Butterfinger Protein Bars – Healthy, Sugar free Candy

Homemade Butterfinger Protein Bars for your sugar free candy bar cravings with actual nutrition! This healthy Butterfinger recipe is made with corn flakes cereal, protein powder and creamy + powdered peanut butter and has no candy corn!

It took quite a while for me to find a butterfinger recipe without candy corn online, so I took some inspiration from a friend on Instagram and used peanut butter and peanut butter powder instead!

This really turned out to be a great chewy and crunchy and beautiful homemade butterfinger bar.

Ingredients for Butterfinger Protein Bars:

These candy inspired Butterfinger protein bars are made with corn flakes cereal and simple healthy ingredients, with no sugar or milk; A great sugar free and Vegan homemade protein bar!

The Chocolate Base

• Chocolate Protein Powder  for healthy homemade protein bars that’s also sugar free
  I used HTLT Supps Chocolate Whey-Caesin here.
• Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• Creamy Peanut Butter – I’d recommend Butterfinger flavored American Dream Nut Butter Double Butter Crunch Peanut Butter; Code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount.
• Unsweetened Almond Milk

The Crunchy Cornflakes Bar Layer

• Cornflakes Cereal
• Vanilla Protein Powder for high protein magic cookie bar, and also replace the sweetener.
  I recommend Protein World Slender Blend or ProteinWorld Whey for this recipe to keep it sugar free; Use the code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount.
• Peanut Butter Powder, also known as Powdered Peanut Butter. I recommend Lakanto for a sugar free version (the code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount). Or you could use the one from PbFit too.
• Creamy Peanut Butter – I used Butterfinger flavored American Dream Nut Butter Double Butter Crunch Peanut Butter; Code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount.
• A bit of Vanilla Extract
• Water

For the Chocolate Topping for a Butterfinger Candy effect:

• Chocolate Chips: The sugar free from Lakanto again here (same code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount) 
• A bit of Coconut Oil

Tips for perfect Cornflakes Protein Bars

• Use whey-caesin and whey protein powder when specified. It works well with the ratio of ingredients here.
  Whey-caesin absorbs more liquid, and whey absorbs less, so you need to adjust the liquid accordingly.

• Use creamy peanut butter so it blends well with the other ingredients

• Add water and milk only a little at a time or the mixture will be too runny.

• Mix the ingredients well before adding in the cornflakes so you have a smooth binder.

• Let the melted chocolate cool a bit – for about 5 minutes – so that you don’t melt the bars!

To store High Protein Homemade Butterfinger Bars

To store homemade butterfinger recipe without candy corn, place in the fridge for 3-4 days.

And to freeze, place Butterfinger protein bars in airtight sealed container, or individually wrapped in plastic wrap and placed in zipper bag; They should keep for 2 or 3 months. Be sure to let them thaw on the counter before eating!

Alternatives for Healthy Butterfinger Candy Bars!

I made these high protein sugar free butterfinger candy bars with cornflakes with this ingredient list, but here’s some options to choose from.

• Peanut Butter Powder: About 3 Tbsp Peanut butter, but start with only ½ tsp of water at a time.
• Corn Flakes Cereal: Use Chex or any other crunchy cereal (you might have to play around with the quantity a little)

Vegan Butterfinger Candy Bars

Since there’s no milk in this dairy free recipe, these Butterfinger protein candy bars can easily be made Vegan with the right ingredients.

Use a plant based protein powder to get a Vegan Butterfinger bar; ProteinWorld has a Vegan protein blend as well.

You also want to make sure you use dairy free chocolate chips too.

More Corn flakes dessert recipes:

• Protein Fried Ice Cream
• All in one Protein Magic Bars (Sugar Free!)

More Sugar free Homemade Candy Bars Recipes:

• Homemade Protein Snickers Bars
• Peanut Butter Protein Twix Bars
• Peanut Butter Cup Protein Bars

Butterfinger Protein Bars – Healthy, Sugar free Candy

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Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time0 minutes mins

3 minutes mins

Total Time13 minutes mins

Servings: 6 bars

Calories: 125kcal

Course: Post-Workout, Snack

Cuisine: American

Homemade Butterfinger Protein Bars for your sugar free candy bar cravings with actual nutrition! This healthy Butterfinger recipe is made with corn flakes cereal, protein powder and creamy + powdered peanut butter and has no candy corn!

Ingredients

Base:

• 1 scoop Chocolate Protein Powder, Whey-Caesin, 30g
• 2 Tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, 10g
• 1 Tbsp Creamy Peanut Butter, 16g
• 2 Tbsp Unsweetened Almond Milk, 30ml

Crunchy Layer:

• 1 scoop Vanilla Protein Powder, Whey, 30g
• ¼ cup Peanut Butter Powder, 24g
• 1 Tbsp Creamy Peanut Butter, 16g
• 2 Tbsp Water
• ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1½ cup Cornflakes or Chex Cereal, 45g

Chocolate Topping:

• ½ Tbsp Chocolate Chips, Sugar-free recommended below, 7g
• ¼ tsp Coconut Oil

Instructions

• Line a loaf pan with parchment paper; leave an overhang to lift out later.

Chocolate Base:

• In a bowl, combine chocolate protein powder and cocoa powder.
• Add peanut butter and milk (little at a time) to form a dough.
• Transfer to prepared loaf pan, and use back of spoon/spatula to press down and spread.

Crunchy Layer:

• In a bowl, combine protein powder, peanut butter powder, peanut butter and vanilla extract.
• Add water – little at a time – and stir to form slightly thick mixture.
• Add in corn flakes cereal and mix completely.
• Spread on top of base layer (use back of spoon or spatula to smoothen).
• Remove and cut into 6 bars.

Chocolate topping:

• Place the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a shallow bowl and microwave for about 30 seconds – at 15 second intervals – until it’s completely melted. Let cool about 5 mins.
• Drizzle or spread over bars.
• Transfer to freezer to cool about 5-10 minutes.

Notes

• Nutrition value is calculated using products recommended below.
• See post for alternate ingredients, tips and storage options.

Product Recommendations:

• HTLT Supps Whey-Caesin Protein Powder
• ProteinWorld Whey Protein Powder
  • Use code HAYLSKITCHEN for 30% off your order
• ProteinWorld Slender Blend
  • Use code HAYLSKITCHEN for 30% off your order
• Lakanto Peanut Butter Powder
  • Use code HAYLSKITCHEN for 15% off your order
• Lakanto Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • Use code HAYLSKITCHEN for 15% off your order
• Quest Nutrition Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder

Nutrition:

• Servings: 6 bars | Serving size: 1
• Calories: 125kcal
• Fat: 3.9g | Saturated fat: 0.9g
• Carbohydrates: 12.4g | Fiber: 2.4g | Sugar: 1.9g
• Protein: 12.5g