Blonde Brownies
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These blonde brownies (also called blondies) are chewy on the inside with the perfect crinkle top. They’re full of gooey chocolate chips and are made with just 8 ingredients, one bowl, and no mixer required!
Although I LOVE a good fudgy chocolate brownie, these chewy blonde brownies make me want to sing from the rooftops. Whether you’re an edge piece person, middle piece person, or a corner piece person, these blondies will make you do a happy dance.
These blondies have the same fudgy gooey texture as brownies, but without the chocolatey flavor. They are quick and easy to make and ready in under 40 minutes!
If you’re looking for a smaller portion of this recipe, be sure to check out my small batch blondies!
Ingredients Needed
- Butter: you can use regular butter or dairy free butter. This recipe has been tested both ways!
- Chopped Chocolate: Feel free to use chopped semisweet chocolate or semisweet chocolate chips. You can also use white chocolate chips (or use vegan white chocolate chips if you are making this recipe dairy free).
Featured Reader Review
“My first time making these blondies. They are delicious!! Will definitely be making these again. I added chocolate chips and cream white chips and walnuts.”
Terry
How To Make These Blondies
Whisk butter and sugars together.
Add eggs and vanilla!
Whisk in dry ingredients, then chocolate chips.
Add more chocolate on top and bake!
Expert Tips
- Properly measure your flour – I strongly recommend using a kitchen scale to weigh your dry ingredients. If you aren’t using a scale, use the scoop and level method. Too much flour will lead to cakey blondies.
- Don’t over-bake: In my oven, these are done in 27-30 minutes. But your oven may be different, so it’s important to keep checking on them every few minutes after the 25 minute mark!
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Blonde Brownies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup (158 g) butter (vegan or regular), melted
- 1 cup (200 g) light brown sugar
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp salt
- 1¾ cup (220 g) all purpose flour
- ½ cup (80 g) chopped dark chocolate (dairy free or regular)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line an 8×8 square baking pan with parchment paper. Leave parchment paper hanging over the sides of the pan so that you can easily remove the blondies from the pan later.
- Melt the butter in the microwave or in a small pan over the stove. Transfer the melted butter to a medium sized bowl.
- Add in both the sugars and use a whisk to whisk the butter and sugars together. Keep whisking until the mixture resembles a paste that pulls away cleanly from the side of the bowl when you mix it.
- Add the eggs and vanilla and mix again.
- Pour the flour and salt into the bowl and mix with the whisk until just combined (it should only take about a minute). This is important, because over-mixing at this stage will affect the texture of the blondies!
- Gently fold in the chopped chocolate until just combined.
- Pour the batter into the lined baking pan using a spatula to scrape all the batter out of the bowl.
- Bake for 25-35 minutes. The top of the blondies should be crinkly and when you insert a toothpick in the middle the toothpick should not come out clean. The blondies are ready when the toothpick has a few wet crumbs, but not wet batter.
- Let the blondies cool completely before slicing. Enjoy!
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Notes
The calorie information provided for this recipe is an estimate. The accuracy of the calories listed is not guaranteed.
Just perfection.
Can you use an air fryer to make these?
I have not tested this with an air fryer, so I can’t personally recommend, but if you give it a try let us know how it worked for you!
Making these this week. Exactly what chocolate do you use? Bagged chocolate or a good quality chocolate bar.
Hi Cindy, either one would work great! Let us know how they turned out!
My first time making these brownies. They are delicious!! Will definitely be making these again. I added chocolate chips and cream white chips and walnuts. Baked in a 9×9 metal pan.
Thank you Terry 🩵
Absolutely scrumptious, next time I make I’m tempered to brown the butter- or have you tried that? If so what was the outcome?
I have not tested it that way but sounds delicious! Let us know if you give it a try and if it works for you!
Do you use salted or unsalted butter?
Hi Tamara! You can use either, if you prefer a sweeter blondie, use unsalted. I personally like desserts to be on the slightly less sweet side so I often am fine with salted butter. Either is fine though based on your personal preference.
Best dessert ever, can’t stop making them.
Hi Andrew! I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed these brownies! Thank you for your review 😊
Delicious!! My second time making these and they’ve always been a hit with the kids and the adults!
Thank you Marina! I love to hear that these were a hit 😊
OMG these are absolutely amazing!! I literally make them about 1x a week.
I just have 1 question tho! For the standard recipes, it says it makes 16 blondies and the calories listed are 267kcal… does that mean it’s 267 cals per blondie? Because that would mean that for the 8×8 pan, there’s over 4000 cals O_o. If you could help me with this that would be amazing!!
Again I love this recipe!!
Hi Sophia! So glad you enjoyed this recipe 🥰 The calories listed are per serving, so if you were to cut a 8×8 pan into 16 blondies each would be about 267 calories… so yes, a whole pan of blondies would be quite a lot!
Doubled the batch and made for Eid yesterday. They came out perfectly 💯
A simple dessert that feels like a warm hug at every bite!
Only difference I made was to use 50:50 dark and white chocolate chips instead of chocolate chunks.
Hi Amna! Thank you for your review! Love the idea of using dark and white chocolate chips 😊
Best cookies I’ve ever made! Thanks for this amazing recipe 🙏
Hi Jasmine and thank you for your review! So glad you enjoyed them!
These were delicious! I found followed the recipe as per the tiktok instructions and they came out perfectly, just like in the video! They’re super simple but delicious and the cook time is perfect for the solid and cooked through but still soft and squishy center. Will definitely make again, perfect for a snack to bring over to friends! I will say after about a day or two they did get a little bit dry so I’d suggest consuming pretty immediately once they’re made 🙂 Thanks for this amazing recipe!
I’m so happy you loved them! Thanks for leaving a review!
this is seems like a really easy recipe! just 2 questions though, I dont have light brown sugar but i do have Dark brown and regular sugar, is it alright if i do half of each? like 1/2 cup of regular sugar and 1/2 cup of dark brown sugar?
and second question, is alright to use dark chocolate? I absolutely love dark chocolate in anything so Im just asking
Hi! You can definitely use dark chocolate instead of semisweet! If you have dark brown sugar just replace it 1:1 for the light brown sugar. So that would be 1 cup dark brown sugar, 1/2 cup white sugar. Enjoy!
I am so excited to try this recipe! Can I use a 9×13 pan instead or would they come out too thin?
If you want to use a 9×13 pan, double the recipe 🙂 Enjoy!