See the recipe for a no-candy corn variation. Remember, if you’re using candy corn, they won’t be vegan or vegetarian. Ingredients you’ll need to make this Butterfinger recipe. Here’s a rundown of what you’ll need to make them, with the exception of one sneaky ingredient you’ll get in the recipe.
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These copycat crispy Butterfinger bars are gluten free as long as you are careful with your ingredient sourcing. Questions You May Have: Are Butterfingers Gluten Free?Īccording to the Celiac Disease Foundation: regular Butterfinger bars are gluten free, but: “…only in fun size, singles, and share pack (Butterfinger Bites, Butterfinger Minis, Butterfinger Cups, and special holiday-shaped Butterfinger items are NOT considered gluten-free).”īe cautious if you have a gluten allergy or are Celiac. They will not be as orange-y as a real Butterfinger or as a Butterfinger recipe made with candy corn, but they will be vegetarian. If that is a concern for you, I will also tell you how you can make these using corn syrup and granulated sugar. However, candy corn is not vegan or even vegetarian due to the addition of some gelatin and honey. I have made these candy bars/candy bites with candy corn, because candy corn already has the optimal proportion of corn syrup to sugar in them. My kids think I’m a genius, but you get all the credit! Thanks for sharing! Reader and Hero to Her Kids Trina Making the Candy with Candy Corn And the crumbly bits got stirred into a bit of chocolate and dropped by spoonfuls to set up. Once cool most of my pieces peeled into two thinner pieces. You warned me to err to the side of too soft, but I made one fold too many so the final layers didn’t quite marry. There is a bit of a learning curve on the folding at the end. You succeeded! Working with exact weights and temperatures makes it almost foolproof. Wow! Absolutely delish and exactly what I hoped for! Thank you for your efforts to perfect this recipe. Honestly though, my copycat version is pretty darned good just the way it is! I may have to go back to the drawing board and see what I can come up with. It’s notable that the new version of Butterfingers no longer contains molasses or confectioner’s corn flakes.