These healthier vegan Butterfingers are the perfect easy, treat to curb your sweet tooth! This recipe is a whole-food based take on the classic, but just as satisfying, and you only need a handful of ingredients to throw them together!
Why I love these Vegan Butterfingers:
I grew up on the classic butterfinger bars. Like, I am pretty sure I survived off Dairy Queen Butterfinger Blizzards (Thanks, dad!). But unfortunately, they are packed full of a ton of ingredients that aren’t as nourishing as I’d like. So this recipe is the next best thing. They’re no-bake, so they don’t take a ton of time to make, they are sweet and a little salty, and that crunch is addicting! When you let them set up in the freezer, the texture becomes so similar to that of a normal butterfinger!
Ingredients you’ll need:
Chocolate – Use your favorite, high-quality chocolate as this really adds the overall flavor of the recipe! I used these!
Peanut Butter – If you can’t have peanut butter, you can sub in any nut/seed butter. Just remember that it won’t have the classic butterfinger taste!
Corn Flakes – You can sub in any crunchy cereal of choice, but the corn flakes really give the butterfingers that perfect texture. I used a pear juice-sweetened corn flake cereal to keep these refined sugar-free!
Maple Syrup – You could sub honey or other sticky sweetener
Coconut Sugar – Any granulated sweetener should work! You could sub Monk Fruit to make them lower sugar.
Cacao Butter or Coconut Oil – Cacao butter gives these a real candy-bar like feel, but I know it’s not widely available to everyone. So coconut oil will work just as well!
Vanilla & Sea salt – obviously optional, but it always adds a little something, something
Step by Step Instructions:
Step 1: Add the coconut oil and sugars to a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a simmer, stirring constantly, until everything melts together nicely. Remove from the heat and stir in the peanut butter, sea salt, and vanilla.
Step 2: Crunch the cereal up a bit and add to the peanut butter mixture, folding it in.
Step 3: Press the mixture into an ice cube tray or candy bar mold. You could also press it into a loaf pan, but cutting them into bars may be difficult. Place in the freezer to firm up.
Step 4: Melt the chocolate until smooth and dip each bar. Place onto a lined cookie sheet and return to the freezer to fully set-up, at least 2 hours.
Storing Healthy Butterfingers:
Store the butterfingers in an air-tight container in the freezer. Let them thaw for 5-10 minutes before enjoying for best texture! They should save for a few months in the freezer, IF they last that long!
Tools I Used:
-Silicone Bar Molds
Healthier Vegan Butterfingers
Ingredients
Butterfingers
- 1 3/4 cup Corn Flake Cereal
- 1/2 cup Peanut Butter
- 1/4 cup Maple Syrup
- 3 tbsp Coconut Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 cup Coconut Oil
Coating
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp coconut oil *if needed to thin the chocolate
Instructions
- Combine the coconut oil, maple syrup, and coconut sugar in a small saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce to low, allowing it to simmer for a few minutes until it begins to thicken a little. Remove from heat.
- Stir in the peanut butter, vanilla, and salt. Then the cereal.
- Using an ice cube tray or a mold with long rectangular shapes, divide the mixture amongst them, pressing it in firmly. Place in the freezer for 1-2 hours until hardened.
- Melt the chocolate until smooth. You can stir in a tbsp of coconut oil if you need to thin the chocolate a bit to make the dipping easier. Dip each bar and place on a lined cookie sheet. Return to freezer until chocolate has hardened. Enjoy!
I really love your recipes !
Can you add the nutritional values for the recipes please.
I like to know protein/carbs/fat content of things I make and consume.
Thanks so much and keep doing what you do !
Lee
Hi Lee! I appreciate you so, so much! However, a lot of my community (and myself) have suffered with disordered eating/eating disorders, so I leave the nutritional value off the recipes to ensure nobody is triggered to any degree. If you want to calculate the macros, I’d recommend adding the recipe into my fitness pal with the exact brands you use, that way it’s most accurate for you!
Does this mean once they set they can’t be left in the fridge?
They can be left in the fridge! I think they’re best in the freezer, but either way is great!
Literally the easiest and most delicious treats that don’t even taste like their “healthy” lol
10/10 for me!
Hi Kathy! Thank you so much! This makes my day!
these look amazing and can’t wait to try them..would sugar free syrup work?
Hi sara! Thank you so much! It may, but i’m worried it wouldn’t be as thick/sticky as normal maple syrup, so i’m not sure it’ll turn out the exact same. You could most definitely try!
The ingredients don’t list the chocolate. How much would you recommend?
Hi sarah! So sorry about that – not sure how that was missing! Just updated it! I appreciate your patience!
Amazing! Every time I make them they’re gone in minutes!
Ah, this is the best compliment! Thank you so much for making them Janelle!
what better corn flake option do you recommend?
Hi kelly! I like the Natures Path brand. It’s organic, sweetened with pear juice, and only has 3 ingredients!