Thank you to Cookies and Cups for creating this amazing Butterfinger Blondies recipe!
Ever since Camille introduced me to her fabulous Cake Batter Blondies, I have been blondie crazy. These were simple and soooooo good.
If you are a Butterfinger fan, prepare to have your mind blown. These are so yummy, and taste better than the actual candy.
I didn’t think it was possible either, but it truly is. The frosting on these is also the cherry on top. It is so smooth and creamy, and a little lighter than most frostings. You are not going to be disappointed.
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Do these freeze well?
These Butterfingers Bars actually freeze great. I was skeptical because of the ice cream, but I froze them for about a week, then let it thaw a little before I ate it, and it was almost better.
The center was a little more dense and moist, and the frosting thawed nicely.
We recommend freezing them in an air tight container, and not stacking them one on top of the other, just for the best results.
We also recommend not freezing them for more than a month.
To thaw, we recommend placing them in the fridge 48 hours before serving them, or out on the counter for 12-20 hours, for the best results.
What could I use in these Butterfinger Blondies, instead of shortening, in the frosting ?
We love the creamy and light texture the shortening gives the frosting, however, it has a unique taste. It is still delicious, but you could easily swap out the shortening for something else.
For this particular recipe, we recommend using butter as a substitute. You will just want it at room temperature, not softened, when making this recipe.
You might also enjoy these Blondies:
- Loaded Blonde Brownies
- Thick and Chewy M&M Blondies
- Cake Batter Blondies
- White Chocolate Cranberry Blondies
- Sugar Cookie Bars
- Snickerdoodle Blondies
- Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Blondies
- Cookies and Cream Oreo Blondies
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Butterfinger Blondies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon coarse sea salt, (or regular salt)
- 2 cups Butterfinger Bars, coarsely chopped, (about 16 Fun Size candy bars)
Frosting
- ½ cup butter, room temp
- ½ cup vegetable shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 Tablespoon milk
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup Butterfinger Bars, chopped, (about 4 Fun Size candy bars)
Instructions
Blondies
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Cream butter and sugars in mixing bowl.
- Add the vanilla and eggs and mix until incorporated.
- On low add your dry ingredients (flour, salt and baking soda) just until combined.
- Stir in your 2 cups chopped Butterfingers.
- Spread in a 9×13 baking dish and bake for 25-28 minutes until center is JUST set.
- Remove from oven and cool completely.
Frosting
- Cream the butter, shortening, vanilla, and milk together until smooth.
- Add in the powdered sugar on low speed. Turn speed up to medium and mix until smooth
- Spread frosting on cooled brownies and sprinkle with chopped Butterfingers.
Notes
- We love the creamy and light texture the shortening gives the frosting, however, it has a unique taste. It is still delicious, but you could easily swap out the shortening for something else. For this particular recipe, we recommend using butter as a substitute. You will just want it at room temperature, not softened, when making this recipe.
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I just made these this weekend too! They were so yummy and a huge hit!
I don’t know how you girls can post about all these amazing treats and still be so skinny! 🙂
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They look really nice! Thanks for sharing!
Oh they do sound and look good!
These look delicious. I love Butterfingers!
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Those look fabulous. I LOVE blondies and with Butterfingers?? I’m drooling…
Just the idea of Butterfinger buttercream! Wow! Sounds absolutely delicious. I’ll definitely put this on my must-try list. And, will add Butterfingers to my shopping list. Yummy!
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I need to make these for my co-worker’s birthday that is coming up. Butterfingers are her fave.
OMG these look so good you’re making me hungry! thanks for the recipe, I’ll have to try it out! 🙂
YUM! I have never been a big fan of chocolate. Anything white, and carmely I can’t resist. These look absolutely delicious! I love the blondie at Applebees. Thanks for the recipe, I can’t wait to make them.
Umm…I could definitely dream about these also! They look delicious!!! These will also have to be on my NEED to make list! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
How did I miss this in my Google Reader yesterday???
These look delicious!
These look SOOO good, I have got to try these.
What a GREAT recipe!
They look really good –
Oh. My. Goodness. These are absolutely tempting!
I just made these for my sisters wedding shower…I had a small piece and they taste delicious!
Thanks so much for the link! Your blondies look be-UUU-tiful!
These are to die for! I’m copying this recipe to make soon. YUM!
Yum. I think these will be on the list to bake come fall, especially when I snag all those butterfingers from the kids halloween bags 😉
I found your blog through this recipe and I am now following.
As if I needed another reason to adore Pinterest OR Butterfinger!! I found this through Pinterest and pinned it for our housewarming party that we had last night……oh mylanta they were delicious!! Dangerously so! I’ll have the recap of the party up on my blog later today, with a link to these if that’s alright.
I didn’t have enough Butterfingers, but didn’t realize it until I already started making them – I had about 3/4 cup (btw: 1 full size bar = 1/2 c. chopped), and I made the rest up with Heath Toffee Bits – worked perfectly!
Everyone *loved* them – thanks for sharing! =)
~ Mara @ Super Savings
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Hi! I am over from the Something Swanky Hop. These look fabulous…Pinned and Stumbled!
Yum! These sound delicious. I’m a new follower from Something Swanky and this has been Stumbled! 🙂
Soo yummy. Butterfingers are my favorite.:) I’ll be back tomorrow for your linky.:) Stumbled back.:)
Yum Yum Yum! Need I say anymore? These look amazing!
Stumled upon from Something Swanky!
Willa
U HAD ME AT BUTTERFINGERS… STUMBLED FROM SOMETHING SWANKY!
Wow, this looks amazing!
stumbled!
stumbled
These look delightfully sinful.
