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What to Do with Leftover Halloween Candy

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at FSU chapter.

Halloween has come and gone, you’ve put your costumes back in to the deep corners of your closet, started tearing down the fake cobwebs and digging up the fake tombstones, and you’re probably wondering just what to do with all that leftover candy. In lieu of candy corn for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, check out these creative recipes you can make with leftover Halloween candy.

Chocolate Monkey Bread 

Courtesy: Taste of Home

Finally, a way to eat bread and chocolate at the same time. Have this tasty treat for breakfast with a cup of coffee for the perfect morning.

Ingredients you’ll need: brown sugar, butter, two cans of refrigerated buttermilk biscuits, sugar, ground cinnamon, Hershey’s Kisses.

How to make it:

In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar and the butter. Stir over medium heat until the sugar is melted, then set aside. Cut each biscuit into quarters. Shape each piece around a chocolate kiss; pinch seams to seal. In a large re-sealable plastic bag, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Add biscuits, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. Spoon 1/4 of the brown sugar and butter mix into a well greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Arrange a third of the biscuits in the pan and drizzle with 1/4 of the brown sugar and butter mix. Repeat layers twice. Bake uncovered at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately transfer the biscuits onto a serving plate. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving. 

For more info, check out the full recipe at Taste of Home here.

Fall Harvest Snack Mix 

Courtesy: Taste of Home

This tasty and easy to make upgrade to regular popcorn goes perfectly with a Scandal mini-marathon!

Ingredients you’ll need: pretzel sticks, mixed nuts, butter, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, popped popcorn, candy corn, M&M’s.

How to make it: 

In a large bowl, combine the pretzels and nuts. Combine the butter, cinnamon and cloves. Drizzle a third of the butter mixture over the pretzel mixture; toss to coat. Transfer to a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 300° for 15 minutes.

Place popcorn in a large bowl; drizzle with remaining butter mixture and toss to coat. Stir into pretzel mixture. Bake 15 minutes longer or until heated through. Let cool; transfer to a large bowl. Add candy corn and M&M’s; toss to combine. 

For more info, check out the full recipe at Taste of Home here

 Twix Banana Bread

Courtesy: Inside BruCrew Life

Enjoy this Twix on a classic with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and the fact that technically, there’s fruit in it.

Ingredients you’ll need: Bananas, vanilla, eggs, flour, sugar, baking soda, sour cream, salt, Twix bars.

How to make it:

In a large bowl, mix the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix again. Stir in the baking soda and salt. Slowly add the flour to the mixture while the mixer is running. Do not over beat.

Fold in the bananas, sour cream and Twix bars by hand until incorporated. Pour into a 9×5 pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 5 minutes. Let cool for 10-15 minutes in the pan, then remove and cool the rest of the way on a wire rack.

For more info, check out the full recipe at Inside BruCrew Life here.

Staff Writer for Her Campus FSU. Caitlin is a Senior and is currently majoring in Editing, Writing, and Media and working towards a minor in Communications. She enjoys reading in her spare time, and is passionate about art, music, politics, and food.
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