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I always end up with 3 blow pops and some Now & Laters. I bring mine to work and feed it to my coworkers. Maybe that's because I never have anything good and chocolatey left. Who doesn't know what to do with leftover Reese's peanut butter cups? Who HAS leftover Reese's peanut butter cups?!

the oatmeal raisinet cookie idea is so great!! i'm definitely going to make that.

i have a couple of stupidly easy recipes that i've made with candy (although not leftover- like some other commenters, i know of no such thing). while i love baking from scratch, these both use mixes, and i've gotten more rave reviews from them than anything else- it hurts my wannabe ina garten pride a bit:

1- make a brownie mix per instructions. pour half of the batter into the prepared pan. break up a toffee bar (or any other type of chocolate bar, really) and layer the bar evenly over the batter. pour in the other half of batter. bake.

2. (similar to cookie suggestion above, but for cupcakes) prepare a brownie mix. fill halfway into greased muffin cups. stick a chocolate PB cup into the batter. fill cups with remaining batter. bake. (i top this with a PB frosting)

I've been fixated on that Butterfinger milkshake all freakin' day long! However, I don't have any ice cream or Butterfingers in the house. Damn you, Lee Zalben! :) I have a feeling I will be making a run to the store before the night ends.

i used to trade my brother 3 Musketeers for Reese's. neither of us liked Laffy Taffy, so we tried to give it to my mother, who accepted it wreathed in smiles and then later threw in the bin. does anyone actually like and eat Laffy Taffy?

Amen "omnomnom"! (I'm from Mich, too. Same area)

I must defend the Girl Scouts and their cookies. Our Council does a lot with the money; they support 3 or 4 camps, give camp credit to girls who sell cookies and enable troops to do activites they could not do otherwise. My troop took two trips with the money we earned.
Anyone who thinks Girl Scouts are just about cookies doesn't know much. They are helping girls become responsible, sharp women. My daughter was a Girl Scout for 12 years and earned a scholarship, attended 3 Wider Ops and participated in all sorts of leadership programs. She says Girl Scouts were a big part of why she is so successful today! Don't knock the Girl Scouts or their cookies. Boy Scouts sell popcorn and I always buy! Cookies end up saving parents money because the troop doesn't have to ask them since they earned cookie money.

So? Here in the USA we let the marketplace decide. We are a free market system. "Keebler" and "Back to Nature" both have "knock-offs" (if that's what you want to call them) and I am sure there are probably others. These flavor combos are classic and certainly not exclusive to the Girl Scouts. Many people love these cookies, but no longer wish to support the GS organization because of their sharp turn to the far PC left. If they want to compete they need to quit whining and make high quality cost effective products. Sorry if you are offended, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

damn! if i had only read this before my trip to Philly! : ) how i need an excuse to visit again...

@browngravy - yes, this is the old Revival. They've restored a lot of it wonderfully, and the beer selection is excellent. Last time I went they had house-made bacon-infused vodka. It was delicious.

mmm that veggie burger does look good. i guess it's bound together by egg? and robyn, thanks for the "no disparaging comments about vegetarians." that gave me a little laugh!

you can make your own pizza and it would taste better and be cheaper i do and im only 16

Yup, I was just coming here to say that Keebler's "knockoff" Grasshoopers have been available in stores for decades. Also, these WalMart cookies have been available in stores for at least eight years under different names. You also might take care to read the original "Cookie Mom" blog post on the matter -- Consumerist linked to it when they did their story last week -- the woman is teetering near outright loonhood.