You may have come across this pin on pinterest:
The blog it came from raved, "I don't eat a lot of candy, but I l♥ve Butterfingers. When I saw this recipe on the Taste of Home forums, I knew I had to give it a try. Everyone on the board said it tasted just like a real Butterfinger. The best part - this recipe only has three ingredients! "
Too good to be true? We had to try it. Sadly, we did this on a slow Saturday night. Yes. I did say Saturday.
We followed the instructions exactly as found on the blog above...or as exactly as we could get. Melted the candy corn. Added in the peanut butter. We didn't have a single container of PB to scoop from so we had to estimate 16 oz. and mix two types of peanut buttery goodness. We let it sit in a pan to cool.
We also came to the realization that we didn't have enough candy coating or chocolate chips to do the job so we had to run to the store to pick some up. Luckily, on our trip we happened to run into Camille and the newly acquired husband. Good times had by all on aisle 9.
When we returned home we found the PB centers had cooled sufficiently to cut. They were a little difficult to cut and we found them to be a bit crumbly. We microwaved the chocolate and dipped.
We ended up with bite-sized bits. It was too hard to make them much bigger and in the end I think we were thankful. I personally found them a bit chewy. The thing I love about Butterfingers is the crispety-crunchety. But flavor-wise they did taste pretty close to the real deal. I, personally, couldn't get over the viscosity of them and we ended up giving most of them away. It was a fun project but probably not something I would make frequently.End product (with our professional lighting and photography crew: Me holding up a sheet while Kim took the picture with her digital camera, set up under a light in the kitchen. We're legit.)
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