Like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
In blondie form.
Recently, a friend asked if I’d make my famous Chocolate-Chip Blondies.
When she wanted to know her daughter’s choice of cake flavors for her birthday party, the little girl answered, “No cake. Chocolate-Covered Katie blondies!”
I have never felt so honored.
I talked with the birthday girl about what she’d like, and we decided that I’d not make chocolate-chip blondies, but a new flavor: pb and jelly!
Gooey PB&J Blondies
Based off of my Chocolate-Chip Blondies
- 1 can garbanzo beans (or white beans), drained and rinsed
- 1/2 cup peanut butter (not unsalted)
- 1/4 cup quick oats
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 plus 1/8 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup brown sugar (feel free to use less or sub some with stevia)
- 1/2 cup jam of choice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend all ingredients (except jam) until very smooth. Scoop into a greased (or tinfoil-lined) 8×8 pan. (If you want fatter blondies, don’t spread all the way to the sides.) Spread the jam on top and bake for 35-38 minutes.
These are also very similar to the Snickerdoodle Blondies.
Nutrition Info: I haven’t calculated nutritional info, but a commenter said the blondies have 120 calories if cut into 16 squares. Since the first two photos don’t do a good job of conveying the blondies’ beauty, here’s what the final version of the blondies looked like, jelly and all:
Up close, personal, and super gooey.
I wasn’t at the actual party, but my friend said the kids polished off the blondies in record time.
She also served Chocolate Brownie Batter Dip.
When I heard this, I tried not to think about the poor moms whose children attended the party and came home filled with beans.
Question of the Day:
Do you remember any of your childhood birthday parties?
Mine always had a theme: one year was Snow White, another year was 101 Dalmations. And I liked pool parties. My mom would always make an adorable homemade cake to match each year’s specific theme. I’m definitely going to go all out for my future kids’ birthday parties.
Is it a bad thing to want kids just so I can plan their birthday parties? 😉
A delicious way to sneak in veggies for the kids 😉 I made black bean brownies once and gave them to my dad without telling him. He loved them haha!
Made these today with the help of my little ones. The are currently negotiating with me about having yet another one. It’s nice because I don’t feel guilty about it! Remind me of peanut butter cookies. The smell of peanut butter cookies certainly filled my home while they were cooking. Another great recipe Katie. I love them and so do the kiddos!
P.S. For those calorie conscious folks, these are about 121 calories per serving when cut into 16 squares. Yummy!
Awesome! I am so so happy they like the blondies! And thank you so much for calculating the calories for me. (I hate doing that lol!) I’ll link to your comment so others who are interested can see :).
I know it’s a pain and I don’t like doing it either, but I do it anyway! You do enough coming up with the recipes, beautiful photos and sharing, I don’t think it’s that hard for the rest of us who do count calories to do so ourselves 🙂
Oh my gosh. Those look SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!
Um, may I have some of those for my next birthday? Please? 😀
Haha *makes a note*
If I remember correctly, your birthday is in April! 🙂
Bingo, sweet friend – you remembered! 🙂
Going to make these today!!
Is the second picture you show of them with the jelly on top? Or did it get baked in?
You put the jelly on top before baking (but after processing the other ingredients). Then it looks like that after you bake. 🙂
So, this one doesn’t have flax in it compared to the chocolate chip blondies, is it gooey without it?
It has quick oats in place of the flax.
I’m so amazed that there are beans in these!! It’s practically a meal – I love it! I so look forward to trying these!
I found your site by accident this week and was really, really intrigued by the recipes. I’m always looking for dessert alternatives both for myself (can’t have sugar) and to have better versions for my kids. I made these last night, as well as one hot fudge bars.
I have *never* left a comment on a recipe site before, and I use them a lot. These were absolutely amazing. THANK YOU, so much.
Oh my word. I think this is one of my favorite comments ever. The fact that you’ve never left a comment but just had to do so today really makes it so meaningful to me! Thank you so much for taking the time to make me smile! 🙂
I’m so glad!! I can’t wait to make everything 🙂 and I’ve told pretty much everyone I know about you and that they NEED to try our these recipes! Thank you, so very, very much!! 🙂
Thank YOU so very much! 🙂 Really and truly, it means so much to me!
Made these last night and they are delicious!! Thanks for a fabulous recipe, Katie!
Thank YOU for trying them! I am so glad you liked them :).
Made these last night using Cannellini Beans! Thought you may like to know they came out just as lovely as with Garbanzo.. Also, Instead of making one big bar, I made them in mini muffin tins.. and treated each row to a different flavour jam, and did one row with chocolate chips! Perfect 😀
Oh my gosh, Laura, that is a genius idea! Pb&j muffins?! And I love the idea of different flavors. Thanks for the suggestion! 🙂