This is a belated Halloween post. It was a great way to use up leftover chocolate candy from the kids’ Halloween haul. This may have been one of the sweetest and most decadent desserts I have ever made. The secret was to make each serving SMALL- otherwise, it truly was too much of a good thing. This recipe is from Everyday Food.
Yield: Makes 16 bars
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons coarse salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, (spooned and leveled)
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups assorted chocolate candies or roughly chopped candy bars (12 ounces)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter, brown sugar, and salt on medium-high until light and fluffy, 3 minutes. With mixer on low, add flour in three additions and beat until combined (dough will be crumbly). Press dough evenly into an 8-inch square baking dish. Bake until golden brown and firm, 30 to 35 minutes.
- Scatter chocolate chips on top of shortbread. Bake until soft, 1 minute. With the back of a spoon, spread chocolate evenly over shortbread. Scatter candies over top. Let cool on a wire rack 30 minutes. Refrigerate briefly to set chocolate, then cut into 16 bars.
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Sounds delicious, I should try that for myself!
This looks amazing! To bad there’s usually never any candy leftovers in my house… 😦
Easter candy would be great for this as well… 🙂