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It's Christmas time! The time of eating too much food and pigging out on candy. Well that's what happens to me at least! I love love love Christmas candy and Nestle is one of my favorite brands. I am a huge fan of their Butterfinger Bells. I buy them every year to put in the Christmas stockings. When I found out the Nestle was having a promotion for their Butterfinger Bites, I had to jump on it. Now the Butterfinger Bites are not something you want to put in a Christmas stocking because they are not individually wrapped. They would make a big mess, but they are great for making some holiday goodies! I immediately thought that they would taste yummy in brownies. Blame it on me being nine months pregnant, but it sounded good to me! When I received my bites, I went straight to the store to buy a box of brownie mix to test out the following recipe (https://www.facebook.com/butterfinger/app_317643425035423).
Ingredients:
1 pkg. chocolate brownie mix
24 NESTLÉ BUTTERFINGER BITES Candy
Directions:
1. PREHEAT oven according to package directions. Grease baking pan according to package directions.
2. PREPARE brownie batter according to package directions; stir in chopped Butterfinger. Spoon into prepared pan. (See Picture Below)
3. BAKE according to package directions. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into pieces using wet knife.
My final result for the brownies (see above) probably is not how they are supposed to turn out. I tried to make them "fudge" brownies as the Duncan Hines box says, but when I pulled them out of the oven they were still jiggly. I put them in longer and they never seemed to really solidify. My husband and I both like very moist brownies, so it wasn't a big deal, but I can't really take a nice picture of the cut brownies. They just fall apart. They are extremely yummy though! I personally don't taste the butterfingers as strongly as I hoped they would be, but my husband says he can taste them just fine.
New One-of-a-Kind Recipes Created by Culinary Stars Feature Nestle® Butterfinger Bites®
Momofuku Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi and Renowned Pastry Chef Sally Camacho Mueller Offer Custom Treats as Part of Exclusive U.S. Food Truck Tour
GLENDALE, CA.,Jun 28, 2013 - In honor of the new Butterfinger Bites®, a bite-size version of Nestlé® Butterfinger®, Nestlé is asking dessert experts in the industry to create new recipes that include the crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery Butterfinger Bites.
Two of America’s top pastry chefs will help kick-off a new Butterfinger Bites custom recipe program. Christina Tosi, founder of New York’s wildly popular Momofuku Milk Bar, and “Top Chef: Just Desserts” contestant Sally Camacho Mueller, will take to Facebook to post their one-of-a-kind recipes using the new Butterfinger Bites sweet treats.
“Culinary experts and novice bakers from across the country love to use Butterfinger candy bars as a favorite ingredient in cakes, cookies, ice cream shakes and more,” said Butterfinger spokesperson Tricia Bowles of Nestlé USA, Confections & Snacks Division. “We asked professional chefs and food truck artisans to consider Butterfinger Bites as mix-ins, toppings, decorations and more, and what they came up with was beyond delicious!”
“The flavors and textures of Butterfinger are great additions to so many desserts,” said Tosi, who frequently makes Momofuku Milk Bar pastries from pantry staples and snacks, such as pretzels and potato chips. “It’s going to be fun finding new ways to use the unique taste and texture of Butterfinger!”
Camacho Mueller-- a veteran of Wolfgang Puck’s WP24, Four Seasons Hotels, and the Wynn Resort -- also is poised to blend Butterfinger Bites into a tasty treat to remember. “As a child, Butterfinger was one of my favorite candy bars,” said Camacho Mueller. “I have so many ideas about how I can use Butterfinger in new dessert creations and can’t wait to share them with Butterfinger fans.”
To demonstrate the creative range of the crispety, crunchety candy bar, some of the best dessert food trucks in the U.S. have also been invited to create an exclusive treat using Butterfinger Bites. Beginning June 27 and through the end of the year, the trucks will feature their custom creations as they roll into their favorite parking spots, food festivals and special events across the country. Butterfinger fans can check out Facebook.com/Butterfinger for recipes and participating food truck event stops:
Angie’s Cakes (Houston)
B Sweet (Los Angeles)
BabyCakes (Chicago)
Chunk-n-Chip (Los Angeles)
Fairycakes (San Jose, Calif.)
Gourdoughs (Austin, Texas)
Gypsy Scoops (Dallas)
La Bella Torte (New York City)
Lil’ Mama’s Delicious Desserts ‘n More (Austin, Texas)
My Delight Cupcakery (Los Angeles)
Mamma Toledo’s (Phoenix)
Sweet Box Cupcake (Philadelphia)
Sweet Ride (Chicago)
Sweet Treats (San Diego, Calif.)
Torched Goddess (Phoenix)
“We’re excited to see the novel new ways that Butterfinger Bites can be used in baking,” said Bowles. ”The iconic candy bar may be 90-ish years old, but as our fans continue to show us, the unique crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery taste never goes out of style!”
Since Butterfinger® first made its sweet debut; fans are still laying a finger on America’s favorite crispety, crunchety, peanut buttery candy bar. As part of Butterfinger’s 90-ish birthday celebration this year, fans have experienced the “best of” Butterfinger through a 90-day countdown highlighting the candy bar’s journey from boundary-pushing marketing stunts to the evolution of its candy wrapper designs and endless recipe possibilities. Butterfinger fans are now invited to join in and continue the celebration by sharing their own delicious recipe creations, rate their favorites and recreate new ones on the Butterfinger Recipes tab at Facebook.com/Butterfinger or Butterfinger.com. The 90-ish Butterfinger birthday celebration proved that decades later, even a 90-ish year-old continues to push the limits of fun to new levels while remaining true to its sweet self.
About Butterfinger
Butterfinger is a one-of-a-kind candy bar with the crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery taste people love. No other candy bar comes close to the intense flavor and texture of a Butterfinger. Keep up with the latest news about Butterfinger at Facebook.com/Butterfinger or follow its sweet tweets at Twitter.com/Butterfinger.
About Nestlé USA
Named one of “The World’s Most Admired Food Companies” in Fortune magazine for sixteen consecutive years, Nestlé provides quality brands and products that bring flavor to life every day. From nutritious meals with LEAN CUISINE® to baking traditions with NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE®, Nestlé USA makes delicious, convenient, and nutritious food and beverage products that make good living possible. That’s what “Nestlé. Good Food, Good Life” is all about. Nestlé USA, with 2012 sales of $10 billion, is part of Nestlé S.A. in Vevey, Switzerland — the world’s largest food company with a commitment to Nutrition, Health & Wellness — with 2012 sales of $98 billion. For product news and information, visit Nestleusa.com or Facebook.com/NestleUSA.
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