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How about some Easter candy cookies to cheer you up this Friday morning?
When a holiday is done, it’s DONE in this house. I adore decorating, planning, hosting and entertaining galore when it comes to almost every single holiday of the year, but when that holiday is over, watch out. It’s a hurricane of packing things away and getting rid of leftovers as fast as I can.
We always have leftover candy. I’m a candy Nazi. The kids – nor us parents – simply do not need all the chocolate and candy that arrives with each holiday, via relatives, events or any other way that candy sneaks into my house while I’m not looking.
The Easter bunny tends to bring our kids material objects instead of a boatload of candy and this year was no different. We still managed to have a container up in the cupboard of random Easter candy that was driving me insane.
Yes, I know that Easter was only 5 days ago. It takes very little to push me to the brink of insanity.
Last year I made a chocolate mousse pie with the leftover chocolate, for the whole family to just have dessert one night and the chocolate was done.
This was a beautiful pie and a great way to use the chocolate for a decadent treat.
This year I had a random assortment of candy to use ; pastel M&M’s left over from my stint at the Home & Garden show, tinfoil eggs and the Cadbury cream eggs. I couldn’t exactly bake those into a pie nor a mousse, so cookies it was this year!
The beauty to cookies is that you can basically chop up anything and throw it in. Just make sure you have 2 cups of it.
Whip up the cookie recipe below and when it comes time to put them on the cookie sheets, this is what they have to look like. Make sure the egg is cradled nice and high in the centre of the cookie.
I used my thick n’ chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe because I knew these needed depth to make sure the egg wasn’t poking out too much – you know my obsession with ugly cookies. This recipe makes sure you have delightfully thick cookies to hold all that Easter candy!
The best part?
The kids get two of these in their lunch tomorrow because Friday means a treat in their lunch and then the rest are heading in to work with Mike!
No one at the office eats leftover candy, does anyone else notice that? They are so sick of candy that they will ignore it.
However.
People will eat almost anything in cookie form.
These will disappear tomorrow by noon at my husband’s work, while the Easter candy sits all lonely and unloved. Guaranteed. Happens every time.
You just have to trick them.
Happy Baking everyone! Have a fabulous weekend!
Love,
So Glad That Candy’s Outta My House Magpie
Leftover Easter Candy Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt if using unsalted butter
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups chopped up assorted Easter chocolate and candy
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium mixing bowl and set aside.
- Using a stand mixer or a hand mixer, cream the butter and sugars together in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs until fully incorporated, then add in the vanilla. Beat until fully mixed in.
- Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, mixing on medium speed until fully combined.
- When done, fold in the two cups of chopped Easter candy, mixing by hand until combined evenly throughout the dough. If you are freezing the dough, see the instructions above in the post.
- Drop by rounded tablespoonful onto the prepared baking sheet.
- If you have mini Cadbury Cream eggs, unwrap and cut them in half. Press a half into the middle of each cookie.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown and slightly underdone. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then remove to a baking rack to finish cooling.
- Store in a closed container at room temperature for up to 5 days, or freeze in a closer container for up to 3 months.
Dani greenwood says
Yes am interested in making this
EmmiJade says
I love this! After holidays like Valentine’s, Easter, and Halloween, I love raiding local stores for discount candy, but Easter has got to be my favorite, because of all the lovely colors! I love all the mini eggs in pastel colors. They make for the prettiest cookies! I’ve also toyed with adding them to ice cream, which I think would be especially lovely in the springtime. Thanks so much for the idea!
Blueberry Kitchen says
Oh yum, I love the look of your cookies!
She Does Create says
I don’t understand what you are speaking about…”leftover” candy???
Rob Kate Wigmore says
My teeth hurt already..
The Kitchen Magpie says
Listen, just go buy cheap Easter candy and make these! The candy is all on sale now!
The Kitchen Magpie says
Hahah I love you guys!
Peggy Doyle says
I was thinking the same thing. What’s leftover candy?
Ida Pence Waterous says
I give mine to my dad.
Hilda Siemens says
what? People have leftover candy?! oops….