Butterfinger Cookie Bars Recipe (2024)

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These Butterfinger Cookie Bars are a great way to use up Butterfinger candy bars! Layers of chocolate, chopped up candy bars and cookie dough make these an amazing treat. You get the best of many worlds all wrapped into a single delicious dessert.

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My overwhelmed meter is in the red zone. I will literally be thinking ahead only one hour at a time until next Tuesday morning when my little boys and I take off on our 3,000+ mile road trip. I cannot wait until all of my tasks are accomplished and we are on the open road! I will share details of the trip later, but for now? Details of a very sinful treat! I am a HUGE Butterfinger lover so this is a little slice of heaven for me, just like this Butterfinger Cheesecake and these Butterfinger Bites!

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat an 8×8-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.

Let a 16.5-oz. package of refrigerated cookie dough sit at room temperature for 15 minutes.

Coarsely chop 3 Hershey’s bars.

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In a medium bowl, combine the cookie dough and chocolate pieces.

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Mix together using your hands.

As if this glob of calories weren’t enough!

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Press half of it into the bottom of the prepared pan and top it with 5 Butterfinger candy bars. Mmmm.

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Top with the remaining cookie dough and pop it in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes, or until the dough is cooked through.

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Meanwhile, coarsely chop 2 Butterfinger candy bars (yes, that is 7 total Butterfingers). When the bars come out of the oven, crumble the Butterfinger pieces over the top and press down gently.

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Let the bars cool completely and cut into small squares.

Thanks for reading! Onto my next task!

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Butterfinger Cookie Bars

My favorite candy bar wrapped up in delish cookie-bar form!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 20 servings

Calories: 199kcal

Author: Megan Porta

Ingredients

  • 16.5 oz. sugar cookie dough refrigerated, at room temp and broken into pieces
  • 3 Hershey's bars coarsely chopped
  • 7 Butterfinger bars 5 whole and 2 coarsely chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat an 8×8-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.

  • In a medium bowl, combine the cookie dough and the Hershey’s bar pieces. Using your hands, mix together. Press half of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Top with 5 whole Butterfinger bars. Top that with the remaining cookie dough mixture. Bake in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes, or until dough is cooked through (test with a toothpick).

  • Remove from oven and top with 2 chopped Butterfinger bars. Let cool and cut into small squares.

Nutrition

Calories: 199kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 116mg | Potassium: 83mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 9IU | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg

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  1. Butterfinger Cookie Bars Recipe (12)Jen

    Butterfinger Cookie Bars Recipe (13)
    So good and so easy!

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  2. Butterfinger Cookie Bars Recipe (14)Dawn Arnold

    I’m going to make these, but instead of using refrigerated cookie dough, I am going to make my own.

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    • Butterfinger Cookie Bars Recipe (15)Megan Porta

      Hey Dawn! YUM! Let me know how they turn out!
      Megan

      Reply

  3. Butterfinger Cookie Bars Recipe (16)Courtney

    I just made this. I had to use a lot more cookie dough, and so I cooked for 25 minutes. I’m still not sure if they are cooked through. I couldn’t get the lesser amount to cover everything. They look and smell great though!

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  4. Butterfinger Cookie Bars Recipe (17)Jackie

    Just made a double batch of these for a cookout and can't wait to try them! Full -size Butterfingers were surprisingly hard to find, so I went with 24 snack-size ones for the two batches and that worked well. I, too, had a little trouble getting the dough to fit my 8×8 pan, but after using a bench cutter to press, it worked out just fine 🙂

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  5. Butterfinger Cookie Bars Recipe (18)Andrea

    I made these and I kept having to had more of the 2nd half to the first half and I just stopped adding b/c I wasn't going to have enough for the top. It never covered the bottom of my 8×8 pan. Don't know what the deal is w/ that. I'll try these again but using two sugar cookie (or 1 1/2) packages.

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  6. Butterfinger Cookie Bars Recipe (19)Melanie

    I have these in the oven RIGHT now…can't wait!

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Butterfinger Cookie Bars Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Why were Butterfingers discontinued? ›

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."

What is in the middle of a Butterfinger candy bar? ›

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.

What's the difference between a Butterfinger and a Fifth Avenue bar? ›

Both bars presented a similar mouthfeel mostly confined to our unfortunate molars, but the 5th Avenue offered distinct stages of creaminess, crispiness, and chewiness. Those crystalline layers were absent from the Butterfinger, which featured more of a uniform texture and taste.

Why don't butterfingers taste the same? ›

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Ferrara was eager to revamp some of the newly acquired brands, starting with the classic Butterfinger. Ferrara aimed for a purer, more chocolatey flavor with bigger peanuts, and they removed some of the previous recipe's chemical preservatives.

Why are butterfingers so good? ›

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!

Why are they called Butterfingers? ›

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.

What is the crispy part of a Butterfinger? ›

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.

What is Chick-O-stick made of? ›

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.

What does the term butterfingers mean? ›

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.

What is in a 100000 candy bar? ›

It weighs 1.5 ounces (43 g) and includes chocolate, caramel and crisped rice. The bar contains 201 calories; it is low in cholesterol and sodium, but high in saturated fat and sugar.

Is Butterfinger candy bar healthy? ›

Butterfinger is the worst offender—there's no quicker way to swallow 100 calories. Contain: 140 calories, 1.5 g fat (1 g saturated), 19 g sugars. The basic formula for an Airhead: Sugar and filler carbohydrates, artificial colors and flavors, and partially hydrogenated oils, a source of trans fat.

What is the #1 candy bar in America? ›

So, it's no surprise that, for years now, Snickers has been the most popular candy bar in the United States -- and in the world. This isn't being said hyperbolically, either.

What is the oldest candy bar? ›

The Fry's Chocolate Cream, produced by J. S. Fry & Sons since 1866, consisted of a plain fondant centre enrobed in plain chocolate. It is the first mass-produced chocolate bar and predates the invention of milk chocolate.

When was Butterfinger discontinued? ›

As for when Butterfinger BB's were officially yanked from store shelves, it seems that they were discontinued by 2006. The move raised the ire of Butterfinger fans, who were equally flummoxed when the brand decided to change its recipe in 2019.

Did Butterfinger get sold? ›

NORTH AMERICA–The Ferrero Group has entered into an agreement to purchase Nestlé's U.S. confectionery business for $2.8 billion in cash.

Why were chocolate babies discontinued? ›

By the late 80s early 90s, Chocolate Babies disappeared from candy shelves. Perhaps the candy was thought of as racist and not PC, and/or also made parents uncomfortable that the most popular way to eat these candies was to bite the heads off of the little babies.

What is the reason for butterfingers? ›

Butterfingers is caused by stress, stress produces adrenaline, adrenaline creates physical agitation, if the physical agitation isn't fully expressed, it causes the hands to shake or creates tension in hand tendons that cause the hands to clench.

Has Butterfinger always been Ferrero? ›

In 1990, Butterfinger became part of the Nestle family of brands until 20 confectionary brands including Butterfinger were sold to Italian chocolatier Ferrero SpA in March 2018.

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