Homemade Healthy Butterfingers

So New Years is coming up and along with it are lots of resolutions.  So I decided to post a healthy recipe to help us all out.

Oh my gosh, there are absolutely incredible.  Like, I literally made three pans of this in three weeks and I ate all three pans.

I think I negated all the healthiness with all that peanut butter!  I cannot get enough of the combo of peanut butter and chocolate.  I had six Reeses peanut butter cups for breakfast the morning after Christmas.

You think I'm kidding.

Anyways, these are incredible.  I didn't expect much from these, but these are so good.  Who would have thought bran flakes with peanut butter and molasses and chocolate would make a very realistic copycat???  Granted, it may not taste exactly like the real thing, but it is pretty darn close.  So don't eat this and then take a bite of a real Butterfinger because it will taste a little different.  The molasses is key. It's not a dominant flavor, but it helps create the Butterfinger flavor.

This recipe is from Chocolate Covered Katie and the first time I followed the recipe as followed, using corn flakes instead of bran flakes.  The second time, I used bran flakes.  The third time, I subbed a scant 3/4 cup dates for the 1/2 cup honey and used bran flakes and honestly, there really wasn't a noticeable difference. 

The peanut butter flavor is the strongest and the bran flakes add that crunch.  They are mixed with the peanut butter and soften into a chewy and dense texture.  I was wary that freezing them wouldn't have the authentic flavor, but lo and behold, it works!  I hope you try these, they are easy, done in five minutes, and are delicious and healthy.

Homemade Healthy Butterfingers

Recipe Source: The Sweet {Tooth} Life.  Adapted slightly from Chocolate Covered Katie

Yield: 8-10 bars

2 cup bran flakes (you can also use corn flakes)

scant 3/4 cup pitted dates

1 tablespoon molasses

1 cup peanut butter

2/3 cup dark chocolate chips

Soak dates in water for 15-30 minutes.  Drain and blend in a food processor until smooth.  Add peanut butter and molasses and blend again.  Heat in a small pot for a couple minutes or until smooth and slightly runny.  Lightly crush bran flakes and add to peanut butter mixture.  Press into a lightly greased 9x9 pan and freeze.  Cut into 8-10 bars.  Melt chocolate chips.  Dip bars in melted chocolate and freeze again.  Enjoy!

 

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