Halloween Cookie Bars

 A simple cookie bar tray bake using lots of Halloween-themed treats!

I wanted to make a cookie bar traybake that wasn't overtly Halloween, just simple enough that it erred on spooky but wasn't overdoing it you know? And so I used whatever treats I could find in the supermarket that I know most would also find accessible. Every year Oreos release their "spooky" Oreos - they're literally orange coloured and vanilla flavoured but they'll do. And yes I did spend some time (and money) picking out the yellow green and brown M&M's so they were on theme. Add some of the Curly Wurley Squirlies and you've got Halloween in a cookie bar! The all important thing is that they're quick to make and not long to bake and they're very tasty :)

If you love cookie bars...

Check out my other recipes for more inspiration!

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Recipe

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 20 mins

Serves: 16

Notes:

• The Oreos I used are the Halloween vanilla ones because they are orange in the middle but any Oreos works fine if you can't get them - they only come out around September/October!
• You can swap the Curly Wurley Squirlies for jelly snakes if you fancied a sweetie option.
• You may need to buy a couple of packets of M&M's to get enough of the colours!

Ingredients

115g butter, melted

55g caster sugar

135g light brown sugar

1 medium egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

250g plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

½ tsp salt

1 tbsp cornflour

100g smarties or M&M's

1 packet (157g) Oreos - chopped into quarters

110g Cadbury Curly Wurly Squirlies

2 tbsp Halloween sprinkles

Method

• Preheat your oven to 190ºc/170ºc fan and line a 9x9inch square tin with baking paper.
• In a larger bowl, add the melted butter and the two sugars, and whisk for about 2 minutes so the sugar starts to dissolve and the mixture is smooth. 
• Add in the egg and vanilla extract, and mix.
• Add the plain flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and cornflour and mix to a cookie dough.
• Add most of the M&Ms and most of the chopped Oreos (save a handful of each for on top) and mix into the cookie dough.
• Press the mixture into the bottom of the tin and top with the sprinkles.
• Bake the traybake in the oven for 20 minutes, until golden.As soon as the cookie bars are out of the oven, press the rest of the Oreos and the M&M's into the top - it's best done when they are warm so they stick and you can press them in easier.
• Leave the cookie bars to cool in the tin for about 10 minutes, then lift out of the tin and leave to cool fully on a wire rack. Cut into 16 and serve. Enjoy!
  
  Christina xx