Chewy Peanut Butter Butterfinger Cookies

These Chewy Peanut Butter Butterfinger Cookies are to die for! They have a chunky and chewy texture and are loaded with peanut butter flavor. Make them any time of the year, or really impress your kids when you bake them using up leftover Halloween candy!

Peanut Butter Butterfinger Cookies

I’m not gonna lie – I’ve been a Butterfinger fan for a long time. I don’t eat them regularly, but when I get a craving for them, I might eat them daily for a week. They are some of my favorite things in life.

Yes, it’s a problem.

So, of course, I’m just as addicted to these chewy Butterfinger Cookies. Made with creamy peanut butter and Butterfinger pieces, these chewy cookies with crispy edges are perfect. 

I mean… it’s a peanut butter cookie with my favorite candy bar. What could be better?

Love peanut butter desserts? Also check out these Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies and these Peanut Butter Snowballs Recipe.

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Butterfingers Cookies Recipe

This Butterfinger Cookie recipe is a winner for so many reasons.

Traditional Peanut Butter Cookies with the added flavor and texture of chunks of Butterfinger candy bars. They really are the best cookies!

Drop Cookies means this recipe is easy! No rolling pin or cookie scoop required.

Simple Ingredients – you probably have everything except the Butterfingers in your pantry already.

Popular Candy Bar – this popular candy bar means it is easy to find and this cookie recipe will always be a crowd pelaser.

Leftover Halloween Candy Recipe – Use up leftover Halloween candy to make Halloween Candy Cookies! Yes, the recipe calls for Butterfinger Bits, but you could absolutely use crushed Butterfinger candy bars instead.

Tools Needed

You should already have all the tools you need for this Butterfinger candy recipe.

• Mixing Bowls (large bowl and small bowl)
• Hand Mixer
• Parchment Paper
• Cookie Sheet
• Wire Rack

Ingredients

You can easily find all of these ingredients at your local grocery store. 

• All-Purpose Flour
• Baking Soda
• Salt
• Butter, softened to room temperature. I use salted butter but unsalted butter works too.
• Peanut Butter – use creamy peanut butter or all natural peanut butter… just no crunchy or chunky peanut butter.
• White Sugar
• Brown Sugar 
• Vanilla Extract
• Egg
• Butterfinger Baking Bits or crushed Butterfinger Chocolate Candy Bars – the bits are usually found on the baking aisle near the chocolate chips. If you can’t find them, you can use crushed Butterfinger bars. I promise you’ll still have delicious treats (maybe even better?).

Find the full instructions with ingredient measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

Ingredient Substitutions

Butterfinger Bars – if you can’t find the Butterfinger bits, you can crush Fun Size or Full-Size candy bars to get around 8 ounces.

The most accurate way is to use a kitchen scale but if you don’t have one, it will take approximately 4 full-size candy bars is equal to the 8-ounce bag of Butterfinger bits. The exact amount is not necessary for this recipe. 

As I mentioned, this Butterfinger recipe is a great way to use leftover candy after Halloween!

What do I do with leftover Halloween candy? Do I have to use Butterfingers?

​Butterfingers are my favorite for these cookies but the reality is, you could use any leftover chocolate Halloween candy.

Chop up Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers Bars, Twix Bars, Heath Bars, or even turn them into Peanut Butter M&M cookies by throwing in some M&Ms. 

How to Make Butterfinger Cookies

Seriously, if you’re a Butterfinger candies fan, these Butterfinger Bits Cookies will be your new favorite cookie. It’s an easy cookie recipe and so delicious!

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small or medium bowl and set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, cream butter, peanut butter, and both sugars together until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in vanilla and egg.
5. Mix the dry ingredients (the flour mixture) into the wet ingredients just until combined. Don’t overmix these and beat extra air into the dough!
6. Stir in the bag of bits. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure they’re evenly distributed in the dough.
7. Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough and drop dough onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
8. Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes until the edges are set but the center is still soft.
9. Remove from oven. Let the chocolate set for 5-7 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Pro Tips

Save a few Butterfinger bits (or pieces of candy bar) to press into the tops of the cookies. This will make them look more gourmet, like bakery cookies!

For more uniform cookies, you can scoop dough with a cookie scoop, but it’s totally not necessary for this recipe for Butterfinger cookies. I promise it will not make a huge difference.

Serving Suggestions

Serve these perfect cookies with a tall glass of milk as an after school snack or weekend dessert. And let me just add this – while they are melt-in-your-mouth delicious the day you bake them, they might be even better the next day (if they last that long).

These are also really good cookies to pack up for holiday gifts!

Storage Directions 

Store any leftover cookies in an airtight container or wrap tightly with plastic wrap for up to a week.

Is Butterfinger Peanut Butter?

So many Butterfinger recipes include peanut butter, but does that mean Butterfinger bars are peanut butter? Yes and no. A Butterfinger candy bar does include peanuts and have the flavor of peanut butter but they’re not all peanut butter.

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• Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Pecan Praline Cookies: The 1986 Winner’s Recipe
• Perfect Sugar Cookies
• Candy Corn Halloween Pinwheel Cookies
• Homemade Pecan Sandies