Healthy Snack Recipe: White Chocolate Butterfinger Bars

We know what you are thinking…“Say it isn’t so…not another healthy snack recipe!”

Yes, this is a healthy snack recipe; but it is delicious and will make any sweet tooth happy!  With everyone spending more time at home with their families, we thought that a recipe that brings everyone together in the kitchen would be perfect!  While providing kids with a sweet, tasty treat, this recipe also gives parents a fun activity to do with their kids, and as an added benefit, it’s healthy!! This recipe was inspired by the awesome Chocolate Covered Katie!  Give the Delishes White Chocolate Butterfinger Bars recipe a try and share your photos making it with us on social media!

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DELISHES WHITE CHOCOLATE BUTTERFINGER BARS

Tasty, chocolatey Butterfinger bars…but better because it’s healthy!

Inspired by a recipe from Chocolate Covered Katie (https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/wprm_print/48682)

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp regular or blackstrap molasses
  • 3 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 cup unsweetened peanut butter
  • 1 1/2 cups of a cornflake and wheat flake cereal mix
  • 1/8 tsp salt, plus a little extra if using unsalted peanut butter
  • optional topping: 2/3 cup white chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Combine the maple syrup, molasses, and brown sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil on medium heat.
  2. While stirring constantly, boil for about a minute and remove from heat.
  3. Add in the peanut butter and salt and stir until it makes a paste.
  4. Then add the cereal to the peanut butter and salt mixture.
  5. Stir the cereal very well to evenly coat with the paste. And don’t worry, it is perfectly normal to partially crush the cereal flakes as you stir.
  6. Line an 8×8 pan with wax or parchment paper. You can also grease the pan very well.
  7. Press the cereal mixture into an 8×8 pan and freeze until completely hardened.
  8. While partially frozen, cut cereal mixture into bars. You can also thaw the cereal mixture a little before cutting.
  9. You can cover the bars with chocolate at any time, either before or after cutting them.
  10. Melt the white chocolate chips over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth. (You can use any chocolate chip here)
  11. Spread the melted chocolate chips over the bars with a spatula and re-freeze to harden. Store in the freezer for optimum “Butterfinger Crunch.”