Candy Bar Desserts
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These Candy Bar inspired desserts take the flavors of Snickers, Twix, Almond Joy, and Reese's and turn them into cupcakes, tarts, brownies, and more. Most recipes are made from scratch, so you get that nostalgic candy counter taste without buying a bag of fun-size bars.
When my kids empty their Halloween bags, they start sorting right away. Snickers and Reese's go in the keep pile, and everything else goes in the trade pile. I've been turning those favorites into desserts for years, and this is my collection of the best ones, from Snickers Blondie Tart to homemade Andes Mints.
Why You'll Love This Roundup
- These recipes bring back memories. Each one is based on a favorite candy flavor combination, like chocolate and caramel, peanut butter and chocolate, or coconut and almond.
- There's a wide variety of flavors here. You'll find desserts inspired by Snickers, Twix, Almond Joy, Reese's, Turtles, and more.
- You'll find something for every occasion. Pick from cupcakes, bars, tarts, cakes, ice cream, and even some no-bake treats.
- Most of these desserts are homemade, so you get that candy bar flavor in a fresh treat. Some recipes even use real candy as a mix-in or topping.
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Snickers Inspired Desserts
Peanuts, caramel, and chocolate make up the classic Snickers combo, and both of these desserts include all three.
🔒 Snickers Blondie Tart 🔒
This dessert starts with a chewy peanut butter blondie crust, then adds crunchy peanuts, gooey salted caramel, and a smooth milk chocolate ganache on top.
Get The Recipe: Snickers Blondie Tart
🔒 Snickers Cupcakes 🔒
These rich chocolate cupcakes have peanut butter frosting, a drizzle of salted caramel, and a sprinkle of chopped roasted peanuts.
Get The Recipe: Snickers Cupcakes
Almond Joy Inspired Desserts
Chocolate, coconut, and almonds are a great match, and these recipes turn those flavors into a brownie bar and a muffin.
🔒 Almond Joy Brownie Bars 🔒
These fudgy chocolate brownies have a sweet cream cheese and coconut layer, roasted almonds, and a chocolate glaze on top.
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Almond Joy Muffins
This breakfast-inspired muffin has chocolate chips, coconut, chopped almonds, and a hint of coconut extract baked into a soft muffin.
Get The Recipe: Almond Joy Muffins Recipe
Twix Inspired Bars and Tarts
The classic Twix combo is crisp shortbread, chewy caramel, and a chocolate layer on top. These four recipes each use that formula in a different way.
Salted Caramel Chocolate Tart
This tart is like a Twix bar, with a shortbread crust, salted caramel, and a chocolate glaze.
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Millionaire's Shortbread
Buttery shortbread gets a chewy salted caramel layer and a soft milk chocolate ganache, just like a homemade Twix.
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🔒 Chocolate Mint Cookie Bars 🔒
A double chocolate shortbread base is topped with whipped mint ganache and a dark chocolate glaze for a minty twist on a Twix bar.
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Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Billionaire Bars
This is the extra-loaded version: shortbread, caramel, eggless peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough, and a thick chocolate ganache layer.
Get The Recipe: Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Billionaire Bars
Peanut Butter Cup (Reese's Style) Desserts
Chocolate and peanut butter are a classic pair. These recipes go from no-bake bars all the way to a full layer cake.
No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
These bars taste just like peanut butter cups, with a peanut butter base and a chocolate peanut butter topping. You don't even need the oven.
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Peanut Butter Brownies
If you love peanut butter cups, you'll enjoy these fudgy dark chocolate brownies with a peanut butter swirl.
Get The Recipe: Peanut Butter Brownies
Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownie Bites
Each brownie bite has a mini Reese's cup inside and is topped with peanut butter cheesecake.
Get The Recipe: Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownie Bites
Buckeyes
These no-bake peanut butter balls are made with butter and powdered sugar, then dipped in milk chocolate so the peanut butter shows at the top. They're like peanut butter cups, but smoother and softer.
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Peanut Butter Eggs
This homemade version of the Easter favorite has a peanut butter filling shaped into eggs and dipped in milk chocolate.
