Chocolate Grab-Bag Brownies - Use up That Halloween Candy!

senseicheryl's Note:

I found this recipe on the www.hersheys.com website today and it's another great way to use up some of that leftover Halloween candy! :-)

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 36

Yield: 36.0 brownies

• 2 cups candy bars , chopped (any combination that you like!)
• 1 cup butter (or margarine)
• 2 cups sugar
• 2⁄3; cup cocoa , Hershey's
• 4 eggs , beaten
• ¾ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°F Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Remove wrappers from candies. Cut each candy into 1/2-inch pieces; set aside.
2. Melt butter in saucepan over low heat. Add sugar and cocoa; stir to blend. Remove from heat. Stir in eggs. Stir together flour, salt and baking soda; stir into chocolate mixture. Stir in vanilla and candy pieces. Spread in prepared pan.
3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from sides of pan and begin to crack slightly; do not overbake. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.

Reviews

[Chef #1006571]

What a great idea! These brownies were good the first day and held well to the second day. I was able to get them out of the pan just fine using Pam (I thought the candy might stick), but using foil greased with Pam worked very well, too.