I haven’t been feeling very festive this Halloween. Our pumpkins aren’t carved, my kids don’t have costumes yet, and honest to God, I’ve only eaten three bags of fun size candy bars. THREE. I usually eat double that by now!
It’s like I’m the Grinch of Halloween or something.
Sad. Very sad.
So, I set out to remedy things. Sure, I could have carved pumpkins or bought Halloween costumes (what? you didn’t think I sewed my children’s costumes, did you?), but I thought I’d take care of the candy problem. Only I decided to make my own candy. You know, to make up for my failures in the homemade costume department.
These homemade Butterfinger candy bars could not be simpler and they totally taste like the real thing. Oh, and did I mention that you only need three ingredients to make these? And a microwave? You don’t even have to turn your stove on, y’all.
So, what three magical ingredients can mimic a Butterfinger? Oh, you know…chocolate. Peanut butter. Candy corn. Wait, what?
Candy corn?
For reals.
The texture of these was a bit softer and chewier than a regular Butterfinger, but if you keep them in the fridge they take on that crispness of the original.
Happy Halloween. Have some candy.
Ingredients
- 3 cups candy corn
- 1 1/2 cups smooth peanut butter
- milk chocolate chips or candy melts, for dipping
Instructions
- Place the candy corn in a large bowl and microwave for 1 minute. Stir and return to microwave. Continue heating for 30 seconds and then stirring until it is completely melted.
- Stir in the peanut butter. The heat from the candy corn should melt the peanut butter, but if not return to the microwave for 15 seconds. Stir to combine.
- Spread the mixture into an 8x8 baking dish lined with parchment paper. Smooth it out evenly in the pan. Let cool for one hour and then use a pizza cutter to slice into bars.
- Melt the chocolate chips or candy melts in the microwave.
- Carefully dip the candy bars into the melted chocolate and turn to coat.
- Place on a parchment lined baking sheet and wait for the chocolate to set.
- Store at room temperature for a chewy texture or in the fridge for a more crisp texture.
adapted from In Katrina’s Kitchen
yum! i might have to try these, my boyfriend looooooves butterfingers! and these sounds easy to make, gotta love only 3 ingredients!
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These look awesome and just two days ago I pinned a recipe for homemade butterfingers on my pinterest. Who knew that candy corn could be melted with PB to taste like Butterfingers. I am soooo in! Yours look awesome!
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yay finally a GOOD use for candy corn!
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Wait what candy corn? I am so intrigued.
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Ive just stumbled onto your site and im a little appalled that it wasnt stumbled sooner. Especially when this is the first recipe I see! This looks amazing!
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They sure look delicious and I have to confess I still have to make a Halloween treat!
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Ok, so I recently heard you could do this… I sort of got this result when I made candy corn blondies- the cc’s hardened and tasted like butter fingers (Almost!)
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I am in trouble now. Those look so good and it’s even better they are homemade.
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I have been dying to try this!! It seems insane that you can make Butterfinger out of candy corn!
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Are you a mind reader? Because I have been craving butterfingers! And now I don’t have to haul myself (and children) to the store.
Also, the ad I see under this recipe is for Jenny Craig. Snort!
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hmmm….now there’s a reason to buy candy corn. i’m not a fan of it by itself, but i have no problems melting it down to make into butterfingers!
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I read about these on another blog earlier today…and was amazed. I am going to buy three bags of candy corn tomorrow in some kind of weird ploy to bury my intestines in homemade butterfingers. And nobody is going to stop me.
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I’m sort of upset I have a billion plans for the upcoming few weeks because I want to spend all my free time making the butterfinger bars, and the pumpkin cake, and the pretzel rolls (with cheese, of course), and the mini chocolate chip pies.
Sigh. I’ll find the time somewhere! (Shakes fist at calendar)
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Just stumbled on your site a few days ago–I’m loving it, AND these Butterfinger bars. My theory is that the calories don’t count if you make things yourself.
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Look at the big brain on you! I had no idea the insides of butterfingers could be made with melted candy corn & peanut butter. Your kids must think you’re super mom!
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bah!!! why…. why…. butterfingers were my favorite!!! I cant buy them because they are too good.. those crisp-ity crunch-ity butter-ery.. butterfingers.. now i can make them? ha.. you ROCK
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Wow! Here I am just going through my Reader browsing tasty recipes and I see this! I’m so glad you made them and like them
Mmmm
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gotta make these gems!
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i tried this too–i had my doubts, but it’s unbelievably close! it was hard for me to sacrifice my candy corn to do it, but i decided it was a worthy experiment.
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I made these last night as a Halloween Treat for my office. I cannot believe how delicious these are and the taste is spot on. I made two slight changes: I used my 1/4 sheet pan so they would be a little thinner and cut them in bite size pieces. A little more work for the coating, but definitely worth it. Thank you for sharing this fabulous recipe!!
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I’m not generally a fan of candy corn, but saw this recipe and had to try it! It’s everything I love about butterfingers, but this recipe doesn’t get stuck in my teeth. Double win!
It took me two bags of chocolate chips to cover this amount of the recipe. If I were to make them again, I would use a larger pan so they would be thinner or I would cut them into smaller pieces (around the size of a bite-size candy bar.) They were delicious, but a little too big this way.
They were a huge hit at my office Halloween party. And super easy to do!
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I had a bunch of butterfingers left over from a festival at my church and
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I got a BUNCH of butterfingers, tried them and hated them! But these look so realisitic!! Cant wait to make them!!! GOOD JOB!!
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The very idea of using candy corn grosses me out. … But who am I to judge without tasting? So I made them and they are delicious!! So much that it’s almost scary.
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Just made these yesterday – they turned out so good I wish I had more candy corn!
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I am making these right now.
FYI A 16-ounce jar of peanut butter is pretty much exactly 1.5 cups, so you don’t need to measure it. There’s nothing more obnoxious than measuring out peanut butter.
Also, my candy corn took much longer than the specified time to melt.
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