Candy Corn Delight

Welcome to Halloween season! My latest favorite baked treat is the slutty brownie. How could you go wrong with the 3 greatest non ice cream desserts ever combined into delicious treat? Ever since I made my first batch I've been dreaming of ways to incorporate some of the other Oreo flavors. The past few weeks my cube mate at work and I have been discussing the Limited Edition:

Candy Corn Oreos 

and Candy Corn M&M's

Both are sold at Target and both were difficult to find when they were released. But lucky for me, my local Target restocked! My mother tried both over the weekend and said she thought they were too sweet and ended up throwing them away. I was nervous about trying them but my cubemate found the Oreos last night and brought them into work today. I agree that they were pretty sweet but he reminded me that candy corn is pure sugar so they can't really be "too sweet" if they were supposed to be candy corn flavored. He also found the M&M's last weekend and failed to share with me :( but he did mention today that he thought they might taste good in a cookie. I made him promise to bring me a cup of the M&M's to work tomorrow so I could take them home and make candy corn M&M cookies. I even had the idea of mixing in real candy corn into the batter.

As I was driving home today thinking about the candy corn sugar cookies I had a flash of brilliance....candy corn slutty brownies with the candy corn M&M's and the candy corn Oreos. The only problem I had then was I couldn't make them with real brownies...but I could make them with BLONDIES!!! I did some quick googling and found that someone out there had created slutty blondies! From here it was easy. Swap out the candy corn Oreos for the blondie Oreos, the candy corn M&M's for the white chocolate and add candy corn to the sugar cookie layer. And thus the Candy Corn Delight was born (I had to keep the name PG because I'm bringing a pan of them into work but I came up with all kinds of creative names for these things including Candy the Stripper brownies). I couldn't wait for cubie to bring in M&M's tomorrow, I had to go out and buy my own Oreos and M&M's tonight!

Start with the sugar cookie dough, mix in 1 cup of candy corn

Spread in bottom of pan

Jam as many candy corn Oreos on top of the sugar cookie layer. Most recipes call for 12 Oreos, I say, if you're gonna do this, do it right! The boy was able to fit all 20 Oreos from the bag plus 1/4 of mine into his pan, I only managed to fit 19.25 Oreos into my pan :(

Next step, Blondie batter with 1 cup which chocolate candy corn M&M's

Mix those babies in

Spread on top of the Oreos

Yum!

Check out those layers!

Bake for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean

I think the candy corns melted....

I tried these babies about 10 minutes after they came out of the oven. They hadn't really set yet so I wasn't able to get a good photo illustrating all of the layers. Hopefully they'll set up better tomorrow and I can get a good photo. In my taste test it appeared as though the Oreos may have melted into oblivion and the candy corn turned the bottom layer into a magical concoction of sugary delightfulness.Overall they taste pretty darn good. I'm not super into non chocolately desserts but I do like me a good sugar cookie every now and then. I may have survived without the M&M's (surprisingly...). 

I say if you like sugar cookies and candy corn you'll sure like these! Recipe below (adapted from whatsgabycooking.com)

Ingredients

For the Brownie layer:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 2 tsp of vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp of baking soda
• Half a bag of white chocolate candy corn M&M's (a little less than 1 cup)
For the Oreo layer:
• 1 package of Candy Corn Oreos
For the Cookie Dough layer:
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temp)
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cup AP flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup candy corn

Instructions

For the Brownie layer:
1. In a microwave safe bowl melt the butter and transfer into a mixing bowl. Add the brown sugar and whisk to combine. Add the vanilla and egg and continue to whisk until totally incorporated.
2. In another bowl mix together the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
3. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until fully combined. Stir in the white chocolate candy corn M&M's and set the batter aside
For the Cookie Dough layer:
4. Cream together the butter and sugars in a mixer. Add the egg and vanilla, making sure to scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl. Add the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder and mix on low until everything is incorporated. Hand mix in candy corn. Set aside.
Assembly:
5. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
6. Line the bottom of a 9x9 baking pan with tin foil and then spray the tin foil with a layer of baking spray.
7. Layer the cookie dough on the bottom of a 9x9 baking pan, pressing down to form the bottom of the slutty brownies.
8. Layer as many oreos that will fit on top of the cookie dough. No need to overlap. One single layer will do.
9. Since the blondie brownie batter is thick, carefully press the brownie batter on top of the oreo layer and make sure it's even on top.
10. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Test with a knife to see if the center is done. If the knife comes out clean, let the brownies rest before serving. If the knife comes out with batter still on it, allow the brownies to bake about 5 minutes more.

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