One of my friends is a first-year kindergarten teacher. She wanted to bring in a treat for the kids, to celebrate the end of their school year.
So she looked through my list of Chocolate Covered Katie 500+ Healthy Dessert Recipes.
After much deliberation, she finally decided on blondies. We spent the afternoon in the kitchen, making blondies for her lucky students.
We used the recipe for my White Bean Blondies, then we threw in 2 tablespoons of sprinkles (pre-baking). We also subbed a combination of applesauce and oil for the peanut butter, because snacks at my friend’s school must be peanut-free. Here’s the modified recipe:
Funfetti Blondies
(makes 15-20 squares)
- 1 1/2 cups chickpeas or white beans (1 can, drained and rinsed) (250g after draining)
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- level 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup brown sugar or coconut sugar or xylitol
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup ground flax or quick oats (20g)
- 1/4 cup peanut butter (or Earth Balance or veg or coconut oil)
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 2-4 tbsp sprinkles, plus more for the tops if desired
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend all ingredients (except chips) until very smooth in a food processor (not a blender). Mix in chips, and scoop into a greased (or tinfoil-lined) 8×8 pan. Optional: for “prettiness” you can stick some chocolate chips on top of the batter as well. Bake for around 30 minutes. They’ll look a little undercooked when you take them out, but they firm up as they cool, and you don’t want them to get too hard.
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What are your favorite vacation spots?
I want to plan a vacation for this summer, and have no idea where to go. I’m leaning towards NYC, since it’s one of my favorite places in the world and I usually go there every summer. But maybe I should try something different. California, Portland, Boston… all are in the running!
ahhh i live in NYC- come visit me! You can go to the fabulous Peanut Butter & Co sandwich shop 🙂 so good!
You live in NYC?!? LUCKY!!!
I’ll be visiting Portland in October (running the marathon there on the 9th). If our schedules mesh, that’d be AWESOMESAUCE. 😉 But Oct isn’t really summer anymore. Hah.
Yep, I’m with Averie – California is the best! It’s beautiful and fun 🙂
Wehn I visited NY I thought it was great, but then I went to Chicago and fell in love. I have to say, I liked it way better than NY.
I’ve only been to the airport! If I remember, they make very large ice cream sundaes lol!
Ohh you should go to Portland and then take a day tripe to Hood River, Oregon. It’s about an hour drive east (maybe a little less) and It’s so amazing, especially in the summer. There are so many fun things to do (especially outdoor and water sports – windsurfind capitol of the world?). PLUS there are a TON of cute windsurfer/kiteboarder guys there all summer. Yum!
I agree with Averie, CA is amazing! There is so much to do and it is def not all the same. There is city, urban, beach-y, country, rural, coastal, etc. all driving distance from each other up and down the state. Plus tons of vegan places as well as all the amazing sights and attractions 🙂
You can add sprinkles to anything, and it really becomes MAGICAL!! And um, Portland, all the way. I wish there were tickets left for Vida Vegan Con!! I want you to go!
Oh, and as for disappearing bloggers, I’m not going anywhere!! And you better not either. This blogging thing is such a fixture in my life that if I did stop, eating would be less enjoyable. And who wants that to happen?
How about Florida? I don’t think anything gets more beautiful than their beaches! And of course Universal Studios is like the bomb dot com.
And Harry Potter World! I wanna go!
Ahhh, the power of sprinkles 😉
I vote for the West Coast…great hiking and weather…we love our vacations out west!
ps…can you give an approximate on the stevia drops in cookie dough “dips” :). I know it is all based on personal preference, but a starting point for me? (sorry if you’ve answered this 1,000 times before)
Happy Friday!!!
I’d go just about anywhere I haven’t been yet. I’d love to explore some more off-the-beaten-track areas like when I went to Montenegro, Serbia, and Croatia. I learned so much and it was a once in a lifetime experience! I’d like to see more of North America’s interior and South America, definitely!
Definitely come to New York! I’m biased, of course, I’ve lived here my whole life!
Oh yum!!!! These look awesome! I think you should definitely come to Recife! 😛 hahahaha
I’m a TOTAL New York girl! Therefore you have my vote for NYC. Go go go!!!
Those look amazing! Who cares what foodgawker says – I love that picture!
Oh lol I wouldn’t submit it! But sometimes, some of the ones I DON’T submit are my favorites… like Fred the cake pop :).
Haha, great list and here’s why: I used to live in California, I currently live near Portland and Boston is my favorite US city 🙂
If you end up going to California or Portland, let me know so we can meet up!
I most definitely will!