Peanut Butter Blondies are all the best things in a cookie

Peanut butter blondies are a one-pan easy to make bar cookie loaded with peanut butter, peanut butter chips and crunchy chopped peanuts and maybe some candy corn if candy corn is the song of your heart.

I’ve been thinking about peanut butter blondies for a while now, and while it took me a couple cracks to get this recipe right, it’s safe to say I can’t be trusted around these bars. As a warning, please make them when you have other people you can share them with lest you eat an inappropriate serving your own self.

And what’s not to love. It’s like a peanut butter cookie in easier to make bar form. They take 30 minutes from start to finish. It’s hard to hate on a cookie that’s so easy.

And just like all my other bar cookies, be on the lookout for fun things you can add to them as mix-ins. Butterfingers, chick-o-stick, Snickers or Mr. Goodbar would all be awesome here, but any kind of peanutty kind of candy is made for stirring into these bars. In honor of my Mom, who loves her some candy corn and peanuts, I made a candy corn version too. Mom LOVED them!

Whatever your favorite cookie mix-in might, you’ll want to make a batch!

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Peanut Butter Blondies

Why you’ll love peanut butter blondies

1. Peanut butter + caramel flavors: blondies, rich with brown sugar caramel taste is the perfect match for peanut butter.
2. So easy: You can literally make these bars in the pan you melt your butter. Not too many baking recipes are that easy, so take advantage! If you have last minute guests you want to make a little treat, there’s no reason to destroy your kitchen. Just make PB blondies. Want an easy recipe you can make with your kids for a homeschool lesson–these bars have your back!
3. Mix ins: I will never ever tire of mixing fun things into bar cookies. I actually can’t wait to chop up some butterfingers for a new batch of these. Literally any chocolate would be good here, but anything with chocolate and caramel and or peanuts will be especially good.

Tips for making the best blondies

1. Cool the batter, if you have time: I usually let the batter cool down just a little before I stir the mix-ins in–maybe 5-10 minutes. This gives the flour a chance to absorb the liquid and keeps the mix-ins from potentially melting before you put them in the oven. If you don’t have time, don’t worry about this.
2. Use a parchment sling: ALWAYS use a parchment sling when you bake bar cookies. That little piece of parchment running up the long sides and bottom of your pan lets you easily get your bars out of the pan. Nobody likes digging out bars from a pan. Just use the parchment!
3. Cool bars completely before cutting: Bars are always better if you let them cool completely before cutting them.

How to mix up your blondies

1. Halloween blondies: for non-scary Halloween blondies, stir in candy corn into the batter. Save some candy corn for the top, and then glue it on with some quick royal icing (see note for recipe).
2. Change your mixins: chopped chocolate, chopped Twix, Butterfingers, or just about any chocolate candy would be good here. Also candied nuts like my chai maple candied pecans would be great.

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