We had fourteen people over for dinner last night and I mastered the art of multitasking by proving I can stuff jalapenos, grill portobello mushrooms, make mojitos, and make faces at Ashley’s sweet baby girl all the same time.
I had beads of sweat running down my eleven dollar clearance Old Navy dress.
But can we just talk about these blondies for a moment? I promise I’ll get back to the parties and the mojitos that changed my life in a few minutes. But for a moment we need to chat about these blondies. And the fact that they totally unhealthy yet taste really, really, really good? Oh yeah.
I made them a few days ago and have sorta been thinking about them ever since.
They’re that good.
Think glorified soft chocolate chip cookie with a rich peanut butter swirl running through it. It doesn’t really fit with our new “healthy eating plan” but you know what I say to that?
More peanut butter.
Blondies > cookies
More chew and density. You feel me?
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Swirl Blondies
makes about 16 blondies
Ingredients:
1 stick butter
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract (or the seeds of one vanilla bean)
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Preheat your oven to 350 and butter an 8-inch square pan.
Brown your butter by melting it over medium heat on the stove until it becomes a golden caramel color (see here for more tips). Be careful not to burn the butter—you only want to brown it. This will take several minutes and it’s easiest to keep swirling the pan with your hand while it browns.
Pour the browned butter into the bowl of a kitchen aid and add the brown sugar. Beat for about four minutes, until creamy. Add the egg and beat again. Then, add the flour, salt and vanilla extract (or seeds). Beat until combined, then add peanut butter and gently mix so the batter is just swirled.
Fold in the chocolate chips. pread out mixture in your buttered pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pan.
Let cool before slicing into squares.
Time:
40 minutes
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Peanut butter and chocolate are always a good thing!
Amen!
I couldn’t agree more
I’ve made your lazy girl choc. chip blondies before and they were to die for. Must try these now!
what a perfect way to start the week!
your party sounds like a hit!
This sounds increeeeddible
I second that!!!! I love the blondie kick everyone has been on lately!!!!
I’m in love
You read my mind because I was JUST thinking about peanut butter blondies!
These look great! Easy and sweet, and I know anything with browned butter has to be the best!
Those look wonderful – I’m a sucker for anything that involves peanut butter!
PB and chocolate are a match made in heaven!
You can never create too many peanut butter + chocolate recipes! Loving the whole stick of butter
Ohhh my. These sound amazing! Blondies and PB = pretty much perfect!
A stick of butter? I’m in!
In the same general baking vicinity, my sister made her go-to basic brownies tonight and they were so good I devoured an entire row before I came to my senses. LOVE the chewy, fudginess of brownies. I think I’ll have to tackle these blondies myself though, because my sis is ser-i-ous when it comes to the purity of her brownies : )
It’s like you know I’m pregnant. I can’t wait to make these!
The combination of the gods… mmmmm.
I want one of these right now! Holy peanut butter!
What a great combo! I love blondies! The PB & Chocolate make it even better
Most of my favorite desserts involve some combination of chocolate and peanut butter. Definite yum!
I couldn’t even read all the ingredients on the list because I vowed to eat more vegetables and less sweets this week! These are too tempting!
Blondies are way better than cookies. I totally agree.
Look delicious!! I haven’t made any brownies or blondies in a long while, it might be time!
It was destiny. I JUST left Kath’s blog where I JUST left a comment about Jif natuarals PB. I won’t link drop the Url, but I just did. WHAT Are the odds?!!! And I come here and see a big jar of Jif Naturals.
The odds are saying that I better be making these, stat.
They look wonderful and I am a huge blondies AND Pb lover. Match made.
And multitasking while entertaining…isn’t it amazing what all goes into a dinner party for a group of folks…right down to the making gaga faces at someone’s baby when all you’re thinking about is omg I am burning the xyz right now! but you keep smiling and hope the Burn Gods have saved your food
Yummy! I think I’ll make it this weekend for my cookout!
This recipe is truly testing my willpower. Ugh.
I can’t make these, or else i will eat half the pan.
I am totally with you.. I might push it to the 3/4s of the pan.. maybe even the whole thing
Okay, Mellie does 1/2, Cait you do 3/4…let’s face the facts – I WOULD do the full…not sure if that’s a
or a 
.
Meh.
It’s Natural PB – that’s healthy.
The last time I browned butter, combined it with sugar, and then mixed in the egg – the egg curdled. Any tips? How long can the browned butter sit out and cool? I don’t think can handle the anticipation of deliciousness dashed to disappointment again. Thanks!
