# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/21 "2007-11-26T18:59:49Z")
[QUOTE=Lumpy] I thought it was a sort of toffee. [/QUOTE] Me, too. Kind of like thin layers of brittle “toffee” stacked upon one another. Kind of an ersatz toffee, which is why I have “toffee” in quotes. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/22 "2007-11-26T20:11:16Z")
Artificial peanut flavored dental adhesive. ---
**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 26, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/23 "2007-11-26T22:32:19Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] Artificial peanut flavored dental adhesive. [/QUOTE] That sounds more like the stuff inside an Abba Zaba. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/24 "2007-11-26T23:00:38Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] That sounds more like the stuff inside an Abba Zaba. [/QUOTE] [Thurgood Jenkins]Abba Zaba, you my only friend.[/Thurgood Jenkins] 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/25 "2007-11-26T23:46:56Z")
[QUOTE=shimmery] I understand it has something to do with peanuts. [/QUOTE] Why, you silly goose! Don’t you recognize your old pal, Soylent Green when you see it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/26 "2007-11-27T15:13:36Z")
I emailed the manufacturer, and asked them what the term for the crispety-crunchety center of a Butterfinger was, and this is their response: > [@](#): > > Dear Nestlé Consumer, > > Thank you for contacting Nestlé. We welcome questions and comments from our consumers. > > The Butterfinger center is made from freshly roasted peanuts, chopped, cooled and made into a creamy peanut butter that is blended with a ‘sugar candy.’ This substance is kneaded, rolled, cut and covered in a chocolatey coating to create the crispety–crunchety, peanut–buttery taste experience loved for over 70 years. > > We appreciate your interest in our products and hope you’ll visit our website often for latest information on Nestlé products and promotions. > > Sincerely, > > Nikki Robinson ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702/27 "2007-11-27T15:47:19Z")
**Ex** cellent work. [pats Fear Itself on the back] So, it’s basically a peanut butter candy? Somebody needs to go cook [this](http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,177,128183-249194,00.html) and report back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702.md?page=1)