Have you tried this before?? I’ve seen it here and there every year, and I always vow to try this simple recipe and use up all my leftover candy corn each year. And then when I go for my candy corn stash…. it’s not there anymore! I’m married to a candy corn junkie, and even when I think I’ve bought too much of the stuff, he swoops in and proves me wrong.
So, in truth… I made this WAY before there was a possibility for candy corn leftovers. Otherwise, I might not have had the chance with my husband around!
So. How about I answer the question that’s on everybody’s mind… can you REALLY make a REAL Butterfinger with candy corn and peanut butter?
Honestly? No. Not exactly.
The texture is really chewy, more like taffy. It gets a little closer to home if you refrigerate it, but it’s still not exactly the same. And the flavor isn’texactly the same either. But it’s close! (and really, how can anything made with peanut butter and candy corn taste bad??)
So why am I posting this recipe and telling you that it does not, in fact, taste just like a Butterfinger?
Because, of the umpteen recipes I scoped out before making these (all with the exact same measurements and instructions), they ALL claimed to bejust likea Butterfinger. And then, when it wasn’t, I was kind of irritated that not ONE of those sites mentioned that the inside of this candy bar isn’t crunchy like a Butterfinger.
I mean… that seems like apretty significant part of a Butterfinger to me!
Despite that– the recipeis delicious. And fun. And so easy! And it does taste remarkably similar to a (chewy) Butterfinger, especially considering the ingredients being used.
But I didn’t want to post another recipe for homemade Butterfingers without being totally up front with you guys on the texture thing. So don’t say I didn’t warn you! But also don’t let that scare you off– these are really yummy!
Hit the stores today and buy out all of that clearance candy corn (or use up the stash of leftovers I’m sureyour husband isn’t gobbling up with reckless abandon) so you can make these yummy Butterfinger copycats!
Candy corn and creamy peanut butter melted together and coated in chocolate to create a chewy, delicious copycat Butterfinger candy bar.
Ingredients
3 cups of candy corn
1.5 cups of creamy peanut butter
Milk chocolate
Instructions
1. Mix candy corn and peanut butter
2. Stir and microwave 30 seconds at a time until melted together
3. Line an 8x8in dish with foil
4. Spread the mix into the dish
5. Let is cool at room temperature for 1 hour
6. Slice into small bars
7. Melt chocolate for dips
8. Smother bars into chocolate, set them on a tray and let the chocolate settle. Enjoy!
Right this way for more ways to use up that leftover Halloween Candy…
However, Butterfinger did directly address the topic on social media, explaining that the stoppage of BB's had to do with profits. In reply to a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the candy manufacturer stated, "Sadly, Butterfinger BB's were discontinued due to low sales."
It's butter, specifically peanut butter. Now, you're probably wondering, “I've never had peanut butter that sweet and crunchy. Surely, there's more to it.” And you're right—Butterfingers' unique crunch and satisfying snap are enhanced by a special ingredient: corn flakes.
It consists of a layered crisp peanut butter core covered in a "chocolatey" coating (it is not eligible to be referred to as chocolate, as it contains no cocoa butter). It was invented by Otto Schnering of the Curtiss Candy Company in 1923. A popularity contest chose the name.
It's basically like, crunchy peanut butter covered in, like, a coconut coating. The inside is kind of like a Butterfinger. This is taking me back to the summer days. when I would spend my whole day at the local pool, and I'll get a slice of pizza, a slush puppy, and a Chico stick.
Nestle actually sold its entire candy business to the tune of $2.8 billion and Ferrara wanted to quickly revamp some of its newly acquired brands (via Fortune). The company began with Butterfinger and reworked the formula to use bigger peanuts, more milk and cocoa, and fewer hydrogenated oils.
The filling layers will be composed of a peanut mixture and corn flakes in place of the butter used for laminated doughs. The thin, brittle layers of the resulting candy are tender to the bite without hurting your teeth, and the cornflakes help to amplify the crunch.
His Curtiss Candy Company, based in Chicago, ran a contest to name the bar. At the time sportscasters began using the term “butterfingers” to describe players who couldn't hold onto the ball. A Chicago man who described himself as a klutz submitted the name “Butterfinger” for the bar and it was a winner.
We love Butterfingers for the “crispity, crunchity” centers that aerate the texture so the peanut flavor becomes more pronounced. And we were delighted to discover the secret ingredient in Butterfingers that gives them their unique texture is… corn flakes!
Chick-O-Stick is a candy produced by the Atkinson Candy Company that has been manufactured since the 1950s. It is made primarily from peanut butter, cane sugar, corn syrup, toasted coconut, natural vanilla flavor, and salt with no hydrogenated oils or artificial preservatives added.
A butterfingers is someone with a clumsy tendency to drop things they're holding. Being a butterfingers is considered a particularly bad trait in baseball, for obvious reasons. The common use of this term by sportscasters in the 1920s inspired the name for the newly-invented candy known as Butterfinger.
Taffy and caramel candies, these are hard on your teeth and can increase decay. Crunchy bars, such as Butterfinger bars that have hard centers. Hard candies, such as sour candies with high acid levels that can hurt your teeth and break down enamel.
We love Butterfingers for the “crispity, crunchity” centers that aerate the texture so the peanut flavor becomes more pronounced. And we were delighted to discover the secret ingredient in Butterfingers that gives them their unique texture is… corn flakes!
Chick-O-Stick is a candy produced by the Atkinson Candy Company that has been manufactured since the 1950s. It is made primarily from peanut butter, cane sugar, corn syrup, toasted coconut, natural vanilla flavor, and salt with no hydrogenated oils or artificial preservatives added.
After that, Hershey assumed full control of Kit Kat distribution in the U.S., but Nestlé retained the rights to the brand globally. 3 Musketeers - Made by Mars, Inc. Baby Ruth - Made by Ferrara Candy Company (Ferrero Group). Butterfinger - Made by Ferrara Candy Company (Ferrero Group).
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