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Leftover candy recipes transform your favorite candies into an even better dessert. Whether you still have leftover Halloween candy, chocolates from Valentine’s Day, treats from the Easter Bunny, or you just want to turn your favorite chocolate bars into decadent sweets, these recipe ideas will help you decide what to do with leftover candy.
Leftover Candy Recipes
Food bloggers have a certain superpower. We can take something already delicious, like our favorite candy, and turn it into something even more irresistible.
This is all so we can tempt out readers with amazing dessert recipes made from leftover candy bars. Because we know you raided your kids’ Halloween stash or their baskets were overflowing at Easter. Or maybe you just want to take some items you have lying around and turn it into a dessert you can bring to a party or serve to your family and friends.
What can you do with leftover candy?
The desserts you can make with leftover candy bars and other chocolate and candies are endless. But let’s break it down to the basics.
- Use candy to decorate cakes or top cupcakes.
- Stir chopped candy bars into homemade ice cream.
- Stuff some into cookies
- Sprinkle them in brownies
And much, much more. Do I have some amazing recipes to make with leftover candy for you to enjoy. Check out these desserts made with:
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- M&M’s
- Reese’s Pieces
- Heath Bars
- Hershey Bars
- Almond Joy
- Mounds
- Snickers
- Milky Way
- Kit Kat
- Candy Corn
Just try to resist taking your favorite candies and turning them into something even more decadent. You'll never wonder what to do with leftover candy again. Reese's might be the first to disappear, but make sure to save some because these desserts will tempt any chocolate and peanut butter love Three layers of gooey goodness on top of your brownies make these a hit with everyone. Fast and easy, and since they are made with marshmallows, you don't need a candy thermometer. This easy dessert cheese ball takes only a few minutes to make and is packed with Granny Smith apples, caramel bits, and coated in M&Ms. The base is a rich, creamy peanut butter ice cream with a hint of brown sugar and it is loaded with chunks of eggless monster cookie dough. The ultimate M&M's lovers' cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate ganache. The topping makes it irresistible with a mixture of peanut butter and nutella spread over each loaf before being doused with handfuls of mini Reese’s Pieces. This bark tastes just like the perfect flavor combo in a peanut butter cup but o it’s way easy to make and and start eating. Adding peanut butter and Reese's Pieces put classic marshmallow cereal treats over the top. Chewy peanut butter cookies are made even more peanut buttery with Reese's Pieces. Brownies with the addition of toffee to the ice cream and a layer of fudge in between and makes this cake something to really talk about. A thin layer of chocolate chip cookie dough is topped with a combination of melted chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk, then Heath bar chunks, and dollops of more chocolate chip cookie dough. Combine the classic campfire treat and a chocolate cream pie into one amazing dessert made with Hershey Bar pudding. Nutter Butters, Marshmallows, and Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars come together into one magical treat. A chocolate lover's dream with layers of German chocolate with cream cheese frosting and chocolate ganache topped with chunks of Hershey bar. Layers of moist chocolate cake, a delicious flakey coconut filling, almond slivers, coconut frosting, and chocolate ganache, and decorated with candy bars. Start with an outrageous brownie, stir Mounds bars and semisweet chocolate chips into the batter, then top it off with creamy coconut buttercream. Hunks of Mounds candy bars are baked into rich, extra-chocolaty cookies that are fast, easy, and foolproof. You are only four ingredients from totally justifying having candy for breakfast. Full of chocolate, coconut, and almond flavor, this cake is a chocolate lover’s dream. Make the classic cookie even better by adding your favorite caramel, peanut, and nougat candy bar. Turn your basic cake mix into a showstopper layer cake. Snickers salad meets apple cake in this delicious dessert loaded with apples and candy bars. The creamy cheesecake filling is speckled with chopped Snickers candy bars and sits over a buttery graham cracker crust. These cupcakes are super moist, soft and decadent with a surprise melty and oozing caramel center. Milky Way Pound Cake with a thick and rich Milky Way Frosting is the ultimate cake with lots of chocolate and caramel flavor. Extra fudgy, melt-in-your-mouth tender brownies dotted with white chocolate KitKats are out of this world delicious. A fun and easy cake with so many surprises. Grab your leftover candy because this snack mix is so easy to make and totally foolproof. Baked with everyone’s favorite crispy candy bars and an extra drizzle of caramel and chocolate, these are too good to pass up. Candy corn may be the most polarizing candy, but whether you love it or hate it, you have to admit these desserts are pretty amazing. Loaded with marshmallows, candy corn, and peanuts the perfect combo of sweet and salty. Peanut butter fudge filled with peanuts and candy corn (of all things) tastes just like a PayDay Four ingredients, including candy corn, Oreos, and plenty of chocolate make a seriously sweet bar that is fun to serve. Press your favorite goodies into melted white chocolate for a simple and delicious treat.50+ Leftover Candy Recipes
Leftover Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Recipes
Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispie Treats Pinwheels
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Bark
Peanut Butter Cup Crack Brownies
Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream Sandwiches
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cake Bars
Leftover M&M’s Recipes
Caramel Marshmallow M&M Brownies
Easy Popcorn Ball Recipe
M&M Apple Caramel Cheese Ball
Monster Cookie Dough Ice Cream
M&M's Cake
Leftover Reese's Pieces Recipes
Reese’s Nutella Banana Bread
Loaded Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Bark
Reese's Pieces Rice Krispie Treats
Soft Baked Reese's Pieces Chocolate Chips Cookies
Leftover Heath Bars and Toffee Recipes
Toffee Brownies A La Mode Ice Cream Cake
Fudge and Toffee Filled Chocolate Chip Bars
Leftover Hershey Bar Recipes
S'Mores Chocolate Pudding Pie
Nutter Butter S'mores Magic Cookie Bars
Hershey Bar Cake
Leftover Almond Joy and Mounds Recipes
Almond Joy Layer Cake
Mounds Bars Brownies With A Creamy Coconut Buttercream
Mounds Bar Chocolate Coconut Cookies
Almond Joy Crescent Rolls
Almond Joy Candy Bar Filled Chocolate Bundt Cake
Leftover Snickers Recipes
Snickers Monster Cookies
Snickers Chocolate Cake
Apple Snickers Cake
No Bake Snickers Cheesecake
Leftover Milky Way Recipes
Milky Way Cookies
Chocolate Milky Way Cupcakes
Milky Way Pound Cake
Leftover Kit Kat Recipes
Extra Fudgy KitKat Brownies
Kit Kat & Candy Corn Cake
Kit Kat Muddy Buddies
Kit Kat Skillet Cookies
Leftover Candy Corn Recipes
Candy Corn Peanut Bars
PayDay Fudge
No Bake Chocolate Halloween Bars Recipe
Candy Corn White Chocolate Bark
Every year I buy tons of Halloween candy in hopes of having lots of trick-or-treaters and every year I’m lucky if I get 15. This gives me plenty of ideas of how to use all that left over candy!
Awwww, thank you so much for including me in this fabulous round up! Love all the different recipes, they are all so creative and fun! Hugs, Terra
SO much yumminess in one post! I love treats with candy…and you have shared the ultimate resource 🙂
Thanks Liz! So many out there to choose from!