Nutella-Swirled Peanut Butter Chip Blondies

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These blondies are a jam-packed with things that make me very happy.

A super soft, buttery, brown sugar base, loaded with peanut butter chips, and swirled with Nutella.

Nutella-Swirled Peanut Butter Chip Blondies - Easy One-Bowl No-Mixer Recipe at averiecooks.com

I used my go-to blondie recipe that never lets me down. The batter comes together in one bowl, in 5 minutes, without using a mixer.

That’s especially important when you don’t have a dishwasher, and each and every dirty dish counts.

I’m on vacation and don’t want anything fussy or that takes more than 30 minutes from start to finish.

Nutella-Swirled Peanut Butter Chip Blondies - Easy One-Bowl No-Mixer Recipe at averiecooks.com

Although I sometimes can’t find tomatoes or cream in Aruba, I spotted a bag of peanut butter chips in the local grocery store. Sold. Never mind that they were $6 dollars. I love peanut butter, what can I say.

Use chocolate chips if you can’t find peanut butter chips, or if you’re feeling more frugal.

Nutella-Swirled Peanut Butter Chip Blondies - Easy One-Bowl No-Mixer Recipe at averiecooks.com

Everything tastes better with swirls, especially swirls of Nutella. I was going to use peanut butter, but wanted a pop of chocolate. You don’t even have to dip your fingers in it for this recipe.

If you don’t have Nutella, try Homemade Peanut Butter or Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter. The recipe is highly adaptable, another reason I love it.

While they bake, the butter and brown sugar caramelize, and the bars take on caramel and vanilla flavors.

Nutella-Swirled Peanut Butter Chip Blondies - Easy One-Bowl No-Mixer Recipe at averiecooks.com

They’re supremely soft, moist, and dense. No chemical leaveners such as baking powder or soda are used, and you’ll just want to sink your teeth into these softies.

Mine are especially soft and gooey because my kitchen here is un-airconditioned. It was 88F and very humid when these pictures were taken. Everything melts and gets very soft. In more normal conditions, your blondies won’t be as soft and melty.

Nutella-Swirled Peanut Butter Chip Blondies - Easy One-Bowl No-Mixer Recipe at averiecooks.com

The peanut butter chips are the perfect flavor nuggets, adding bursts of peanut butter flavor, without overtaking the flavor and making them taste like peanut butter blondies.

Not that that would be a bad thing. There’s a recipe for Peanut Butter Blondies with Nutella Swirls in my cookbook and they’re wonderful.

Nutella-Swirled Peanut Butter Chip Blondies - Easy One-Bowl No-Mixer Recipe at averiecooks.com

These were so good. And a little messy.

And that’s what napkins are for.

Nutella-Swirled Peanut Butter Chip Blondies - Easy One-Bowl No-Mixer Recipe at averiecooks.com

Nutella-Swirled Peanut Butter Chip Blondies - Easy One-Bowl No-Mixer Recipe at averiecooks.com

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Nutella-Swirled Peanut Butter Chip Blondies

By Averie Sunshine
The blondies are super soft, moist, and so fast and easy to make. The batter comes together in one bowl, in 5 minutes, without using a mixer. Peanut butter chips are woven throughout the blondies, providing a nice burst of peanut butter flavor amdist the buttery, caramely dough. The Nutella swirls add depth, richness, and a wonderful pop of chocolate. Ready in under 30 minutes from start to finish, and flexible based on what you have. Substitute chocolate chips for the peanut butter chips or peanut butter swirls for the Nutella swirls.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
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Ingredients  

