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.
PrintHomemade 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
My grand daughter and I were just talking about butterfingers being our fav. candy and that we both spend an adequate amount of time on the Pinterest 🙂 daily.your butterfingers bark is the best one I’ve seen,your a genius .I’am making this for myself and my grand daughter ,.keep up the good work.
Has any one tried adding corn flakes? Or maybe crushed Pirouettes?
Thank you, thank you, thank you for creating a bark instead of dipping the butterfingers in chocolate! I, like you, do not have the patience to dip chocolate so this is a great alternative!
Omgshhhh! Thank you so much for this recipe! I just made a batch and plan to send it.to my husband who’s deployed right now. He lives butterfingers and anything else peanut buttery goodness.
Just wanted to say thank you!! One of my daughters has food allergies and can’t have butterfingers but thanks to you and this recipe, she can!! Can’t wait to make these for her and the rest of my family! !
Why not use crunchy peanut butter?
Those look absolutely delicious! I want to make them but then there’re the candy corn problem -_- Is there a UK equivalent to candy corn?
I went to Pinterest once, Yup, just once. Between having to pin things prettily & pretending to be one if those “Oh so Perfect” Pinterest people I said screw it – it just was not for me. However, I did find “WISH”. It is like Window shopping 24/7. You can click on “WISH” & it just goes in your little box. You can recommend your Wishes to your friends & get REAL discounts on things. It also has affordable products of all kinds. You can add things you find elsewhere to your box. They send giftcards for the things in your Wishbox – usually at least $10. Now, the best part is, you do not end up feeling like you or your life is in any way less than the “Pinterest Pretties” because you will be “Wonderfully Wishing”.I love getting messages that people like my wishbox eventhough I haven’t categorized it people still love the fact it’s like they are going through my own personal Thrift Store. It s Great & I am always finding an Amazing design idea or a pair of shoes that I could just die for. I’m not typically a sneaker person but when you can can find a pair of Stiletto Nike high-tops, well, you start Wishing away & your attitude about sneakers changes-I now Love Nike.
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Yummy! So here’s what I figured out (for those interested in a shortcut). A 1lb jar of Adam’s peanut butter is exactly 1 1/2 cups & 1-24oz bag of Brach’s in just shy of 5 cups. I put the entire jar of Adam’s in the Kitchen Aid mixer until it was thoroughly mixed. Meanwhile, I melted the candy corn, then added it to the peanut butter and let the Kitchen Aid do the work! Perfect & most delicious.
Sounds like a great recipe…..will have to try this one.
If you want some crunch I would consider adding cereal like corn flakes or rice krispies.