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Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Frosting
This is the cake version of a peanut butter cup: a moist peanut butter cake topped with fudgy milk chocolate buttercream.
Get The Recipe: Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Frosting
No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie Jars
These individual no-bake peanut butter pies are layered in jars with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and mini peanut butter cups on top.
Get The Recipe: No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie Jars
Hairy Spider Cookies
These Halloween treats are fudgy dark chocolate cookies rolled in chocolate sprinkles, decorated with candy eyeballs, and placed on mini peanut butter cups.
Get The Recipe: Hairy Spider Cookies
Candy Counter Classics
These recipes are inspired by, or made with, other favorites from the candy aisle like Turtles, peppermint patties, Andes mints, and malted milk balls.
🔒 Salted Caramel Brownie Ice Cream with TURTLES 🔒
Homemade vanilla ice cream is swirled with salted caramel sauce, then mixed with brownie pieces and chopped pecan caramel chocolate candy clusters.
Get The Recipe: Salted Caramel Brownie Ice Cream with TURTLES® Clusters
Cookies and Cream Peppermint Patties
These homemade no-bake mint discs have a crunchy cookie-studded filling and are dipped in dark chocolate.
Get The Recipe: Cookies and Cream Peppermint Patties
Andes Mints
This homemade copycat of the classic mint candy has layers of dark and white chocolate flavored with peppermint and is cut into squares.
Get The Recipe: Andes Mints
🔒 Peanut Butter Banana Malt Dusty Road Sundaes 🔒
Banana brown sugar ice cream is swirled with peanut butter, mixed with chopped malted milk balls, and topped with chocolate sauce and malted milk powder.
Get The Recipe: Peanut Butter Banana Malt Dusty Road Sundaes
Black and White Malt Shoppe Cupcakes
These cupcakes have chocolate and vanilla malted frosting, plus a topping of malted milk balls.
Get The Recipe: Black and White Malt Shoppe Cupcakes
Mint Chocolate Cookie Cupcakes
These chocolate cupcakes have a mint Oreo baked inside, mint cookie buttercream on top, and a Junior Mint to finish.
Get The Recipe: Mint Chocolate Cookie Cupcakes
🔒 Chocolate Caramel Chip Cheesecake 🔒
This rich chocolate cheesecake, inspired by milk chocolate caramel squares, has a cookie crust, caramel chips, and caramel sauce.
Get The Recipe: Chocolate Caramel Chip Cheesecake
Tips for Making Candy Bar Desserts
- Try mixing and matching the flavors. For a Snickers-style dessert, just combine peanut butter, salted caramel, roasted peanuts, and chocolate.
- Use real candy as a garnish. Even with homemade recipes, adding a few chopped fun-size candy bars on top is a great way to use up extra Halloween candy.
- Chop candy while it's cold. Chocolate and caramel are easier to cut straight from the fridge or freezer.
- Let caramel and ganache set before slicing. Layered bars and tarts cut much more neatly after they've chilled.
- Check each recipe for storage tips. Caramel and ganache desserts usually keep best in the fridge, but each recipe has its own notes.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can chop candy bars into brownies, cookies, and ice cream, or use them as a topping for cupcakes, cheesecakes, and bars. This roundup also has homemade versions of favorite candy bar flavors, so you get the same taste without buying the candy.
A Twix-style dessert has three layers: a buttery shortbread base, a chewy caramel layer, and a chocolate topping. Try Millionaire's Shortbread or Salted Caramel Chocolate Tart.
Combine the four main Snickers flavors: peanut butter or nougat-style filling, salted caramel, roasted peanuts, and milk chocolate. Snickers Blondie Tart and Snickers Cupcakes both use this combo.
Most of these recipes are made from scratch, so you don't need candy to make them. A few use real candy, like Reese's minis in Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownie Bites, TURTLES clusters in the ice cream, malted milk balls, and mini peanut butter cups. You can also chop fun-size bars to garnish almost any dessert here.
No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars, Buckeyes, Peanut Butter Eggs, Cookies and Cream Peppermint Patties, and No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie Jars don't need the oven.
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