Butterfinger Cookies

1 yellow cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 large Butterfinger candy bar (or 6 minis)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix cake mix, eggs and oil until dry is completely dissolved into a dough.  Chop Butterfinger into tiny pieces, mix into dough.  Drop in small balls onto greased cookie sheet.  Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden.  Don't over bake.  Remove from pan and cool.

Comments:  I found this recipe in an older cookbook.  It is so simple to make that I wasn't sure how the cookies would end up tasting.  I've used cake mixes for cookie bars before and they always seem to have a 'cake' texture.  Not these cookies!  They actually break, crumble, crunch, and taste like cookies.  This is so simple that the kids can make them with little supervision.  I want to give this recipe a try using Heath bars next.

Milky Way Cookies

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/4 cups plus 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
6 mini Milky Way candy bars cut into small pieces (about the size of chocolate chips)

Using an electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars in a large bowl until well-blended.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Beat until fluffy.  Beat in flour, salt and baking soda.  Stir in Milky Way pieces.  Chill dough at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line baking sheet with parchment paper.  Make walnut size balls of dough, press down and place on sheet about 2 1/2 - 3 inches apart.  Bake until golden brown, about 12 minutes.  Cool completely.

Comments:  I found this recipe on Pinterest  and it called for crushed Butterfingers.  Well it was Halloween but I didn't have any butter fingers so I chopped up some Milky Way bars.  I'm not a chocolate fan but the caramel from the Milky Way made these cookies so good that I had a hard time saving enough to give to some of my food testers for Halloween.  This did tell me that I could use this recipe with other candies.  If you use candies like butter fingers, crush them.  If you use gooey candies like the Milky Way, cut them into small pieces.  These cookies are simply delicious.