Let's set aside my dissatisfaction with my current photography equipment and it's inability to produce clear, appetizing pictures.
Let's also ignore the fact that this post came about from a Google image search for Simpsons references. (Let's not even ask ourselves why that was happening).
Instead, let me tell you how to fashion a homemade Butterfinger candy.
Start off with this recipe.
Remember that you have butterscotch chips left over from your Compost cookie attempts.
Declare loudly and frequently to your roommate that you are a genius.
Purchase a box of square Ritz crackers and some Skippy smooth peanut butter.
Melt two handfuls of butterscotch chips in a microwave and mix the melted chips with twice as much peanut butter. (The ratio here is endlessly variable!)
Sandwich a dollop of the mix in between two Ritz crackers.
Put a plate of the prepared squares into the freezer to firm up.
Melt some chocolate chips in the microwave.
Spread or drizzle the melted chocolate over the cookies.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge and practice self-restraint.
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What's amazing about these:
- They are salty, sweet, and literally melt in your mouth, leaving behind a taste of caramelly peanut butter and some bitterness from the chocolate cap - I strongly encourage bittersweet chocolate here.
- They have no spiky or chewy caramel that makes most candy bars feel like an assault on your teeth.
- They're tiny, and a few of them with a cup of tea or coffee feel like a fancy treat.
- Considering the amount of preservatives in the original ingredients, they're likely to last for a long time in the fridge.
- Leftover peanut butter/butterscotch mix can be reused as a sandwich spread.
- Nothing!
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