Healthy Butterfinger Bars

Homemade gluten-free, vegan, better-for-you butterfingers, with a crunchy peanut butter cornflake filling. The trick is cooking the syrup mixture to create the classic chewy-candy-ness texture in the filling. Coated in a dark chocolate. Try to eat just one!!

Filling

• ¾ cup natural peanut butter or almond butter

• ⅓ cup maple syrup

• 1 tbsp coconut sugar

• 1 tsp vanilla

• ¼ tsp salt

• 2¼ cups gluten-free cornflakes, lightly crushed (half flakes, half crumbs)

Coating

• 1 cup dairy-free chocolate chips

• 2 tsp coconut oil

Instructions

1. Line an 8×4-inch loaf pan with parchment paper

2. Add peanut butter, maple syrup, coconut sugar, and salt to a small saucepan

3. Bring to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat and cook for 1–2 minutes, stirring constantly

4. Remove from heat & stir in crushed cornflakes & vanilla, until evenly coated

5. Press firmly into the prepared pan

6. Freeze for 30-60 minutes until firm

7. Melt the chocolate & coconut oil until smooth

8. Either spread the chocolate over the slab and cut into bars once set, or cut the slab into bars first and dip each one in chocolate.

9. Chill until the chocolate hardens

10. Enjoy!!

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