Milky Ways are my absolute favorite candy bar. What’s not to love about the Milky Way candy bar? It’s got chocolate, a thick layer or caramel, and just enough nougat. When you combine Milky Way candy bars with other ingredients, you end up with snacks and desserts that are beyond decadent. Here are just a few creative ideas to get you started.
Creative Uses for Milky Way Candy Bars #1: Caramel Brownie Cups
These are so easy to make. Just prepare your brownie mix as normal and place it in baking cups. Before placing the baking cups in the oven, insert a miniature sized Milky Way candy bar into the center of each cup, and bake as directed. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge sauce.
Creative Uses for Milky Way Candy Bars #2: Chocolate-Caramel Madness Cake
This is another fun way to use Milky Way candy bars. To make this cake, you will need one 9 x 13 inch chocolate cake, sweetened condensed milk, caramel sauce, hot fudge sauce, Cool Whip, and chopped Milky Way candy bars. When the cake is fresh out of the oven poke holes in it and pour on the sweetened condensed milk that has been combined with the caramel sauce. As the cake cools, the mixture will make its way through the entire cake. When the cake is cool, spread on two bottles of unheated hot fudge sauce. Then add the Cool Whip and top with the candy bar pieces.
Creative Uses for Milky Way Candy Bars #3: Kicked Up S’mores
Everyone knows that Hershey’s chocolate bars are great on s’mores, but why not try other candy bars? The next time you want s’mores, place halves of graham crackers on a cookie sheet. Then place on two fun sized Milky Way candy bars. Last but not least, top with two marshmallows. Bake at 350 until the marshmallows puff and turn brown. Add a second graham cracker half on top and enjoy.
Creative Uses for Milky Way Candy Bars #4: Caramel and Chocolate Cheesecake
For this tip, you will use your favorite cheesecake batter. Stir chopped Milky Way candy bars into the batter. Once you have the batter is in your springform pan, drop blobs of hot fudge sauce and caramel sauce on top of the batter and swirl into the batter. Bake as directed and allow to chill thoroughly before enjoying.
Creative Uses for Milky Way Candy Bars #5: Chocolate and Caramel Sundaes
This is a really easy way to use Milky Way candy bars. In a bowl put a scoop of chocolate ice cream and a scoop of caramel ice cream. Top with hot fudge sauce, caramel sauce, whipped cream, and chopped up candy bars. Of course, don’t forget to add a cherry on top.
Creative Uses for Milky Way Candy Bars #6: Easy Parfaits
In a tall glass layer chocolate pudding, caramel pudding, whipped cream, and pieces of Milky Way candy bars. You can either use store bought pudding or make your own, either way this is a delicious and easy treat.
Creative Uses for Milky Way Candy Bars #7: Sinful Pancakes
Everyone has tried chocolate chip pancakes, but what about pancakes with pieces of Milky Way candy bars? Instead of maple syrup, use hot fudge sauce and whipped cream.
Creative Uses for Milky Way Candy Bars #8: Gooey Caramel Turnovers
This is another sinful way to use Milky Way candy bars. Cut a sheet of puff pastry into 6 squares and inside of each square put 2 or 3 miniature candy bars. Fold the pastry over and use a fork to crimp the edges. Cut small slits in the top of the turnover and bake until golden brown. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Creative Uses for Milky Way Candy Bars #9: Deep Fried Candy Bars
A very popular way to use Milky Ways is to deep fry them. The candy bars will need to be cold before you fry them, so you’ll need to place them in the fridge several hours before you get ready for dessert. The next thing you will need to do is prepare a funnel cake batter. Dip the candy bars into the batter and fry until golden brown. Serve immediately with vanilla ice cream.
Creative Uses for Milky Way Candy Bars #10: Milky Way Caramel Apples
If you love caramel apples, you will love this idea. You will need to melt Kraft caramels and a 12 ounce package of milk chocolate chips. Dip large Granny Smith apples into the caramel and then into the chocolate. Last, but not least, dip the apples into chopped Milky Way candy bars. Place on wax paper and then in the refrigerator until firm. Bring to room temperature before serving.
