# What is that stuff inside a Butterfinger? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 25, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702 "2007-11-25T15:29:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/1 "2007-11-25T15:29:40Z")
I understand it has something to do with peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/2 "2007-11-25T17:44:39Z")
Marcellus Wallace’s soul. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/3 "2007-11-25T17:48:11Z")
One part peanutbutter. Three parts fiberglass. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/4 "2007-11-25T19:41:59Z")
And is it the same thing found inside a Zagnut? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/5 "2007-11-25T19:49:01Z")
It’s not butter and it’s not fingers. Beyond that, you’re on your own. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/6 "2007-11-25T19:53:43Z")
The Simpsons’ Melanin? ---
**Author:** ![Genital\_Warthog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/edb3f5/32.png) [@Genital\_Warthog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genital_Warthog)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/7 "2007-11-25T20:01:34Z")
[QUOTE=SuperNelson] And is it the same thing found inside a Zagnut? [/QUOTE] No, but I suspect that it’s the same material that’s found in Fifth Avenues and Clark bars. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/8 "2007-11-25T20:08:30Z")
I dunno, but the [butterfinger website](http://www.butterfinger.com/Butterfinger.aspx)officially declares that it is “crispety and crunchety”. I suppose that after eatin’ too many of 'em , your tongue gets all tangled up. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/9 "2007-11-25T20:09:04Z")
I believe from experience that it is peanut butter flavored glue with orange dye. ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/10 "2007-11-25T21:08:55Z")
[QUOTE=shimmery] What is that stuff inside a Butterfinger? [/QUOTE] Have you looked at the ingredients list on the wrapper? If not, then please do so. If yes, then please explain why it doesn’t answer your question. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/11 "2007-11-25T22:32:29Z")
This [website](http://spinningsugar.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/homemade-butterfinger-candy-bars/) sounds promising. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/12 "2007-11-25T23:18:38Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] This [website](http://spinningsugar.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/homemade-butterfinger-candy-bars/) sounds promising. [/QUOTE] Hmm. That recipe doesn’t mention the one ingredient, clearly listed on the Butterfinger wrapper, that I always thought was the key to the crispety-crunchiness: cornflakes. The real question is, “What is that bogus stuff on the _outside_ of a Butterfinger?” It ain’t chocolate, I’ll tell you that for free. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/13 "2007-11-26T01:41:34Z")
I play a game every so often when bored w/ a friend. ::waits for snickering to die down:: ::waits for snickering (becuase I said snickering in this thread) to end:: I name a few ingredients and you tell me the candy bar. Try…chocolate, cookie, caramel. ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/14 "2007-11-26T01:47:43Z")
[QUOTE=IntelSoldier] I play a game every so often when bored w/ a friend. ::waits for snickering to die down:: ::waits for snickering (becuase I said snickering in this thread) to end:: I name a few ingredients and you tell me the candy bar. Try…chocolate, cookie, caramel. [/QUOTE] Twix! ---
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/15 "2007-11-26T02:25:59Z")
[QUOTE=Keeve] Have you looked at the ingredients list on the wrapper? If not, then please do so. If yes, then please explain why it doesn’t answer your question. [/QUOTE] I mean, I know that it’s made out of peanuts and corn syrup and stuff. I just wondered if there was a word for the innards - the way that “nougat” describes the inside of a Three Musketeers. **Christopher** ’s website leads me to believe that it’s supposed to be peanut brittle. Intriguing. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/16 "2007-11-26T02:36:49Z")
I thought it was a sort of toffee. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/17 "2007-11-26T03:26:13Z")
It’s Goodness. Crispety and Crunchety Goodness to be precise. ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/18 "2007-11-26T15:45:36Z")
[QUOTE=shimmery] I just wondered if there was a word for the innards - the way that “nougat” describes the inside of a Three Muskete ers. [/QUOTE] \ [Oh! That’s different! Never mind…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Litella) \ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/19 "2007-11-26T15:49:02Z")
[QUOTE=Merkwurdigliebe] Twix! [/QUOTE] You rang? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/20 "2007-11-26T16:05:45Z")
Nastiness. Specifically, stick-in-your-teeth-for-three-days nastiness. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702.md?page=2)