Ya know, Butterfingers have never appeared on this blog. Why? Why?
So hard to answer a question for which there’s no good answer. The reason is, of course, because I just never got around to it. And now that I have, I’m embarrassed at how long it took.
I mean, it’s a Butterfinger. They’re so happy. Why would anyone ever leave them out on purpose? Especially when they can go into brownie bites? And I’m not talking about those mediocre brownie bites you buy at Costco in the container. Nuh-uh. These blow those sad little stand-ins for a baked good out of the water, and then some.
If I’ve seemed out of the loop for the past few days, it’s because a string of Jewish holidays forces me to be away from all things digital on and off for a month. It sounds nice in theory, but the massive amounts of work that pile up while I’m sitting in a hut in my backyard eating meals, even in the rain (don’t ask) doesn’t exactly put me in the holiday kind of mood.
Religions have varying levels of celebrating, and if you’re like me, you find yourself celebrating an awful lot of the time. So when Christmas rolls around and everyone gets so excited about the holiday season, I get excited that somebody else is making huge meals and buying lots of fancy paper goods and having relatives to stay over. Because it’s not me. On Christmas Day, I do nothing. And it’s such a relief. That’s probably why Christmas is my favorite holiday. That and the really fun caroling. Caroling is delightful.
Tell me if you get this: when we were kids, holidays were fun and exciting. And if we have kids, it’s pretty neat to watch them get excited. But. They’re just so much wooooork. If given the choice, I would take all the money we spend on holidays, from groceries to gifts, and use that as a payment toward a family flight to the tropics. Now that would be a holiday worth celebrating.
But since that’s not happening anytime soon (I think our extended family might revolt if we disappeared for a string of holidays to go bake in the sun somewhere), I have to find reasons to celebrate that don’t involve a lot of work. So hello, Butterfinger brownie bites!
It’s so simple, really. Chopped Butterfinger bars get nestled into brownie batter, topped with crushed Butterfingers, and baked. It takes no time to get to brownie bliss. Like I said, no idea why this didn’t happen sooner.
Sometimes we forget to celebrate the little things because we’re so busy paying attention to larger holidays. But in a season of candy joy (isn’t Halloween coming sometime soon-ish?), nothing is better than remembering how fantastic it is to bake candy bars into anything.
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Do any of you feel like a trip to the grocery store is a vacation? Especially if you have kids and they’re not there?
You can wander up and down aisles, picking things up at leisure and putting them down. You can try free samples. You can hunt for new products. And if there’s a Starbucks in the store, you can do it all with a lovely hot cup of beverage.
Summer is fudge season! Didn’t you know?
Well, you might not realize that if you don’t live near an east coast beach town. For those of us who are in the know about boardwalk treats, we get the joy of candy shops with thick slabs of fudge for sale everywhere. It can’t be beat!
I’m not due to hit the beach for another month or so, and I could just throw up my hands in despair and decide to wait. Or I could make this rocky road fudge, which takes about five minutes to put together and tastes oh so beachy!
Hey, it’s been almost a week since I’ve posted a PB and chocolate recipe. In my world, that’s one week too long!
There are times when life gets a little intense, friends. This is one of those times. It’s been a rough month, and reading the newspaper really doesn’t help. I don’t understand how people can watch the news before they go to bed. Do they want to have nightmares? Lie awake in their beds imagining worst-case scenarios?
They’re so much work – yes that! I love holidays but I always do too much and then am crabby and tired on the actual day. Happy New Year to you, BTW!
Also – these? Fab!
Yep, holidays make me crabby. It’s so sad. I used to love them, but that was before I did all the work!
Butterfingers have not appeared on my blog either!! Crazy!! These look fantastic!
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It’s totally crazy. Sometimes we just don’t think about these things, right?
I know what you mean. I totally stress around the holidays. Oh yes, take me to the tropics!! These look fabulous. Who knows how many of these morsels I can pop into my mouth! Yum!
Michele @ Alwayzbakin recently posted…Peanut Butter Candy Corn Magic Bars
These brownie bites look just perfect! I’ve never really baked with butterfingers either, though I do love them. It’s kind of the forgotten candy to me. But this definitely sounds like the perfect treat to resurrect them!
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These brownie bites look incredibly yum. Lovely share!
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Thanks, Anu!
There is NO way I’m going to be able to wait until the holidays to make these babies. I’m a Butterfinger loving girl!
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No reason you should wait, Kate! Share the love!
Mir, so do you guys celebrate both Jewish holidays this time of the year and Christmas too? I love these butterfinger brownie bites and can’t believe this is the first recipe on your blog using Butterfingers?!!! hey, I say enjoy the time off social media and digital . . I’ve been so busy it’s forcing me to re-prioritize where I am spending my time and time being on the computer is being cut. . but for good reason!
Nope, we definitely don’t celebrate Christmas. That’s why I love it! I get the day off to just hang out and do nothing while everyone else is busy celebrating. Good for you for taking time off of the computer stuff. I’m not even good at distributing my digital time, but I’m also bad at taking time off!
Yeah, holidays are so much work, Happy New Year! I haven’t had butterfingers in a while! These brownie bites look delicious!
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For sure they are, Mira. Thanks!
The idea of having little pieces of Butterfingers inside of brownies makes me really happy! That would be a great way to use up extra Halloween candy after the holiday is over. Of course, there would have to be extra candy, which probably wouldn’t happen for me. 😉
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Extra candy does not happen for me, either. But it’s a nice thought! 🙂
I actually had my first butterfinger the other day and now I am thinking that I need to buy a second suitcase, fill it with butterfingers and take them home to make this. I would probably eat them all on the journey home though haha.
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That’s so exciting, Dannii! They’re so delicious, aren’t they?
Oh my god, I got the same butterfinger yesterday! Now these need to happen because they look YUM!
Manali @ CookWithManali recently posted…Vegetarian Sweet Potato Skins
Go for it, Manali!
Mir, these sound so good! I love butterfingers and mixing them up with brownies is just genius! 🙂
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Thanks, Sam! I try, ya know… 🙂
These brownie bites look awesome! 🙂
Thanks, Medha! I ate them very fast.
Thank you so much!!! These were such a hit at a recent potluck I attended 🙂 Your recipes never fail to please the whole party. I wanted to ask, for the Peanut Butter Swirl, can I replace the peanut butter with Nutella?
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I don’t think you read my recipe carefully. There’s no peanut butter in it at all, much less a swirl.
You know, I just realized I don’t have any butterfingers recipes on my blog either. These are so awesome, Mir! I love butterfingers, so stuffing them into brownies sounds even better 🙂
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You’ve gotta get on the Butterfingers, Danille! You’d kill it!