Could eat them all single handed. Stumbled from SS
Lisa
YUM!! I am pinning this! You guys are awesome!!
they are cooking in the oven as i type this. can’t wait to try them!!! found your blog through pinterest and love it!
Wow! Just made these bars and love them! I didn’t even do the frosting (although it sounds delicious) because they are so rich and delicious without it already!
Argh.. mine apparently didn’t set up after 25 minutes of baking – and I didn’t find this out until I went to put the buttercream on. 🙁 Attempting to bake it a bit longer to see if I can recover it!
Ohmygawd I love butterfingers!! Finding this recipe and blog made my night!
Holy Cow, those look delicious!!
Made these hoping to take them as a dessert for Christmas but I just tried them and they are gross. I followed the recipe exactly but they tasted salty. I only put in 1 tsp of sea salt like the recipe called for but it was too much! I’m a fan of salty and sweet but it was over powering. Will never make again. I threw them out and now am making a batch of cookies because I have no time to make anything else. So disappointed 🙁
These look YUMMY.. Cant wait to try them. I added a link to this recipe on your site on my site. candlcountrychic.blogspot.com
I could eat these right off my computer screen!!!!
Hi! I found your blog and this recipe on Pintrest. I just made these for Valentine’s Day because Butterfinger is my hubby’s favorite candy! Mine came out a little too thick and the middle wasn’t done enough. but the butterfinger icing was delicious! Next time, I know to make the blondies thinner in the baking dish. But other than that my husband loved them! Thanks!
Manda
I made these tonight and they are super yummy! I may have overcooked them a bit though. The edges were very hard compared to the middle. And mine look thicker and maybe darker too. At 25 minutes they were jiggly, not set. I added 15 and then they were set. I used a 9×13. Did you use a bigger pan or anything? Any tips would be helpful for next time. Thanks for a great recipe!
Just made these and they are decadent! It’s like eating a crunchy butterfinger cake (my favorite candy bar). My husband loves cream cheese icing so I used 1/2 cup of that instead of the shortening for the icing. Thanks!
Made these last night and everyone loved them! Served with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream. Yummo!
These are amazing. I’ve made them twice in 2 weeks. Thank you so much for sharing this. My whole family loves them.
made these last night for MIL’s birthday and everyone LOVED them!!!! So easy to throw together and my brother in law said they were “the best brownies he’s ever had!” Everyone went back for seconds and we polished off the whole pan within 15 minutes. Found you guys on pinterest and LOVE your blog! so many recipes I’m dying to try!
Do these bars need to be refrigerated? Just made them for a baby shower tomorrow. Thanks!
I haven’t refrigerated them and they are fine. I think either way would be okay! Hope you liked them!
Did you grease the pan? Or do they come out fine without? Just want them to work since I’m planning on giving most away! Thanks
I didn’t grease the pan and didn’t have any trouble getting them out. Hope you like them! Thanks!
They were excellent! At first hubby said don’t make the frosting, then after I did anyways he couldn’t get enough! Blondes are his new fav! Thanks!
**blondies**. Grrrr autocorrect!
I made these for the 4th of July and so far the blondie is amazingly delicious!! I had an issue with the frosting. It wasn’t in the consistency of frosting. Is there anything that I can do to make it more like a frosting next time??
I am so sorry your frosting didn’t work out. I haven’t had that issue, but I would just continue to add more milk or powdered sugar as needed until you reach your desired consistency.
I’m finally posting a comment after making these at least 20 times. They are now a favorite for all my gatherings where I have to bring something (and for just a random Sunday when I am craving them!). Making them for a party this afternoon! They are so delicious. Thanks for the great recipe!
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What an awesome recipe!
Omg I just made these and they are seriously amazing! I can’t wait to take them into my work tomorrow. Thanks for sharing this recipe 🙂
These are so YUMMY!!! Our whole family loved them. I had to bake mine for 35 minutes instead of 25, but they still turned out perfect! I saw others had a little trouble with the frosting, but mine turned out great. I put my butter on the counter just before I started to make the blondie mix and by the time they came out of the oven and cooled it was the perfect temp. I am sooooo going to have to make these again.
Thanks for the great recipe!
Miranda
I really prefer these without the icing! My kiddos & my husband devoured them.
I made this for dessert tonight. It was a BIG HIT, actually, it was BEYOND a BIG HIT! This is to die for, soooooo rich. Hope you LOVE Butterfingers! Excellant!!!
Just finished making this a little while ago. It’s a huge hit for us. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe!
These sound amazing. Has anyone tried to freeze them? Thinking about including them for my christmas baking. Yum
I would mix the butter and powdered sugar until you get that icing consistency. You can also give a splash of vanilla if you want vanilla buttercream. I left out the shortening and got that result.
Any thought on sticking with only butter, or maybe cream cheese, for the frosting? The vegetable shortening left an odd taste and texture.
Here too, I think the vegetable shortening leaves an odd taste/texture. Might sub in cream cheese for the shortening though….
I just made these today and they are really good. This recipe is a keeper. I will definitely make these again,thanks for the recipe.
So glad you liked them. They are really one of our favorite desserts on our site. Have a great week and Happy New Year!
I used 2 sticks of butter and no shortening and the frosting was perfect.
These were so good. My kids were fighting for the crumbs. I loved that they were so rich and tasty that 1 9×13 could be cut into small 1 to 1 1/2 inch squares so that we could have them a few times! So decadent. So easy! Yum!
I made this recipe over ten years ago and it was so good I still think about it sometimes! Glad I finally found the recipe again. I’m planning on making them for the next family BBQ
These are phenomenal. I’ve made them for a few parties and everyone loves them. Someone said “oh I remember you, you brought that amazing dessert”