10+ Blondies Recipes that are Better than Brownies

10+ Blondies Recipes that are Better than Brownies and will win your taste buds over to the lighter side!

A dessert that is dense and chewy. A dessert that is also ooey, gooey, decadent, and they are not brownies! I’m talking about Blondies.

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10+ Blondies Recipes That Are Better than Brownies

Some of these recipes have nuts, caramels, chocolate chips, and chocolate candies, with and without frosting. You can believe they all are fantastically good! You may even decide you like blondies better than brownies.

What are blondies?

Blondies have some of the same characteristics as brownies. They are dense, moist dessert bars. They are both made with flour, sugar, butter, and eggs. However, blondies do not contain cocoa. Brownies do. Blondies are ‘vanilla’ based and have brown sugar instead of cocoa. When cooked brown sugar gives them an almost butterscotch or caramel flavor not a chocolate flavor like brownies.

Blondies come in as many different variations as brownies. They have chips, nuts, and frosting. You’ll enjoy these no-bake Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Blondies

Blondies are also easy to make, require few ingredients, and can be made in one pan and without a mixer.

If you’re not a fan of Blondies, I hope these recipes, 10 Blondies Recipes that are Better than Brownies, will change your mind.

Baking Essentials

Below are the basics you’ll need for baking. With these tools, you can pretty much bake whatever you want.

To be truly complete, you probably want more baking pans in addition to the 9×13-inch cake pan I have featured. I recommend getting

1. Loaf pans
2. Two or three round 8-inch cake pans
3. Cheesecake pan (if you think you’ll ever make a cheesecake)
4. Cupcake liners
5. Parchment paper
6. Rolling pin
7. Cookie or biscuit cutter (basic round cutter will also work for donuts)
8. Measuring spoons and measuring cups for dry and liquid measuring cups. (I can’t believe I forgot them in the photo!)

Blondie Recipes

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Peanut Butter Cup Blondies

If you like peanut butter my Peanut Butter Cup Blondies are the dessert for you! I doubled your pleasure with peanut butter in the batter and in the candies. This is one tasty treat!

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blueberry oat breakfast blondies

Loaded with wholesome ingredients blueberries, oatmeal, and bananas, blueberry oat breakfast blondies are a hearty, on-the-go breakfast bar recipe.

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Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Blondies

Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Blondies are a decadent no-bake dessert bar that’s that’s topped with brown butter frosting.

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Best Pumpkin Blondies Recipe

Pumpkin Blondies are a scrumptious dessert that encapsulates the essence of autumn. They offer a delightful contrast to the traditional pumpkin treats and are perfect for anyone looking to expand their fall flavor repertoire. The combination of pumpkin puree, butterscotch, white chocolate chips, and pecans creates a dessert that's hard to resist. Whether enjoyed with a hot cup of tea or as a dessert at your next gathering, these blondies are sure to please even the pickiest of palates.

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Graham Cracker Blondies

Graham Cracker Blondies are a no-bake dessert bar that’s delicious and easy to make.

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Butterfinger Blondies recipe

Butterfinger Blondies recipes are dense bars and a texture lover’s dream. There’s an abundance of crunchy chopped Butterfinger candy bars, contrasted with soft, buttery, moist, and chewy dough. 

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Banana Bread Blondies with Quick Caramel Frosting

Banana Bread Blondies with Quick Caramel Frosting is moist, dense, soft, and tender. You may just enjoy this dessert more than traditional banana bread. 

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Loaded Peanut Butter Cup Peanut Butter Blondies with Peanut Butter Frosting

Dense and moist, Loaded Peanut Butter Cup Peanut Butter Blondies have a triple dose of peanut butter. There’s peanut butter in the cake, in the frosting, and peanut butter cups in the cake.

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Caramel Chocolate Mud Hen Bars

Caramel Chocolate Mud Hen Bars have a cookie bar base topped with marshmallows, chocolate chips, caramel chips, and a brown sugar meringue.

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Homemade Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Blondies

Loaded with wholesome ingredients peanut butter, oatmeal, and bananas, Homemade Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Blondies are a hearty, on-the-go breakfast bar recipe.

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Peanut Butter Blondies

Rich, dense, and sweet Peanut Butter Blondies are one bowl, no mixer required easy recipe that you need in your recipe arsenal!

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Congo Squares

These pan cookies are thick with a chewy texture. The great flavor comes from brown sugar, chocolate chips, nuts, and coconut. This is an easy recipe that uses basic pantry ingredients that you probably already have.

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Favorite Caramel Apple Blondies with Browned Butter Frosting

 Favorite Caramel Apple Blondies with Browned Butter Frosting is the perfect baked good to whip up for a holiday party!

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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Blondies

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Blondies – such a decadent dessert shouldn’t be so easy to make. These blondies are simple, perfect and delicious.

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Caramel Brownies

Caramel Brownies are sweet, soft, chewy, buttery with deep caramel notes. A simple dessert that’s perfectly rich, moist, indulgent, and ready in 30 minutes!

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White Chocolate Walnut Blondies

A warm white chocolate blondie is filled with walnuts and coconut (optional) and served with vanilla ice cream and a decadent praline sauce. This dessert recipe was inspired by a favorite chair-restaurant dessert.

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Lemon Cream Bars

Lemon Cream Bars are Lusciously creamy and bursting with bright lemon flavor. Deliciously crumb bars start with a cookie mix and have a zesty lemon filling.

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Blondies Recipes Conclusion

Blondies are simple, versatile, and easy to love. Whether you like them loaded with chocolate, filled with fruit, or packed with nuts, there’s a version for everyone. This collection gives you plenty of ways to mix things up without making things complicated. Try one, try them all—these blondies are made for sharing or keeping all to yourself.

Best Peanut Butter Blondies
Homemade Peanut Butter Oatmeal Breakfast Blondies
PEANUT BUTTER CUP BLONDIES
Caramel Apple Blondies Recipe with Browned Butter Frosting
Banana Bread Blondies with Quick Caramel Frosting