Blondies are easily becoming one of my favorite desserts! I love their special deliciousness, which includes a rich and chewy texture and the distinct flavors of molasses and brown sugar that are to die for! They’re a dessert that is very hard to resist! 
Traditional blondie recipes typically call for lots of butter, which is loaded with saturated fats and cholesterol. However, this recipe for “healthier” blondies replaces most of that unwanted saturated fat with the healthier ingredients of canola oil and canned pumpkin. And, this recipes only makes a small batch of mini-sized blondies, so you don’t have to worry about being tempted by dozens of tasty treats sitting around your house just waiting to be eaten!
Even though I wanted to reduce unnecessary fat (and calories) in this recipe, I didn’t want to compromise taste, so I made sure to include the commonly-added ingredients of chocolate chips and walnuts. Feel free to experiment with your own add-ins!
Makes 16
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
1/3 cup canned pumpkin
1 tbsp molasses
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup vanilla soy milk
1 cup chocolate chips
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325*F degrees.
2. Spray 8-inch square baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
3. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and mix until smooth.
4. Spread batter in prepared baking pan and bake for approximately 25-30 minutes until blondies are cooked all the way through.
4. Let blondies cool completely in baking pan before cutting.
P.S. If you’re curious, you can just barely taste the canned pumpkin in these blondies. The brown sugar, molasses, and chocolate chips do a good job of masking the pumpkin-y flavor.
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omg. I will be making these ASAP. they look DELISH!!!!! 😉
thanks so much for sharing!
Healthier and heavenly! YUM!
This recipe looks great!! If anyone’s interested I also had success adding chickpeas to a blondie recipe- sort of like weight watcher’s black bean brownies! http://dontwhitesugarcoatit.blogspot.com/2009/03/chickpea-blondies.html
o..m..g..these look sooo amazing! So sticky and chewy! I wonder if there’s a substitute for molasses?
Tina these blondies look incredible! Mmm, the only thing that could possibly make them more tantilizing would be a scoop of vanilla soy frozen yogurt!
I am going to have to try this recipe very soon. Thanks so much for sharing!
Have a great week!
Those look absolutely amazing!!! Ever since I have started eating healthier my life has been devoid of blondies, maybe these will fill that hole in my life!! Thanks so much for posting this recipe!
mmm what a great recipe. however I am a little disappointed you can’t taste the pumpkin I LOVE pumpkin! but it will probably be good to bake for people who don’t love it and are scared of healthy treats! yum
Those look so moist! Yum – you always have the best recipes!
Those look amazing – I have never had a blondie!
Holla! These look gooey & delicious.
Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Oh Tina – These are off the hook! They look so gooey and so… oh dear. I am starving. This is unfair.
Tina, you are a woman after my own heart. Everything you bake I want! I have made a couple of your recipes (your Oat Bars being my favorite!!!) and I will be making these. Finally, a use for the carton of molasses in my cupboard.
Oh wow those look amazing…and kind of like they need a scoop of ice cream on top!
Those look fantastic! You have such wonderful baking recipes!!
Thanks so much for the great Blondie recipe! I’ve been wanting to try to make them for awhile now 😉
I just made some blondies tonight. Too bad I didn’t have this recipe–they look wonderful! Next time I’ll make these.
I am going to have to make these little gems gluten free. They sound A-MAZING! There’s nothing like a good blondie. Give me one over a brownie any day!
yum!!! i think i actually have all these ingredients…i may be making some very soon 🙂
Sounds yum, yum yum.
is there a substitute for molasses?
I don’t think that the canned pumpkin taste would be detrimental at all! My favorite healthier muffin recipe involves mixing a can of pumpkin with dry spice cake mix and just enough water to mix (1/4 to 1/2 a cup, I think). Its divine!
Oooh…pumpkin and molasses would be a tasty addition to blondies. Although it’s hard to beat loads of butter as far as taste goes!
Wow! These look amazing. I seriously need to add them to my must try list.
Haha I think some people have already said that the pumpkin taste wouldn’t be a negative at all – I agree! I wonder if you could make them with applesauce?
I’ve actually never had a blondie… maybe I should take the plunge? 😉
Yum! I’m definitely giving these a try – I haven’t eaten blondies before so now’s as good a time as any to try them 🙂
BLONDIES!!!
these look scrumptious! Can’t wait to try!
ahhh! veggie girl would love this!
Oh they look so delicious!
What an awesome (vegan!) recipe!! I’ll definitely be trying this!
You are a genius !!!
I made these last night and they were really good! I live in a very high altitude so I added about 2 TBL of flour & let them bake for almost 40min and they were perfect! Thanks so much for the recipe!
I was wondering why my blondies turned out so dark! I just looked over the recipe. I accidentally added 2 Tablespoons of Molasses! Oh well, more iron?
a good substitute for molasses is 3/4 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup water
I just made these and they are amazing life! Thanks for the recipe!
These look. A-MAZING 🙂
Just curious; do you know the nutritional content for each blondie?
@Alex: No, sorry. But, you could probably figure it out from one of those online calorie counters.
Bad News:I made these this evening, except I used WAY too much pumpkin.
Good News: They tasted EXACTLY like pumpkin pie!!!!!!!
Thank you SO much. 🙂 🙂
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these sound GOOD! if i omit the chocolate chips and walnuts, do i have to cut back on any liquid ingredients? or will it bake the same? thanks!
These look really delicious and I am a big blondie fan. However, if I wanted the pumpkin flavor to come out more, would you think by adding pumpkin pie spices or even just some cinnamon would help?
Thanks
this looks so yummy! Ive bookmarked it ready to get the ingredients next time I brave the supermarket, thanks! Belle