Many months ago, I made peanut butter cup blondies. They were incredible, but also left me wondering about other candy possibilities. The options seem limitless. Since Peanut Butter M&Ms rank in my top 5 favorite candies, if not top 3 (after Nutrageous and Peanut Butter Cups, of course), Peanut Butter M&M Blondies were a logical progression.
Let’s just say the experiment was a success. I used a generous helping of M&Ms instead of peanut butter cups. I also used peanut butter chips to boost the peanut buttery goodness. The result was dangerous. Lots of tasty M&Ms in every bite, lots of good peanut butter flavor…yet they still come in around 210 calories. Gotta love it!
Peanut Butter M&M Blondies
Yields: 16 bars
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ brown sugar, packed
- ½ granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
- ⅓ cup natural peanut butter (chunky or creamy)
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup peanut butter M&M candies, divided
- ¼ cup peanut butter chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- In a medium bowl, stir to combine butter, peanut butter, eggs and vanilla.
- Add peanut butter mixture to flour mixture, stirring until combined (do not over mix).
- Fold in ½ cup peanut butter M&Ms and peanut butter chips.
- Pour mixture into baking pan and spread to fill pan. Top with remaining ½ cup peanut butter M&Ms, pressing them into the batter.
- Bake for 19 minutes, or until set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
These sound great, I love blondies
I’m amazed that something that looks so amazing can have so few calories. It just about forces me to give it a try. They look so chewy and delicious.
210 is not bad at all! 🙂
I love peanut butter anything, these look fantastic!
You had me at Peanut Butter M&M’s! Unfortunately, it would no longer be only 210 calories when I ate the whole batch. 🙂
I remember when peanut butter M&Ms came out, we thought they were the best thing in the world!
Hooooly cow, yes please! These look so perfectly chewy and moist and mmmmmm. 🙂
these sound super delicious!!
These blondies have peanut butter chips, peanut butter M & Ms, and peanut butter? Can one have enough peanut butter? I think not! These look amazing!! I am always looking for a new spin on the blondie. Yum! -Kim
Tried your recipe. The blondie turned out with a hard top layer but the inside was still chewy. It was more like a cookie than a cake! I did not put in peanut butter cups and the peanut buttery taste was more than enough.