Turn leftover Halloween candy into these easy Milky Way Cookies. They are soft, chewy, and packed with gooey chocolate and caramel in every bite.
Milky Way Bars are the perfect addition to your chocolate chip cookies. These cookies will melt in your mouth and they are the perfect way to use your leftover Halloween Candy.
Cookies make the perfect dessert recipe and adding your favorite candy bars makes them even better. Try these other ways to use candy bars to make these recipes – easy Twix bars cupcakes recipe, Butterfinger pie, homemade Snickers and best Snickers apple salad recipe.
If you are looking for a classic cookie recipe, make Toll House chocolate chip cookies, Reese’s pieces cookies or chocolate chip walnut cookies.
Why We Love This Recipe
These candy bar cookies are a great recipe to have the kids help. We have made these cookies with Snickers but 3 Musketeers would also be a great choice.
The steps are easy and if you are a baker, you probably already have all the ingredients. These cookies are perfect for the Milky Way Candy Bar lover in your family and are easy to serve for any occasion.
Ingredients
- Unsalted Butter – Start with room temperature, softened butter
- Light Brown Sugar – Learn how to make brown sugar with simple ingredients
- Chocolate Chips – We used semi sweet chocolate chips but these cookies would be delicious with dark chocolate chips
- Milky Way Candy Bars – Feel free to use other types of fun size candy bars
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How to Make Milk Way Cookies
Step 1 – Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step 2 – In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and brown sugar until the mixture is creamy. Stir in the eggs and vanilla extract.
Step 3 – Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a different bowl.
Step 4 – Gradually add the dry ingredients into the butter mixture until well combined. Mix the batter well in a large bowl.
Step 5 – Mix in chocolate chips and chopped Milky Way Candy Bars to the cookie dough batter. Cover and refrigerate the dough for 15-20 minutes.
Step 6 – Scoop the cookie dough onto a baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes until the edges are slightly browned.
Step 7 – Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Then move to a wire rack to cool completely. Then the cookies are ready to serve and enjoy!
Recipe Tips
- Mixing Ingredients – Combine the cookie dough batter together with a hand mixer or a stand mixer. You can also mix by hand whichever you prefer.
- Freezing Candy Bars – To help keep the shape of the candy bars, we like to freeze the candy bars. But this is an optional step.
- Scoop Cookie Dough – For best results, we like to scoop the cookie dough with an ice cream scoop. It allows the dough to be even so it cooks evenly.
- Baking Sheet – To easily remove the cookies from the baking sheet, line with parchment paper.
- Chop the Milky Way bars evenly – Smaller, even pieces help prevent too much caramel from leaking out while baking.
- Do not overbake – Overbaking can make the caramel hard instead of soft and gooey.
- Reshape while warm. If the cookies spread unevenly, gently shape the edges with a spatula right after baking.
Variations and Substitutions
- Try another candy bar. Use chopped Snickers or 3 Musketeers instead of Milk Way.
- Add M&M’s. Mix them into the dough for extra chocolate and color.
- Make a gooey center. Wrap the cookie dough around a large piece of Milky Way before baking.
- Add frosting. Top cooled cookies with chocolate or vanilla frosting for an extra sweet finish.
Serving Suggestions
Serve Milky Way Cookies warm so the candy pieces are soft and gooey. Press a few extra Milky Way pieces into the tops after baking, and serve with a cold glass of milk.
Storage Instructions
- Room Temperature – Store the cookies in an airtight container or bag at room temperature for up to 1 week.
- Freeze Baked Cookies – Place cooled cookies in a freezer safe container and freeze for up to 3 months.
- Freeze cookie dough – Scoop the dough into balls, freeze until firm, then transfer to a freezer bag. Bake from frozen, adding a few extra minutes as needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
This milk chocolate coating candy bar is full of nougat and caramel. The combination of these ingredients makes a delicious candy bar that everyone loves.
Cooking time will vary when baking these cookies. Cookies are done baking in about 8-10 minutes and are slightly golden brown. If your cookies are soft in the center, they will finish cooking on the baking sheet when you remove from the oven.
Chop the Milky Way bars into small, even pieces and make sure they are surrounded by cookie dough. Avoid overbaking, since the caramel can harden as the cookies cool.
Yes. Snickers, 3 Musketeers, or other soft chocolate candy bars work well.
Yes. They are especially good warm when the chocolate and caramel are soft and gooey.
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Milky Way Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup Unsalted Butter softened
- ¾ cup Granulated Sugar
- ¾ cup Light Brown Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup Chocolate Chips
- 15 Fun Size Milky Way Candy Bars coarsely chopped
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, beat the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until light and creamy.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract until combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, mixing just until combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and chopped Milky Way bars.
- Cover and refrigerate the cookie dough for 15–20 minutes.
- Scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 8–10 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Our family loves Milky Way’s and so this recipe with the Milky Way in the cookies is extremely good. My kids go crazy over this.
This was absolutely delicious. Thank you for such a great recipe!
Amazing flavor!
I am obsessed with these!
family favorite
I love making cookies with pieces of candy bars! This cookie recipe was so delicious!