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8-by-8-inch baking pan with aluminum foil, spray with cooking spray; set aside.
  • In a large, microwave-safe bowl melt the butter, about 1 minute on high power.
  • Wait momentarily before adding the egg so you don’t scramble it. Add the egg, brown sugar, vanilla, and whisk until smooth.
  • Add the flour and stir until just combined, don’t overmix.
  • Stir in the peanut butter chips.
  • Turn batter out into prepared pan, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula.
  • Evenly add and swirl the Nutella. To create the marbled pattern shown, drizzle Nutella over batter in 5 wide, evenly spaced, parallel lines, each spanning the length of the pan. Like 5 rows of long train tracks. Rotate pan 90-degrees. With a toothpick, starting at the top of the pan, “draw” 4 or 5 evenly spaced lines through the Nutella. You’re dragging the toothpick perpendicularly through the first set of lines to create the marbling.
  • Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes, or until done. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter. Bars shown in photographs were in 90F Caribbean heat and humidity, and very soft and melty. Allow bars to cool in pan for at least 30 minutes before slicing and serving. Bars will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 6 months.

Nutrition

Serving: 1, Calories: 366kcal, Carbohydrates: 34g, Protein: 8g, Fat: 23g, Saturated Fat: 9g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g, Cholesterol: 36mg, Sodium: 130mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 21g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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  1. You got me at the words “Nutella and PB”..;) Totally making these! They look amazing.

  2. Ah yes – adventures in the no dishwasher, hot kitchen. I know this one well, Averie. Seems like it must be well worth having the beach right there though! These look fantastic – I love gooey blondes – the more so, the better. ;)

    1. It’s totally worth it and I know you know what it’s like, living where you live, where the heat and lack of certain ‘modern’ conveniences is the norm, but it all works out :)

  3. Oh my god, YES. This, especially: In more normal conditions, your blondies won’t be as soft and melty. I want them that soft and melty!!!

    These are just oozing and look so delicious. Like the texture of a melting smore where you just can’t eat them fast enough! I love the looks of these!

    All my cookies are less than 30 minutes and are my go-to recipes! If it takes more time than that, I don’t do it.

    1. I know you’re an under-baker so you too can achieve the gooey status with ease :)

      And they were like a melting smore! Yes! I almost called them that and I ALMOST added marshmallows to them b/c I bought mmallows and was going to actually make them as Nutella smores bars but as I was mixing the batter was worried that a mm’s would have just pushed gooey into won’t-hold-together down here, so left them out, but that was actually my orig plan!

  4. um, how fantastic are these?! Don’t know if I could be trusted with these around the house…

  5. Your vacation kitchen sounds a lot like my real life. No dishwasher, no air conditioner, hot all the time. Welcome to my life. These blondies sound pretty ridiculous. I’d even be willing to turn my oven on for them. You just have to keep everything in the fridge in the tropics. C’est la vie.

  6. Oh Averie, these bars look amazing! I love how gooey they look. Brown sugar, Nutella, & peanut butter chips? I die. :) Hope you’re enjoying fun & sun in Aruba!

  7. Averie, it is scary knowing I have all of the ingredients to make this. You are quite the temptress! Baking and blogging in Aruba? Make sure you set aside plenty of time for fun! xo

  8. These remind me of the peanut butter and chocolate swirl brownie my mom makes all the time. I am sure they are fantastic with the nutella.

    1. I’ve wanted to do a brownie like what you’re talking about but haven’t so far – only blondies. Your mom’s recipe sounds great!

  9. Averie stop! Every time I check your site there is something thoroughly tempting I want to make! Actually I have to be honest, I won’t make these as my daughter is allergic to nuts, but I wanted to tell you that they look unbelievable and I bet they are truly delicious!

    1. Replace the PB chips with choc chips. If she’s allergic to the hazelnuts in Nutella too (or is it just a peanut allergy?) but replace that with Sunflower Seed butter, Hot Fudge, or just melted chocolate. Such a flexible recipe, and can easily work around nut allergies!

  10. You really can never go wrong with Nutella. That stuff is addicting, I tell ya! I could polish off a jar in one sitting with no problem ;) Combining that with one of my other favorite flavors- peanut butter is a match made in heaven. And it’s funny because I was just looking for a blondie recipe that looked exciting enough to make and this one certainly does the trick Averie.

    1. Glad that these look exciting enough! If you try them, lmk! If you’re a Nutella fun, these do the trick!