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I think Halloween was one of my favorite holidays as a kid. I mean, it’s the candy holiday. How could I not love it?
{Back then Halloween was the only candy holiday; Valentine’s Day was purely give-the-kids-you-like-a-card and not like it is now. My mom did not make three dozen heart shaped cookies and wrap them special for every kid in class. And I kinda miss those days…}
I know I loved me some Reese’s. And M&Ms. And Twix (the peanut butter ones, remember them? I never see them anymore). But Butterfinger? I’m not sure I remember being SO in love with them.
I mean, I know my mom loved them. She always had them hidden in her stash.
Have I not told you about my moms’ candy stash yet? Oh, goodie. Buckle up, kids.
You see, my dad (and, it turns out, me) have this problem with portion control. As in – we have none. So, two candy bars could disappear in about three seconds. Candy isn’t cheap and my mom was tired of it disappearing quick as pinot grigio at a RHONY event. So, she hid her candy from the two of us.
Occasionally she would let me in on the secret. Or, I, um, would find it on my own. No, you should not leave me alone in your bathroom. I will look in the medicine chest.
Anyway, I learned from a pro and I have perfected the hidden candy stash. I hide it in plain sight…where Jordan wouldn’t even think to look. Kinda genius, if you ask me.
Okay, back to the matter at hand.
Butterfingers. I remember eating them as a kid. I mean, I ate them the normal way and everything: I sucked off all the chocolate and then ate the center.
What? That’s totally normal, right? RIGHT??
When Hayley posted her Homemade Butterfingers a few weeks ago, I remember that I totally wanted to make them because I had a huge bag of candy corn in my pantry.
Oh yeah, you know about this recipe, right? How candy corn and peanut butter get married and produce Butterfinger children? It’s so strange it’s weird at first…like your brain doesn’t want to accept the fact that it’s true.
So, anyway. I decided to make the homemade Butterfingers. But, well, I cannot follow a recipe. So I used Hayley’s recipe…and made it into fudge.
Because fudge is cool. And, since Christmas will be here, like, tomorrow, you all are probably already making your “foods to make and give” lists, right?
This fudge tastes like Butterfingers. It’s soft and chewy, a little chewier than traditional fudge. I like it plain…but for the purists out there, I dipped some of the squares in chocolate.
Those were good too.
If I wasn’t on this cleanse I’d have to hide them from myself.
And that never really works, does it?
{BTW, I had to show that pic. I actually have pretty nails!!! For another week or so; it’s a shellac manicure. 
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Thanks for reading!
Recipe adapted from The Domestic Rebel
Ingredients
- 3 cups Candy Corn
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips, optional
Instructions
- Line a pan with foil and spray with cooking spray. (I used an 8x8 pan. The fudge was very thick, so if I made it again, I’d use a 9x9 pan.)
- Add Candy Corn and peanut butter to a medium saucepan and heat, over low heat, stirring every 30 seconds or so, for about 3 minutes. Add sweetened condensed milk, stir, and cook for another 3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds (you don’t want the milk to boil; a slight simmer is okay). Add white chocolate chips and stir until everything melts together. (It will seem like it’s never going to melt...but it will!)
- Spread evenly in pan. Cool on counter about 15 minutes, then chill until hardened. Cut into squares.
- If you want, you can dip the fudge in milk chocolate. Melt chocolate chips (I added a little vegetable oil to thin them) and dip the bottoms of the fudge squares in the chocolate. Set on a wax paper lined cookie sheet to harden.
Notes
This fudge is a little softer and chewier than traditional fudge. But it actually tastes like a Butterfinger!
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Hi there! I’m Dorothy, the crazy gal behind the blog. If you didn’t already know, I’m crazy for crust…and cookies…and brownies…and pretty much
anything with sugar.
I made this for my husband to take to work during corporate inventory…I got Facebooked, texts, all around hurrahs for the fudge. Apparantly they were giving it to their customers too! It was so good!
Next time I will try and chop up the candy corn so it melts faster…it does seem like it will never come together, but when it does…whew!!
Thank you!!!
Yay! I’m so glad they liked it.
And so totally yes on cutting up the candy corn. It takes FOREVER!
I really love these recipe ideas, but why is there no nutritional information listed?
Thank you! Unfortunately I have no way of calculating nutritional information. I’d also rather not know, lol!
This website lets you enter the ingredients for any recipe and calculates the nutritional info for you…
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp
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Thanks for the info!