Leftover Halloween Candy Brookie Bars
These brownie chocolate chip brookie bars have both a rich brownie layer and chocolate chip cookie layer, then filled with your favorite leftover Halloween candy, and baked to perfection!
Ingredients
Brownie Batter Layer
- ½ cup unsalted butter (melted (1 stick))
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs (room temp.)
- ¾ cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon espresso powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Layer
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter (room temp.)
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg (room temp.)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- pinch of salt
Halloween Candy
- 1 ½ cups assorted chopped Halloween candy ((use as little or as much as you'd like up to 1 ½ cups total chopped))
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prep 9x13 baking pan with parchment paper and sprayed with nonstick baking spray.
- Chop all of the Halloween candy in pieces and set aside.
Brownie Batter Layer
- Melt butter and add in chocolate chips to melt.
- While the butter melts, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Set aside.
- The chocolate chips should be soft enough to whisk into the melted butter now until fully combined. If not fully melted, heat a little bit more. Whisk in granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and two eggs. Whisk vigorously for one minute.
- Fold in the dry ingredients until just combined. At this point you can pour the brownie mixture into the prepared baking pan and spread in an even layer, then set aside.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Layer
- In a separate small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In another bowl, cream together room temperature butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg and vanilla extract until fully combined. Then mix in the dry ingredients until a dough forms. Lastly, fold in the chocolate chips.
Assembling Halloween Candy Brookie Bars
- Add chopped Halloween candy on top of the brownie batter layer in the pan and push the candy into the batter. Use around ½ cup of the chopped candy but don't worry about being too specific. You can use a little more candy or a little less here.
- Then scoop the chocolate chip cookie dough in small scoops all over the top and push it down evenly with your hands.
- Add the rest of the chopped Halloween candy on top of the cookie dough layer and be sure to push the candy in just a bit so that it can bake easily into the cookie dough.
- Place in the preheated oven on the middle rack for 25 minutes. Check on your brookie bars and ensure the top is not browning too much. If it is, you can add a piece of foil to tent the top of the brookies (this is not always needed, but be sure to check). Bake for an additional 10 minutes or until completely baked, usually 35-40 minutes total.*
- Let brookies cool completely before removing from the pan. One cooled, remove and slice evenly into 12 rectangle bars or 24 square bars. Enjoy!
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Notes
*It is best to pull the brookie bars out a little bit underbaked and let them finish baking in the hot pan while they cool completely at room temperature. Avoid overbaking as that could result in a more crunchy brookie bar instead of a soft brookie bar. It helps to bake the brookies on a lower middle rack in the oven and avoid baking them on the top or it could cause overbaking.
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