That’s interesting! I’ve never had that happen. You beat the browned butter with the sugar for a few minutes so it has a chance to cool down before adding the egg, and even when you add the egg, you beat like heck…so it really SHOULDN’T curdle. Instead of letting the butter cool, i would suggest beating more!
I’ve been into a “peanut butter swirl” mood ever since making PB swirl banana bread a few weeks ago. These look amazing and so dense. My tastebuds are having a party just looking at them.
so i was considering giving up sweets starting tomorrow but i may have to put that off after seeing these. yummm!
These sound heavenly, perhaps your best recipe yet! The last batch of blondies that I made involved chickpeas and they tasted like ass! I am 120% certain that I don’t run any similar risk with these babies!
As much as I love me some chickpeas, they don’t belong in blondies!!
You know how much I love blondies
oh my.
This is like a thick, chewy chocolate chip cookie. I’ll take six.
A scoop or two of ice cream with these babies, holy yum!
Who says blondies can’t be healthy?
These look amazing! I’m in love with JIF natural peanut butter too so I think these are right up my alley.
These look amazing!
p.s. I don’t know how into beer you are but there’s a beerfest going on on Saturday. If you don’t have plans, you should check it out! http://www.f2f.org/beerfest2011.html
this has everything that I would ever want in a dessert…..they look soooo good!
These looksamazing, Jenna.
I know I could use something peanut buttery right about now!
As much as I love chocolate, blondies always seem to intrigue me more than brownies do. And peanut butter ALWAYS gets my attention. I visit your blog for the food porn, obviously.
Mmm I am in a peanut butter and chocolate mood right now, and I could just devour the whole pan!! These blondies look spectacular. I made a batch of blondies last week with peanut butter and chocolate… and chickpeas. They were delicious, but you can’t beat the taste of butterrr!!
Ohhhh I just love blondies! Beautiful.
Mmmm, that peanut butter sounds amazing. PB+Blondies=Heaven!
HOLY yum!! peanut butter + chocolate…..you cannot go wrong (most times anyway!)
These look good I wish I liked to bake so I could make some of these yummy treats but baking just is not my thing.
No bad can come from the collision of two beautiful, beautiful worlds: peanut butter and chocolate. I almost cringe at the thought of having given PB and chocolate ‘world’ status, but ultimately, they’re just.that.big.
yummy! i may try these with almond butter because i just picked up a jar today.
Wow these blondies look amazing!!! Love anything with brown sugar and peanut butter. Yum!
These look a-mazing! Jenna, you’re the best
There is never a good enough excuse to turn down any type of chocolate/peanut butter combo.
I plan to host a dinner party in the near future, and you’re hosting talents are certainly an inspiration. I don’t have much experience in multi-tasking for preparing multiple dishes in the fact that I’m a teenager, and hosting a dinner party is not something that a teen would typically choose to do. Although my friends may not be interested in sitting around drinking virgin sangria and discussing current events on a Saturday night, I’m sure my grandparents will be glad to join me!
Yummmm! Those look delicious!
I made these and my boyfriend declared them “one of the top 3 baked goods he has ever eaten”!!!! They were great! Thanks for the recipe!
Made these last night for my family. One word … AMAZING.
There is only 1 left 24 hours later and I am about to go eat it!
Thanks!! : )
I made them today for a bonfire, they just came out of the oven and they smell so good! Definitely going to have to “test” before I give it to my friends
Chocolate, peanut butter, and sugar, can’t go wrong there.
I just tried it, they’re really good, but they don’t have much of a peanut butter taste. I “tested” two though, so they were delish
These look amazing! I am a huge fan of Snickerdoodles, especially snickerdoodle blondies. I made a Chocolate Chip Snickerdoodle Recipe here…
http://bakealittle.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/snickerdoodle-chocolate-chip-blondies-with-brownie-bottom/
but I think adding the peanut butter takes it to a whole new level! Love it!
Delish. Delish. Delish! Made them. Love them. End of story and beginning of bigger pants size. Taste report: like a moist and chewy peanut butter cookie that made friends with a brownie and had chocolate chip babies.
I just made a gluten-free, dairy-free rendition of these (allergies) and they came out GREAT! Thanks for providing this recipe!
http://lulabrownholistics.com/2012/10/05/dark-chocolate-peanut-butter-blondies/
Best,
Lula Brown
Certified Holistic Health Coach and Chef
lulabrownholistics@gmail.com
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