Description
Easy no-bake Butterfinger balls recipe combining peanut butter, graham crackers, and Butterfinger candy pieces, dipped in chocolate for the perfect bite-sized treat.
Ingredients
For the Butterfinger Ball Centers:
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter (Jif or Skippy work great)
- 4 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¾ cup graham cracker crumbs
- ½ cup crushed Butterfinger bars
For the Chocolate Coating:
- 8 ounces chocolate bark or chocolate chips
Optional Stuff:
- Extra crushed Butterfinger pieces
- Sprinkles
- Sea salt
Instructions
Mix the peanut butter and butter together until it looks smooth. Takes maybe a minute or two. Don’t worry if there’s a tiny lump here and there.
Pour in the vanilla and mix it up.
Add the powdered sugar slowly or you’ll have white dust everywhere (learned this the hard way). Keep mixing on low speed and scrape the bowl sides when it gets messy.
Dump in the graham crackers and Butterfinger pieces. I use a spoon for this part because the mixer just flings everything around.
Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop out spoonfuls and roll them into balls with your hands. Mine are never perfect circles and that’s fine – they still taste amazing.
Stick the pan in the freezer for 30 minutes. Don’t skip this or your balls will fall apart when you dip them. I learned this by ruining an entire batch.
Microwave the chocolate in 30-second chunks, stirring between each time. Takes patience but don’t rush it or the chocolate gets weird and clumpy.
Stick a toothpick in each ball and dip it in the melted chocolate. Let extra drip off by tapping the toothpick on the bowl edge.
While the chocolate’s still wet, sprinkle on whatever toppings you want. I usually just do more Butterfinger pieces because why fix what’s not broken?
Leave them alone until the chocolate hardens. You can stick them in the fridge if you’re impatient like me.
Notes
- Butter temperature: I used to just zap cold butter in the microwave for 30 seconds and wonder why everything looked lumpy. Now I actually plan ahead and leave it on the counter for like an hour.
- Coconut oil trick: My next-door neighbor Karen told me to add just a teaspoon to melted chocolate and it makes everything so shiny and smooth. She was right for once.
- Dollar store cookie scoop: Spent three bucks on this little scoop and now all my balls are the same size instead of looking like my kids made them.
- Don’t rush the chocolate: Used to stick them right in the fridge after dipping and they’d get all cloudy looking. Now I just leave them on the counter and they look way better.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-bake
- Cuisine: American