Re-purposing Halloween candy?

[JessiFox]

Just wondering if any of you have any go-to ideas for using up some of that excess Halloween candy in creative ways. (Short of midnight snacking after the kids are in bed .)

 

[Trellum]

This looks like a really good set of ideas: http://www.realsimple.com/food-reci...s/10-ideas-halloween-candy/skittles-meringues

My fav ones were the caramel cookie cheese cake and the dulce de leche candy bar!

 

[ACSAPA]

The most famous recipe I know of for repurposing Halloween candy is Plainchicken's recipe for Homemade Butterfinger Bars which have candy corn as one of the ingredients.
People on Pinterest rave about this recipe. http://www.plainchicken.com/2010/11/homemade-butterfingers.html

 

[ACSAPA]

I just found some more recipes that reuse Halloween candy. The SweetTarts milkshake is just crazy enough to work. http://www.miscfinds4u.com/blog/2012/11/01/leftover-halloween-candy-recipes/

 

[Tina Nord]

You can use candy corn in place of butterscotch chips in cookies. I also will cut up candy bars and put them in vanilla pudding with fruit. Both are simple and good ways to use up the rest of the candy.

 

[NThomas]

You can cut up mini candy bars and bake them inside of cup cakes. They are also a fun treat in cookies instead of chocolate chips.

 

[JessiFox]

Ohh thanks for the ideas everyone! I'm loving the creativity of some of these- SweetTarts milkshake?? That's either insane or brilliant, but I want to try it to find out . And what a fun collection, Trellum, I love the frozen banana pops...I could feel slightly "healthy" with that option .

 

[sweetkymom]

I have made nerd blizzards at home and they were a hit. I took vanilla ice cream, milk and nerds and put them in the blender on the mixing mode for just a second. I've also made homemade sugar cookies with added skittles or other variations such as snickers, etc.

 

[JessiFox]

SweetKYmom, there is definitely something to that homemade blizzard idea, sounds fantastic! You didn't think it was crazy sweet? I think my boys would enjoy it either way, I'm just trying to gauge if I would like it too, lol.

 

[ACSAPA]

You could make Halloween bark. This big picture is pretty self explanatory.

 

[JessiFox]

You could make Halloween bark. This big picture is pretty self explanatory.

Oh, yeah I'd say that picture does explain enough , I hadn't really considered a bark but that could be a good way to use up small amounts of random candies. Thanks for the inspiration .

 

[ACSAPA]

If your Halloween candy is pretty fresh and doesn't expire for a while, you could make one of these harvest themed candy bouquets as a cheap Thanksgiving gift.

 

[JessiFox]

If your Halloween candy is pretty fresh and doesn't expire for a while, you could make one of these harvest themed candy bouquets as a cheap Thanksgiving gift.

These are so cute and creative for a little chocolate attack . I have done them for birthdays (saw one really quite "bouquet" with soda and candy too) and one for Father's day for my husband, but I hadn't thought of them in terms of Fall/Thanksgiving, what a fun way to utilize all that excess candy this time of year .