Peanut Butter Butterfinger cookies are perfectly soft, chewy, peanut butter cookies filled with sticky sweet Butterfinger baking bits!
EXCITING RECIPE UPDATE!!
I originally posted this recipe back on May 31 of this year.  Well, it’s been by far my most popular recipe so far here Salty Marshmallow land….and was even featured on People Magazine Online (YAY!!!)
Since everyone seems to love these cookies SO MUCH we decided to go ahead and feature a video for the recipe.  Check it out below, and enjoy! 🙂
Update Number TWO:
Since these cookies continue to be everyone’s favorite recipe from my blog, I’ve updated the photos!  It was time for a little revamp.  The recipe is still the same! 🙂Â
This photo is from May, 2106.
Hey everyone! I’ve been gone away from my Salty Marshmallow home for a week. Â It seemed like forever! Â I think I may now just permanently park myself in front of my stove and or laptop because I never want to go away again.
You know me, if I go on hiatus, I am at least going to come back bearing delicious treats.  These Butterfinger cookies…..they’re outrageous.  The dough only takes about 10 minutes to come together. Even better, no refrigerating!
NEW photo from January 2017. Â Much Prettier!
It’s not often that I find a product that seriously, just completely changes my life.
Well, these Butterfinger baking bits have done just that. Â (Nope, I am not being paid to say this). Â I have been making Butterfinger cookies for years. Â Let me tell you, I love them, I also despise chopping up those candy bars. Â If you are one who can do the chopping without getting Butterfingery pieces everywhere, my hats off to you. Â I can’t do it! Honesty feels good. Â Butterfinger cookies taste good. Â End of discussion.
You can find those baking bits right in the baking aisle at your grocery store, with all of the chocolate chips and other fun things that we bakers love. Â If you can’t find them, do not be sad, you can definitely get a bag of mini butterfingers and chop them up for this recipe – or throw the candy bars in the food processor and give it a quick whirl. I am certain that you are less messy than I am, so the chopping should be a snap for you anyway!
I don’t wanna you know, “toot my own horn” but, people really like these cookies. They like them even more when they have one in their mouth and you explain to them how simple they are to make, then you watch that persons eyes get huge!
So make these babies up.  Take them places. Everyone will love you for it!
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Peanut Butter Butterfinger Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 Cups all purpose flour spooned and leveled
- 1 1/2 Tsp . baking powder
- 1 Tsp . baking soda
- 1/2 Tsp . salt
- 1/2 Cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 Cup brown sugar
- 1 Cup butter softened
- 1 Cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 Large eggs
- 1 Tsp . vanilla
- 2 Cups Butterfinger baking bits or 2 Cups chopped butterfinger candy bars
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Prepare a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray or line with parchment paper
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl
- In bowl of stand mixer, or large bowl with hand mixer, beat together the butter and peanut butter until fluffy
- Add egg to butter and peanut butter and beat until incorporated
- Beat in sugars and vanilla until combined
- With mixer running, add dry mixture to wet mixture in thirds until everything is fully incorporated
- Stir Butterfinger Baking Bits into dough
- Drop dough by heaping Tablespoon fulls onto prepared baking sheet
- Press down on dough gently to flatten just slightly
- Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Made these today and they are sooo good. I wish my butterfinger bits were bigger (used a store bought bag of buts). I may add mini chocolate chips or M&Ms next time.
used M&M’S instead of Butterfinger bits….Turned out okay
My cookies turned out pretty crumbly…any idea why?
Making them now. I f made as a bar cookie, how long should they bake?
This is by far my granddaughters favorite cookie recipe! Do you recommend chilling the dough over night, or will the dough be too stiff to roll in the morning? Thanks for the recipe!
In the video it does not show the salt and baking soda being added? Is this just an error or is that a different option on how to make them?
Can’t wait to try these, about to start on them now!! Thanks so much for the recipe?
Hi, Jaedi! In the video, the salt and baking soda were actually just mixed in with the baking powder. So, definitely make the recipe as written. Hope you love them! 🙂
Can this dough be made and frozen to bake at a later date?
Yes. I would go ahead and form the dough into a couple of logs, wrap in plastic wrap, then place in freezer bags. This way it should freeze up to two months.
Are the cookies soft & chewy?
Hi Lisa, yes, these cookies are nice and chewy with soft centers.
I substituted the creamy peanut butter for chunky. It was fabulous and I didn’t need to make any other changes 🙂 wonderful recipe!
I am so excited to make these this week! I have a bag of Butterfinger baking bits and now I know what I’m using them for! YAY! Question: Do you think it would change the recipe too much if I used ALL brown sugar instead of white sugar?
Hi Amy, so glad you’re going to try these cookies this week. They are by far a top favorite in my house! I’d say you can go ahead and use all brown sugar in this recipe if you’d like. If you go all brown sugar, you can also leave out the baking powder and use baking soda alone. If your dough is a little too sticky, simply chill it for an hour before baking. Leaving out the white sugar will simply result in a denser more chewy cookie. Which is never a bad thing! Let me know how they turn out for you! 🙂
Hi Nichole! Whoa, these cookies have my name written all over them, thanks for sharing. P.S. love the name of your blog, super cute 🙂
Hey, Sarah! Thank you for the compliments. I love it when other bloggers stop by! I hope you get a chance to try the cookies out. 🙂