This Homemade Butterfinger Bark is the ultimate Butterfinger dessert recipe! Made with only three ingredients, this easy dessert bark is crunchy and delicious.
Homemade Butterfinger Bark
I know this site is full of unnecessary indulgences.
I get it.
Annd I realize there is no reason whatsoever in your life that you should worry about making Homemade Butterfinger bars.
But sometimes I let Pinterest talk me into doing stuff.
Because everyone on Pinterest is rich and pretty and wears amazing clothes and has really super clean and stylish homes, that are organized amazingly well.
And apparently I am influenced by all things superficial.
So, yeah.
I saw on Pinterest people making Homemade Butterfingers. And since I also want to be rich and pretty and stylish with good hair, I decided to make Homemade Butterfingers too.
That’s how it works, right?
And what’s completely crazy, is besides living in perfect lighting and having unlimited money, the people of Pinterest are scientists too.
Because these Homemade Butterfingers are made from candy corn.
Seriously.
So I decided to give it a try.
And it’s possible that whilst I was eating my Homemade Butterfinger, I MAY have clicked my heels together 3 times, thinking that I would open my eyes to a hazy, grey and white house, with perfect throw pillows and inspirational chalkboard writing on the walls.
Well.
I didn’t.
BUT I did enjoy my Homemade Butterfinger. So, I call it a success.
And since I don’t have patience to dip candy bars and make them look Pinterest-pretty I decided to make Homemade Butterfinger Bark.
More rustic…less perfect…more me.
Now I know you are going to ask..does it TASTE like Butterfinger?
Well, yes and no.
I did a side-by-side taste test comparison…in the name of research…and here are my findings:
Butterfinger is more crunchy..so for texture, Butterfinger wins.
BUT for taste, Homemade Butterfinger Bark wins. And really, isn’t taste the most important?
My husband really liked it, Butterfinger or not…it’s just really good.
Maybe next time I will stir in some crushed corn flakes and try to duplicate the texture…we’ll see.
How to Make Homemade Butterfinger Bark
Start with some melting chocolate. You could use Almond Bark, high quality chocolate, whatever you want…
Melt half of it and spread on a foil lined baking sheet…
Chill it for a few minutes to set.
Then grab some candy corn…I used 5 cups.
I melted it in the microwave.
It stays pretty thick…
Then have your peanut butter ready to go…the cooler the melted candy corn gets, the harder it is to stir. Just ask my biceps.
Stir those guys together…
Then spread it on the chilled chocolate.
Then chill that for about 20 minutes or so.
Then melt the other half of the chocolate and spread that on top…
Easy.
Chill that and then cut it into pieces…
That’s it!
Take that Pinterest.
Homemade Butterfinger Bark
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 33 minutes
- Yield: About 10 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Stove
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Homemade Butterfinger Bark is the ultimate Butterfinger dessert recipe! Made with only three ingredients, this easy dessert bark is crunchy and delicious.
Ingredients
- 5 cups candy corn
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
- 20 oz chocolate for melting, divided in half
Instructions
- Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Melt 10 oz of chocolate over double boiler or in microwave,according to package directions.
- Spread the melted chocolate on the foil lined baking sheet, approximately 11″x15″. DOn’t worry too much about the exact measurements, you just want it to be a thin layer.
- Place baking sheet in fridge to chill quickly, about 10 minutes.
- In a large microwave safe bowl melt your candy corn, 1 minute and then stir, then in 30 second increments until melted, stirring after each 30 seconds.
- Immediately stir in peanut butter. Mixture will be very thick. Use those muscles!
- Spread it on top of chilled chocolate.
- Place this back in the fridge for another 20 minutes, until chilled.
- Melt the remaining chocolate and spread it on top of the peanut butter layer.
- Chill again at least 20 minutes.
- Cut into triangle shaped pieces.
Notes
adapted from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 670
- Sugar: 59 g
- Sodium: 182.5 mg
- Fat: 37.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 80.2 g
- Protein: 13.3 g
- Cholesterol: 0.8 mg
You have made my day!!! We have had to become a dairy free household and I’m secretly dreading Halloween and having to take candy from my kids so they don’t get sick. We’ve talked up exchanging the dairy stuff for safe candy but I still feel bad. We are definitely making these this weekend to use as one of our trade options. Thank you so much for sharing his recipe!
Oh. my. gosh. Have to make these – I love the corn flake idea for that CRUNCH factor… YUM.
A. Maz. Ing.
My inner candy corn freak *and* my inner chocolate freak are singing your praises.
oh I think it looks great as bark, I have never been a butter finger person, but I might try it, for science.
I love how you made it look so easy! I am definitely more all about the taste so will be trying out this bark! Glad you found it on Pinterest.
Mmm…That looks tasty. And a great way to use up candy corn that always finds it’s way into my house but I don’t really like.
And I totally get what you mean about Pinterest. I was a holdout – refused to join for ages because I really couldn’t handle one more thing to take up my time. About a month ago I caved and you know what? It makes me feel inadequate. I feel the urge to buy a new wardrobe and cook amazing foods. Plus, WHO KNEW I needed to clean out my washing machine and dishwasher? Don’t even get me started on how crappy my house is decorated. The first day I was on I forgot to pick up my daughter from school. So not only did I feel inadequate, but that day I kinda was. But sadly, I keep going back and pinning away…One of these days I might just create some of that cool stuff with elmers glue and paint!
If you heat the candy corn a little longer, until it starts bubbling, you will get a crunchier end product.
OOh good tip!
… especially if you add about 1/8 – 1/4 tsp. of baking soda, which adds air bubbles between layers of sugary crunch. Nom nom nom… 🙂
Nice! We love how they taste just like Butterfingers! We did ours a little differently and just melted the PB and the Candy Corn in a saucepan. Seemed to work well.
Who in the world thinks to melt candy corn and add peanut butter? I will never be that smart lol!
Take that Pinterest indeed. Isn’t this a trip? I was amazed that it tastes like Butterfingers made of candy corn. Pinterest scientists are onto something. Now if they could somehow use candy corn to make my house look out of a magazine, I’d be a candy corn fan fo lyfeee.