24 of the Best Blondie Recipes to Bake All Year Long

We lovebrowniesjust as much as the next dessert fiend, but blondies hold a special place in our heart. In case you haven’t had the pleasure of eating one before, a blondie is a type of dessert bar that’s basically a cocoa powder-free brownie. Blondies are softer thancookies, less fudgy than brownies and famous for their thick, chewy texture. They can also be made with an endless number of mix-ins, likenuts,chocolate chips,fruitandcandy. Ready to get baking? Read on for 24 of the best blondie recipes of all time.

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1. Peanut Butter And Jelly Blondies

How pretty is this nostalgic treat? The key is drizzling theraspberryjam onto thepeanut butterbars with a piping bag to get neat, uniform swirls.

2. Classic Blondies

Chocolate chips aren’t necessary to make these handhelds taste good—a hefty dose of brown sugar andvanillado the trick.

3. Cinnamon Roll Blondies

Complete with generous dollops ofcinnamonsugar filling and decadent cream cheese glaze. Might we suggest washing them down withspiked cinnamon lattes?

4. Salted Butterscotch Blondies

Sweet-and-salty lovers, meet your kryptonite. A base of nuttybrown butteris just the match for rich butterscotch morsels and flaky sea salt.

5. Brown Butter Maple Blondies

These taste like a stack of syrup-drenchedpancakesin the form of a chewy cookie bar. We’re betting they’ll be a hit afterThanksgivingdinner.

6. Nutella Blondies

You’re gonna need a tall glass of milk for this one. These beauties, marbled with your favoritehazelnut-cocoa spread, straddle the line between blondie and brownie.

7. Cake Batter Blondies

We have a feeling yourkidswill go wild for these sprinkle-dappled treats. They can even help you prepare them, since the recipe only requires one bowl (no mixer!) and 30 minutes of your time.

8. Chocolate Chunk Caramel Pumpkin Blondies

As if these bars need help in the texture department (hint: they don’t), a scoop ofcanned pumpkin puréehelps keep them impossibly moist.

9. Brown Butter Apple Blondies With Cinnamon Maple Glaze

Not only are there sugaredHoneycrisp applesatop each bar, but there’s also caramelized apple butter in the blondie batter. These blondies are destined to become your new go-to fall treat (sorry, cider doughnuts).

10. Chocolate Chip And Cherry Blondies

Ideally, you should make these over the summer whencherriesare at their most delicious, but you could easily use frozen ones during the off-season.

11. Deep-dish Molten Chocolate Coffee Blondies

Dessertsserved in ramekins justfeelfancier, even these no-fuss, single-serve blondies. (Oh, and if you don’t top yours with a scoop ofvanilla ice creambefore digging in, you’re doing it wrong.)

12. Chickpea Blondies

This nutritious riff on blondies is actually pretty darn healthy, sincechickpeasare used in place of butter. So, feel free to add as many chocolate chips (regular *and* white) and pecans as you’d like.

13. Salted Caramel Blondies With White Chocolate And Cashews

We’d made a second (or um, third) batch of the saltedcarameltopping to use onice creamsundaes, waffles,cheesecakeor even to mix into your morninglatte.

14. Chocolate Chip Almond Flour Banana Blondies

These secretly nutritious blondies arevegan、grain-free、低糖和严重饱和,thanks to the addition of protein powder.

15. Dark Chocolate Cranberry Blondies

Freshorangezest and driedcranberriesmake this dessert a no-brainer for your nextChristmas party. We’re betting they’d be even tastier with chopped pistachios and white chocolate chips in the mix.

16. Vanilla Bean Caramel Blondies

Sure, these beauties would be delicious plain, but they’re a million times more decadent topped with caramel glaze. Their flavor and aroma are straight-up heavenly, thanks to a littlevanillabean paste.

17. Zingy Ginger Molasses Blondies

These warm-spiced delights are most definitelygingerbread-inspired, down to the icing-like white chocolate drizzle on top. And we’re not mad about it.

18. White Chocolate Chip Blueberry Blondie Brownies

We’re betting a few handfuls of summerraspberriesorstrawberrieswould make this the perfect red-white-and-blueberrydessert for July 4th.

19. Snickerdoodle, Chocolate Chip And Candied Chestnut Blondies

BRB, snacking on the toasted honeychestnutsall by themselves.

20. Grain-free Salted Chocolate Chip Pecan Blondies

Starring homemade pecan butter. Now, if only someone figured out a way to stuff the blondies with a thick layer of pecanpiefilling…

21. White Chocolate Snickerdoodle Blondies

These cinnamon-laced bars are like a 50/50 cross between a chewy blondie and a moist butter cake. Don’t even get us started on that thick stripe of cinnamon sugar.

22. Ginger Brown Butter Blondies

A sprinkle of cayenne pepper and two heaping spoons of grated freshgingercut right through the sweetness of the white chocolate and brown sugar.

23. Slutty Blondies

就像性感布朗尼(呃,史莱克),这些beyond-rich confections have layers. We’re talking cookie dough, white chocolate blondie and Golden Oreos. Anyone up for gilding the lily with a layer of canneddulce de leche?

24. Coconut White Chocolate Chip Blondies

The bar itself may be soft, buttery and dense, but the shreddedcoconutflakes and chocolate chips offer crunchy and melty textural elements that take them over the top.



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Taryn Pire

Associate Food Editor

Taryn Pire is PureWow’s associate food editor and has been writing about all things delicious since 2016. She’s developed recipes, reviewed restaurants and investigated food...
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