Name: Easy Butterfinger Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 30 cookies
Cuisine: American

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March 5, 2026

Butterfinger Cookies are so delicious as they have the perfect crisp to chewiness ratio. If you are a fan of this fabulous peanut butter candy, then you will love these cookies. You’ll never believe this recipe only uses 4 ingredients! Making these Butterfinger Cookies is foolproof. You couldn’t mess up this recipe if you tried. That’s how simple they are.

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Easy Butterfinger Cookies

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Instructions

First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees before you starting prepping the cookies.

Then use parchment paper to line a baking sheet.

Next melt the butter in a glass measuring cup in the microwave or on the stove top using the double boiler method.

In a large mixing bowl, add the cake mix, melted butter, and eggs. Mix until fully combined, the consistency with be a softer dough.

Then use a rubber spatula or wooden to gently fold in the butterscotch bits.

Use a cookie scoop get even scoops, drop each dough on a baking sheet with 2 inches of space between get scoop.

Transfer to the oven and bake for 10 minutes.

Remove from the oven, and allow the cookies to stay on the hot baking sheet on the top of a wire cooling rack for 3 minutes in order to let the cookies set.

Use a spatula and gently remove each cookie from the pan and transfer to the cooling rack.

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Room Temperature Ingredients for Perfect Texture 🧈
Allow eggs and butter to reach room temperature before mixing to ensure even distribution of the cake mix and optimal binding with the Butterfinger bits, resulting in uniformly chewy cookies.
Don't Overmix the Batter ⚠️
Mix ingredients just until combined to avoid overdeveloping gluten, which would make cookies tough instead of maintaining that perfect crisp-to-chewy ratio the recipe promises.
Reserve Extra Butterfinger Bits for Topping 🍪
Press additional Butterfinger bits onto cookie tops before baking to create intense candy flavor pockets and enhance the visual appeal without altering the simple 4-ingredient formula.
Chill Dough for Better Shape Retention 🧊
Refrigerate the dough for 15-20 minutes before baking to prevent excessive spreading, giving you thicker, chewier cookies with crispy edges rather than thin, flat wafers.
Bake Until Edges Turn Golden, Not Centers 👀
Remove cookies when edges are golden but centers still appear slightly underdone—they'll continue cooking as they cool, locking in that signature chewy interior while maintaining crispness.

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Hi! I’m Christina… welcome to my kitchen! It’s so nice to meet you! I share tried and true recipes that anyone can make. I believe, if you can read, you can cook.