# What is the best candy for baking?

> Chips, toffee bits, mints and whole candy bars, each one chopped into somebody's cookie dough.

*By YPB Team · Published October 16, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-candy-for-baking*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Heath Bar** — score 1000/1000
   Toffee bits for cookies, blondies and ice cream cakes.
2. **Chocolate chips** — score 999/1000
   Semi-sweet morsels behind the classic chocolate chip cookie.
3. **Oreo** — score 720/1000
   Crushed for pie crusts and cookies-and-cream everything.
4. **Reese's Peanut Butter Cups** — score 704/1000
   Chopped into brownies, cookie bars and peanut butter pies.
5. **Andes Mints** — score 576/1000
   Thin mint layers that melt into frosting for mint cookies.
6. **Reese's Pieces** — score 499/1000
   Candy-shelled peanut butter bits for cookies and bars.
7. **Rolo** — score 499/1000
   Caramel-filled chocolates baked into pretzel bites and cookies.
8. **Butterfinger** — score 499/1000
   Crushed over pies and cupcakes for peanut butter crunch.
9. **York Peppermint Patty** — score 411/1000
   Mint patties hidden inside brownies.
10. **Kit Kat** — score 411/1000
   Wafer bars lined up around layer cakes.
11. **Snickers** — score 411/1000
   Folded into cheesecakes, brownies and the Midwest's Snickers salad.
12. **M&M's** — score 310/1000
   Pressed into cookies for color and crunch.
13. **Twix** — score 310/1000
   Cookie-and-caramel pieces for cheesecake and bars.
14. **Marshmallows** — score 310/1000
   Puffed sugar for s'mores bars, rice treats and rocky road.

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