cup
Vanilla extract
1 teaspoon
Eggs
2 large

Instructions

  • Choose your candy.
    Chocolate bars and M&Ms candies on a white surface
  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
    Oven control panel set to 375 degrees
  • Melt butter and set aside.
  • Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
  • Mix butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl.
  • Add eggs one at a time to the butter mixture, mixing well after each addition. Gradually pour into the flour mixture.
  • Slice the candy bars into smaller pieces, suitable for adding to a cookie.
    Hand slicing a chocolate bar on a cutting board
  • Roll dough into 2-inch balls and place onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  • Flatten dough slightly, then press Halloween candy pieces into the top.
    Cookie dough topped with peanut butter cup pieces and M&Ms
  • Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until cookies are puffed.
    Baking sheet of cookies with candy toppings in the oven
  • Cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
    Baked cookies with colorful candy toppings cooling on a white surface

Notes

• Freeze a few batches of cookies to have a little bit of Halloween all year.