22 Recipes That Reuse the Leftover Halloween Candy You'll Try to Hide From Your Kids

Halloween candy isn't a treat limited to the night of Oct. 31 — between spooky parties all month long, themed in-school activities, and the candy that's bought in advance of Halloween that always ends up getting eaten well before the day of, it's likely you'll be drowning in candy from about October to December. If you find yourself with an overabundance of sweet mini chocolate bars and enough Reese's Cups to start your own candy shop, there are so many recipes you can slip candy into over the course of the few months after Halloween. In fact, we recommend stashing the leftover candy away so that your kids (and you) aren't munching on straight Snickers whenever they want; rather, they'll get to eat some of it in future desserts, like cookies and candy barks.

Check out our favorite leftover candy recipes, many of which even use those rogue bags of mini pretzels that no one wants to eat when there's a perfectly good Twix to be had.

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Twix Caramel Popcorn
Two Peas and Their Pod

Twix Caramel Popcorn

Sweet. Salty. Crunchy. Chewy. Two Peas and Their Pod thought of everything when creating Twix caramel popcorn. Sit back with a big bowl during a belated Halloween movie viewing.

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Soft-Baked Reese's Pieces Butterscotch Cookies
Sally's Baking Addiction

Soft-Baked Reese's Pieces Butterscotch Cookies

Sometimes the best treats are the simplest ones. These Reese's Pieces cookies from Sally's Baking Addiction are so easy that the kids can help make them. Just make sure they don't eat all the dough!

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Heath Doughnuts
Mom on Time Out

Heath Doughnuts

Mom on Time Out shares her version of Gourdough's Donuts' famous Heath bar doughnuts. Don't worry about having a deep-fryer on hand; these tasty treats are baked.

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Loaded Unicorn Bark
Averie Cooks

Loaded Unicorn Bark

This colorful white-chocolate-base unicorn bark utilizes Reese's Cups and pretzels out of your kids' Halloween loot bags, but really, you could throw whatever you want into the mix.

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Monster Cookie Cheesecake Bars
Shugary Sweets

Monster Cookie Cheesecake Bars

These monster cookie cheesecake bars are part cookie, part cheesecake, part leftover candy, and completely delicious-looking.

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No-Bake Peanut Butter Cup Pie
Spicy Southern Kitchen

No-Bake Peanut Butter Cup Pie

Mmm, this no-bake peanut butter cup pie uses leftover Reese's in the best way possible.

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Pie Crust Candy Bark
Crazy For Crust

Pie Crust Candy Bark

This pie crust bark that uses leftover Halloween candy is a great recipe to whip up for your kids to snack on after dinner or to give as edible holiday season gifts to party hosts and teachers.

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Heath Cereal Bars
Miss In the Kitchen

Heath Cereal Bars

Miss in the Kitchen puts Rice Krispies Treats to shame with her caramel Heath cereal bars. The best part about these grab-and-go desserts: no oven needed.

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Candy Overload Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
Crazy For Crust

Candy Overload Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

These easy peanut butter cookies don't have flour or butter but can be packed with whichever candies you have on hand, like M&M's or Reese's Pieces.

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Butterfinger Pretzel Cookies
Bakers Royale

Butterfinger Pretzel Cookies

Another use of those bags of pretzels some houses give out, these Butterfinger pretzel cookies are the right amount of sweet and salty.

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Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Bars
Spicy Southern Kitchen

Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Bars

Use literally every iteration of Reese's in these scrumptious peanut butter bars.

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Baked Chocolate Peanut Butter Doughnuts
Spiced

Baked Chocolate Peanut Butter Doughnuts

Rather than frying, bake up a batch of these chocolate peanut butter doughnuts, which are topped with Reese's Cups.

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Skillet Monster Cookie
SprinkleBakes

Skillet Monster Cookie

The combo of peanut butter oatmeal cookie and M&M's in this skillet monster cookie is absolutely to die for.

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Gluten-Free Monster Cookies
A Saucy Kitchen

Gluten-Free Monster Cookies

Share the leftover candy wealth with kids who are gluten-free thanks to these monster cookies that use certified gluten-free oats (and less sugar, to boot!).

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake
Dinner at the Zoo

Peanut Butter Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake

We have just one thing to say to this peanut butter chocolate gooey butter cake: "Get in my belly!"

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Rolo-Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies
Crazy For Crust

Rolo-Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies

The only thing that makes these cookies better than your run-of-the-mill peanut butter cookies? They're stuffed with Rolos!

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Butterfinger Fudge Cookie Bars
Shugary Sweets

Butterfinger Fudge Cookie Bars

Cookie, check. Fudge, check. Butterfinger, double check. The ingredients of these fudge cookie bars have our mouths watering.

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Caramel-Stuffed Brownie Bites
Averie Cooks

Caramel-Stuffed Brownie Bites

Just because you're baking with candy and other sugars doesn't mean you need to go overboard — these caramel brownie bites are teeny and only have one Rolo inside each.

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No-Bake Chocolate Candy Bar Pie
A Zesty Bite of Life

No-Bake Chocolate Candy Bar Pie

You can use just about any leftover candy you want in this no-bake chocolate candy bar pie.

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Homemade Butterfingers
Food For the Soul

Homemade Butterfingers

Everyone will want to lay a finger on this Butterfinger! Food For the Soul turns that unwanted candy corn into a beloved candy bar using only three ingredients.