These healthy homemade 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! They’re vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar free!
Why you’ll love these healthier homemade 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 the crunch is just, addicting! When you let them set up in the freezer, the texture becomes so similar to that of a normal butterfinger!
Homemade Butterfinger Recipe Video
Why you’ll love this recipe & make it on repeat!
- Easy & quick – this recipe comes together in under 15 minutes!
- Wholesome (ish) – This healthy butterfinger recipe contains no corn syrup, refined sugar, inflammatory oils, or artificial anything. They’re made with just 6 simple, ingredients and much lower in sugar! They’re still a treat, of course, but definitely a better-for-you option!
- Absolutely ADDICTING – once you bite into that perfectly crunchy center, you’ll be hooked. It’s absolutely perfect!
How to make healthier homemade butterfingers
Full recipe is in the recipe card at the bottom of the post!
Tools I Used:
- Small saucepan
- Silicone Bar Molds or small square pan (you can even use a small square Tupperware container!
Ingredients
- Chocolate – High-quality chocolate is best as it really adds the overall flavor of the recipe! Be sure to use your favorite!
- Peanut Butter – Be sure to use peanut butter with no other ingredients besides peanuts and/or peanuts and salt. If you can’t have peanuts, almond butter, cashew butter, or sunflower seed butter will all work, just keep in mind that it won’t have the classic butterfinger taste!
- Corn Flakes – There are two brands I recommend in terms of ingredients and performance – Natures path and The Real Cereal Company both have corn flake cereal that are organic with no added sugar! You can sub in any crunchy cereal of choice, but keep in mind they won’t resemble a butterfinger as the corn flakes really give that perfect texture.
- Maple Syrup – You can also use honey, however maple syrup works best!
- Coconut Sugar – Any granulated sweetener should work! You could sub Monk Fruit to make them lower sugar – I like doing this for a lower sugar dessert!
- Coconut oil or grass-fed butter/ghee: For a real “butter” finger flavor, use grass-fed butter or ghee. For a vegan option, use coconut oil! Note: avocado oil doesn’t work as well, so I wouldn’t use that!
- Vanilla & Sea salt – always adds a little something, something
Steps to make healthier homemade butterfingers
- 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.
- Crunch the cereal up a bit and add to the peanut butter mixture, folding it in.
- 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.
- 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 before moving them to an air-tight container. Store these in the freezer!
Storing homemade Butterfingers:
Store the butterfingers in an air-tight container in the freezer. They should save for a few months in the freezer, IF they last that long! If for some reason you find that yours are too hard to eat straight from the freezer, let them thaw for 5-10 minutes before enjoying for best texture! I’ve found that using the Real Cereal Company provides the perfect texture for enjoying straight from the freezer.
Other healthy candy bar recipes:
- Healthier homemade payday bars
- Healthier Mr. Goodbar candy bars
- Superfood chocolate bars
- High Protein Baby Ruth Bites
- Healthy snickers protein bars
- Snickers protein brownies
- Vegan Snickers
if you make this recipe and love, it’d mean the world to me to leave a star rating & review below! Be sure to tag me on Instagram @danishealthyeats with your remakes so I can see your creations!
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!
i just made these tonight. YUM. easy to make and taste just like a butterfinger, even better imo because the original gets stuck in my teeth. I love your recipes. ❤️
Hi Jenni! Aw this absolutely makes my day, thank you so much for trying them! Appreciate you!
THE best candy bar swap recipe! These were a hit for the family. Will always need to double or triple the recipe in the future lol
Hi Yui! Aw, this makes my day! These are my absolute WEAKNESS!
Do you have a recommendation to sub for coconut oil? I am allergic to coconut. 😩
Hi Tawnya! You can use avocado oil, ghee, vegan butter, regular butter, etc. !
Might be a silly question…but can you sub anything for the cornflakes?😬 These sound crazy good!
Thanks!
Hi Anne! You can use any crunchy cereal, they just won’t have the same texture/flavor as a real butterfinger – however they’ll still be delicious!!
How much salt???
Hi Jana! Just a good pinch. it doesn’t need to be exact! I’d day 1/2 tsp!
So good. I can inhale like seven of the these in one setting.
LOL You and me both – happy i’m not alone 😉 Thank you so much for making them!!
It’s hard to pick one favorite of yours but these are absolutely so delicious and nostalgic. And the best part is, no guilt because it is made without any of the processed junk and who doesn’t love a good PB Crunchy Choc situation.
Hi Angie!! Appreciate you so much! These are my WEAKNESS so i’m extra happy you love them, too! (‘:
OBSESSED! And so easy, can do them during travelling too
These were so good! My whole family loved 😍 them. 10/10
Hi Amanda! The best compliment, thank you so much!
How much salt do I put into it its not on the list
hi sky! it’s literally just a big pinch – doesn’t have to be a specific measurement! maybe 1/2 tsp!
this is probably my 10th time making these, so I had to come and finally tell you! they are my go to when I need something sweet! so quick and easy!
Hi kenzi! Ahhh yay, best compliment ever! I have definitely made these more times than I can count so i’m with you! lol. Thank you so, so much for coming back to them!
This is my FAVORITE recipe of yours and I make it on repeat every other week! They are my go to desert to have on hand during the week for a sweet treat that hits the spot each time. I started taking them to dinners I am invited to and they get eaten right away with no leftovers haha
Whenever I need a new delicious snack or dessert idea, your recipes are the first and only ones I go to! 🙂
Hi Aly! This makes my day, awwww. Appreciate this so much. Butterfingers are extra nostalgic for me so i’m so happy you like them as well!!
Absolutely delicious! The only thing I changed is that my grocery store only carries one kind of organic gluten-free cornflakes and the flakes are huge. I should’ve crushed them a bit which I will do next time.
Hi Liz! I’m so happy you loved them! And oh no, that’s the worst! The big flakes make them a bit more difficult to eat, I know! I’m so happy they still worked out for you though!