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Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cookies

These Butterfinger cookies are perfectly soft peanut butter cookies packed with crunchy bits of Butterfinger candies for a seriously mouthwatering dessert.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Dessert
Keyword butterfinger, butterfinger cookies, peanut butter cookies
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 24 minutes
Servings 36 cookies
Calories 154kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3.5 butterfinger bars (1.9 ounce bars - chopped - save a little to sprinkle on the cookies before baking)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Add butter and sugars in mixer and mix until creamy.
    1 cup butter, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup white sugar
  • Add peanut butter, egg and vanilla and mix until creamy.
    1 cup peanut butter, 1 egg, 1 teaspoons vanilla
  • Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix on low - medium until it forms the dough.
    2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt
  • Stir in chopped butterfinger candy.
    3.5 butterfinger bars
  • Use a medium cookie scoop and scoop balls onto cookie sheets and bake for 13 - 15 minutes. The cookies should be lightly browned on the edges, but still soft to the touch.
  • Cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheet before removing them to a wire rack.
  • Eat
  • Smile
  • Enjoy

Notes

Helpful tips
  • Use 3 and 1/2 full-sized Butterfinger candy bars or 15-18 of the bite-sized candy bars left over from Halloween.
  • Take out your butter at least an hour before starting the recipe.
  • I use spelt flour but you can use all purpose flour or whole wheat.
  • Every oven is different. Our oven isn't as hot and most of my baking takes a little longer than it used to. The recipe says to bake the cookies for 14 minutes, but check your cookies after 12 minutes.
  • If they need more time, bake in 2 minute increments.
  • The edges should be browned and the tops should have some give if you touch them.
  • Sometimes the candy bars melt and the cookies don't stay perfectly round. That's normal. I usually get 3 cookies that have irregular shapes from every batch.

Nutrition

Serving: 2cookies | Calories: 154kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 177mg | Potassium: 83mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 164IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg