What Are Candy bars and How Can I Use Them?

Candy bars is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store them, what to substitute, and 23 recipes to get you started.

Recipes using candy bars

There are 23 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Mounds of Bugs

Mounds of Bugs are no-bake Halloween treats made from Mounds candy bars with licorice legs, Reese's Pieces eyes, and chocolate sprinkle spots. A fun candy craft kids love to make.

Favourite Butterfinger Cake

Butterfinger poke cake: warm chocolate cake riddled with holes and soaked in caramel and sweetened condensed milk, then chilled and topped with whipped topping and crushed Butterfingers.

Unbelievable Fruit Salad

Fruit salad with mandarin oranges, pineapple, blueberries, and seedless grapes folded into a whipped cream and sour cream base with grated chocolate candy bars.

Candy Bar Pie with Cream Chocolate Topping

Decadent candy bar pie with peanut butter cheesecake filling, chocolate topping, and chunks of candy throughout. A show-stopping dessert for serious sweet lovers.

Chocolate Coconut Surprise Cookies

These cookies with a candy bar center, from Bev Bosveld of Waupun, are packed with coconut.

Milky Way Brownies

Milky Way candy bar brownies melted right into the batter for chewy chocolate-caramel squares. A clever Halloween candy stash bake with built-in nougat and caramel layers.

Candy Bar Gooey Cake with Caramel Topping

Better-than-anything cake with German chocolate base soaked in sweetened condensed milk and caramel sauce, topped with whipped topping and crushed Heath or Snickers bars. Make-ahead party cake.

Toffee Crunch-Chocolate Chip Cookies

Toffee crunch chocolate chip cookies with oats, chopped toffee candy bars, pecans, and semi-sweet chocolate. Made in a food processor for fast, even mixing and chewy-crisp texture.

Layered Toffee Cake

Layered toffee cake with angel food cake split into three layers, filled and frosted with caramel whipped cream, and covered in crushed Heath bars. No baking required.

Twinkie Cake

No-bake Twinkie cake layered with chocolate pudding, crushed Heath bars, and whipped topping. Four ingredients, zero oven time, and pure nostalgic fun.

Toffee Crunch Coffee Cake

Buttermilk coffee cake with crushed toffee candy bars and pecans layered through a brown sugar crumb batter, baked in a mini Bundt pan. Crunchy, buttery, and perfect for brunch.

Candy Shop Pizza

Giant chocolate chip cookie baked in a pizza pan, smothered in melted chocolate and peanut butter, then piled high with fresh fruit and chopped candy bars. The ultimate dessert pizza for parties.

Almond Joy Chocolate Pie

Chocolate pudding studded with chopped Almond Joy candy pieces fills a graham cracker-candy crust for a no-bake pie that tastes like your favorite candy bar in dessert form.

Almond Joy Chocolate Pie

Chocolate pudding studded with chopped Almond Joy candy pieces fills a graham cracker-candy crust for a no-bake pie that tastes like your favorite candy bar in dessert form.

Almond Joy Chocolate Pie

Chocolate pudding studded with chopped Almond Joy candy pieces fills a graham cracker-candy crust for a no-bake pie that tastes like your favorite candy bar in dessert form.

Almond Joy Chocolate Pie

Chocolate pudding studded with chopped Almond Joy candy pieces fills a graham cracker-candy crust for a no-bake pie that tastes like your favorite candy bar in dessert form.

Easy Better-Than-Sex Cake

Better-Than-Sex cake: poke cake made from German chocolate cake mix soaked with sweetened condensed milk and caramel, topped with whipped cream and crushed candy bars.

Mounds Macaroons

Coconut macaroons packed with Mounds candy pieces, cream cheese, and almond extract get drizzled with dark chocolate for bakery-worthy cookies.

Almond Nougat Crispies

Rice Krispies treats elevated with nougat candy bars, marshmallows, toasted almonds, and butter. No-bake squares with chewy-crispy texture.

California Bluebonnet Cake Snicker Pan Pie

A four-layer Snickers pie: graham cracker crust, fudgy chocolate brownie layer studded with Snickers chunks, creamy cheesecake, and drizzled milk chocolate ganache on top. Decadent dessert overload.

No-Bake Heath Bar Pudding Pie

Crushed Heath bars stud creamy vanilla pudding layered over a buttery graham cracker crust, all topped with billowy whipped cream and a drizzle of caramel. This no-bake stunner comes together in minutes but tastes like you fussed for hours.

Pistachio Pudding Dessert

A no-bake, layered dessert with creamy pistachio pudding, fluffy whipped topping, and crunchy Heath bar crumbles, nestled between soft ladyfingers. Perfect for potlucks or a refreshing treat!

Brownie Refrigerator Cake

Brownie refrigerator cake layers a fudgy brownie base with sweet cream cheese, chocolate-vanilla pudding, and billows of whipped topping, all finished with chocolate. A make-ahead, chilled layered dessert that's pure indulgence.

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