Halloween is over. but you have more fun-size candy bars than you know what to do with. To make matters worse, you couldn’t resist that 50 percent off sale.
Luckily, you can use leftover (or priced-to-move) candy bars as a great dessert topping. Why bother chopping peanuts, making caramel and melting chocolate, when you can just chop up some Snickers bars?
I’ve only met a few people who don’t like cheesecake, and this is my go-to recipe. It’s fairly simple as far as cheesecake recipes go, but you can’t beat the taste. My recipe has been adapted from one I discovered on the Web site allrecipes.com, a user-submitted recipe site. I highly recommend checking it out. The recipes are voted by other users who have tried them, and I’ve never been let down.

CHEESECAKE CUPCAKES

YOU’LL NEED:
• ½ stick of butter, melted
• 1 ½ cups graham crackers, Oreos, animal crackers, or whatever you already have
• 3 (8 oz. packages) cream cheese
• 3 eggs
• ¾ teaspoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• candy bars, any type
• cupcake liners

INSTRUCTIONS:
• Turn your graham crackers (or whatever) into crumbs by either using a food processor, or smashing them with a rolling pin in a ziplock bag. Mix with melted butter.
• Place a spoonful of the graham cracker mixture into the bottom of each cupcake liner. Use your (clean!) fingers or a spoon to press the crumbs down to make a crust. Bake these in a 350° oven for 5   minutes. Let these cool while you prepare the cheesecake.
• Cream the sugar and cream cheese until smooth.  Add the eggs and vanilla. The golden rule to making a good cheesecake is to make sure you don’t incorporate too much air while you mix the ingredients together. Add the rest of the ingredients, mixing just until combined with each one.
• Spoon the cheesecake mixture into each cupcake. Top with chopped candy bars.
• Bake in a 350° oven for about 20 minutes, or until cheesecake has set.

I wish these articles would include a photo. I recently made a cheesekcake I found at http://kelseysappleaday.blogspot.com/2008/11/swirled-pumpkin-bourbon-cheesecake.html and http://www.cheesecake-recipes.org/fruit/cherry.php which came out great and am looking to perfect my baking.