These Healthy Candy Cookie Bars are the perfect way to use all that leftover Halloween candy and turn it into soft, thick cookie bars loaded with chocolate and delicious candies. The perfect treat for a snack or dessert. It’s vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free.

I have never been a great fun of sweets, have you? Frankly, it’s ages since I last bought sugar candies. I’m more a chocolate lover myself and, as I quit sugar a few months ago, sugar-free chocolate has become my new addiction.

Halloween is becoming increasingly popular here in Barcelona, and although we have our own traditions for the 31st October and 1st November, nobody wants to miss the opportunity to go to a Halloween party and dress up like a zombie. As could not be otherwise, my house was no exception.

I made those Healthy Candy Cookie Bars for a Halloween friend’s gathering at my place, and they loved it. Most of the people that surrounds me have a sweet tooth, but any sweet doesn’t do the trick. We all have become very picky when it comes to food. So, if you’re looking for a wholesome and healthy treat to stuff with your favorite candies, these Candy Cookie Bars are the way to go!

What are Healthy Candy Cookie Bars?

Healthy Candy Cookie Bars are the perfect combination of cookie dough and healthy chocolatey candies. Although, to tell the truth, these recipe will work with whatever candies you choose except gummies. Wondering what to do with leftover Halloween candy? Think no more and mix them in, you can’t go wrong with these delicious cookie bars.

What Kind of Candy Works Best in Healthy Candy Cookie Bars?

Any kind of candy will do the job, but personally, I prefer chocolate bars and chocolate candies, as well as chocolate covered nuts, like peanuts and almonds. That’s what I used for these candy cookie bars.

Are you in love with Reese’s, M&M’s, Snickers or Twix? Chop them up and mix them into this chewy candy cookie bars. Halloween is the one day of the year when it’s allowed to eat as much candy as one wants.

Tips For Making Healthy Candy Cookie Bars

Line your baking pan with parchment paper. It makes it easier to lift the entire cookie bar out and then easily cut into squares. Not to mention that cleaning the pan later is a breeze.
Use a 8-inch square pan. The cookie dough should be around ¾ inch thick when spread into the pan. If you use a larger pan, the dough will be thiner and you’ll get crumbly bars.
Don’t over mix. Mix until just combined. If you over-mix, you’ll get a denser cookie bar.
Don’t over bake either. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes just until golden brown and still gooey in the center.