Butterfinger Blitz Cookie Squares

Soooo.....I made one healthier, lighter recipe the other day....I feel so virtuous....obviously this trend cannot continue.  Enter sugar bomb of dooooom!  A small piece goes a long way on this one.

Mmmm.....candy corn in December...madness I know.  Candy corn is a year round treat and none shall convince me otherwise!  ;)  Yes....melted candy corn mixed with peanut butter does taste exactly like a butterfinger....it's way cool....makes my inner child giggle in glee.

The Butterfinger streusel topping actually came about by accident so the squares were double butterfingered....ok that sounds a little dirty....moving on.  Next time instead of the middle butter finger layer I think I will just do the streusel across the top.


Butterfinger Blitz Cookie Squares

Peanut Butter Cookie Crust:
1/2 cup tub margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup natural peanut butter
1 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 cup oats, ground fine

Cream margarine and sugars together.  Add in egg and peanut butter.  Mix in dry ingredients.  Stir in ground oats.  Spread into a greased 8inch pan and bake at 350 for 10 to 15 minutes.  Cool.

Middle layer:
1 cup candy corn
1 cup natural smooth peanut butter

Pour candy corn into a bowl and melt in the microwave.  Stir in peanut butter until well combined.  Spread mixture across the top of the cookie crust.

Topping:
6oz Milk Chocolate chips
1/2 cup candy corn
1/2 cup natural smooth peanut butter

Mix together candy corn and peanut butter in a bowl and melt in the microwave for about a minute.  Stir vigorously to break apart the candy corn.  Pour mixture out on a plate and use a spoon or knead with your hands to break apart the remaining candy corn pieces.  You should end up with a coarse streusel type mixture.  Set aside.

Melt milk chocolate chips in the microwave until smooth.  Spread across the top of the middle butterfinger layer.  Sprinkle butterfinger streusel across top of the chocolate.  Press lightly.  Cool in fridge before slicing into squares. 

One more picture of the goodness...

Soooo....this streusel topping came about when I decided to experiment with melting the butterfinger mixture.  I thought melting the peanut butter and candy corn together would actually make the mixture easier to work with.....not...ehehehehe.  Ahem.  The candy corn didn't melt into the peanut butter like I expected...it had to be broken apart into it...it was actually quite strange.  As I was breaking up the candy corn with my fingers I was like man this is an epic fail....but wait.....this would make a fab topping...so you'll be seeing this again in the future.  I'm thinking it will probably involve cheesecake.