These chewy Blonde Brownies are the absolute best chocolate chip cookie brownie recipe ever! They are super easy to make and a favorite everywhere I take them.
I’ve been making these Blonde Brownies since I was a girl. In fact, they are one of the first recipes that my mom let me make by myself since they don’t have any complicated, hard-to-follow steps.
I remember my favorite part was combining the melted butter and the brown sugar together. It was almost like playing with wet sand or mud, except I was actually making something edible and delicious!
The other part that I always enjoyed was sprinkling on the chocolate chips. My mom had the same mentality that I do- if it’s a dessert, let it be a true dessert and don’t go skimping on the sugar!
Now obviously, that’s within reason because I do actually cut back on the sugar in a lot of my dessert recipes. But I still don’t like to skimp so much that they don’t taste like a good dessert!
So I was always pretty liberal with the chocolate chips and even liked to make sure that the corners and sides had plenty to fill them up so that you’d for sure get a nice chocolaty taste in every bite!
These Blonde Brownies also made me popular with my co-workers. Soon after I turned 18, I started working as a pharmacy technician for CVS/Pharmacy.
One morning on a whim, I whipped up a batch of brownies and took them to work warm. My co-workers went crazy over them!
And that started the tradition of me juggling hot pads and a pan of still-warm brownies to work every couple of weeks.
I remember well my final day there when I took my last pan of brownies in, this time accompanied by a handful of recipe cards with the beloved Blonde Brownie recipe hand-written on them. It was the best farewell gift I could think of!
How to Make Blonde Brownies
The thing that sets this Blonde Brownie recipe apart from other chocolate chip brownie recipes is its delightfully chewy texture. If baked correctly, these brownies are amazingly chewy and almost melt in your mouth. So good!
Some of you might be wondering what you’ll do with such a large amount of brownies. If you don’t need them all now, you can easily put the extras in the freezer. These Blonde Brownies freeze really well and it’s always handy to have a snack like this in the freezer, ready to pull out for unexpected guests, etc.
Other desserts that you’ll enjoy:
- Best Ever Chocolate Cake (no eggs, no butter, no milk)
- 20 Minute Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake
- Super Easy Apple Dump Cake
Blonde Brownies- the best chocolate chip cookie brownie!
Ingredients
- 2 2/3 c. flour
- 2 ½ tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- 2/3 c. butter
- 2 ¼ c. brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 ¼ c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Melt the butter and let it cool while mixing the dry ingredients together.
- Meanwhile, mix flour, baking powder and salt together.
- Stir brown sugar into butter.
- Add eggs, one at a time.
- Add flour mixture and mix well.
- Spread into a large greased cookie sheet (this is the one I use).
- Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
- Bake at 300° for 25 minutes. Do not overbake.
Notes
- When done, bars should be just lightly browned and barely look done. Over-baking will cause the brownies to be dry, and not chewy.
- These bars freeze really well.
Leah
Yum! These look incredible. I love your idea of freezing them and thawing for company. I love having good desserts when we have company for dinner but sometimes with making dinner/sides/etc, dessert gets thrown by the wayside. Having something delicious like this baked and ready to go sounds really appealing 😉 plus you could freeze individual portions so you don’t feel pressured to eat them all in one sitting!
ThriftyFrugalMom
I hear you, Leah! Having easy desserts like this in the freezer is a lifesaver for me. Another trick that use is to freezer cookie dough balls. Then when we have last minute dinner guests or just decide to invite someone over for the evening, I have an easy snack or dessert. I just pull the cookie dough balls out and bake them and viola: we have fresh baked cookies! 😉
Erica Saint
Oh yum! I am pinning this recipe! I cut the sugar back in a lot of dessert recipes because I think quite a few recipes overdo the sugar. But you are right, dessert should be sweet. 🙂
ThriftyFrugalMom
Erica, yes, I have found that I can cut back the sugar by nearly half in many recipes without affecting the taste. It’s crazy, really! But I don’t like to skimp on chocolate chips! 😉
Thao
My daughter worked as a pharmacy tech at CVS. She fell out of love with them after about 1 1/2 year. Maybe she would have been a little happier if her co-worker brought her these blonde brownies. They look delicious!!
ThriftyFrugalMom
I’m sure it would have helped! 🙂
Wendy Gardana
My aunt used to make the best “Blondies” she called them. I’ll have to give your’s a try.
ThriftyFrugalMom
I’d love to know if they hold a candle to your aunts! 🙂
Kristen @ Joyfully Thriving
I have the same mentality with chocolate chips. Use them generously! And chocolate chips are the one thing I always buy name brand, even on my frugal grocery budget. 🙂 Thanks for the disclaimer on the brownies because that’s always been my complaint on blondies. Some seem so dry! I’ll have to give your version a try!
ThriftyFrugalMom
I’m sure you’ll enjoy them! They’re a hit every time I make them. In fact, if I’m asked to make anything for a bake sale, this is my go-to recipe and they always sell well.
Julie
My mom used to let me play in the flour before she baked. I still remember taking the spoon to make big hills and mountains. I just told my husband I have been craving brownies lately. I will have to give these a try.
ThriftyFrugalMom
Julie, what a fun mom! She must have been an incredibly patient lady. 🙂 I don’t think you’ll be disappointed if you give into your craving and make these!