Soft and chewy toffee chocolate chip blondies loaded with chocolate chips and homemade toffee.
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toffee chocolate chip blondies
What is a “blondie”? Blondies are in essence supposed to be brownies without the chocolate, a vanilla brownie if you will! However, if you are looking for something to compare them to I would say they very closely resemble a cookie bar. So imagine a chewy cookie bar, packed with toffee flavor and chocolate chips. Basically I’m trying to convey that these are amazing and delicious, and you should make them!
expert baking tips
Weigh your ingredients:
My recipes are all written in grams because it is the most accurate way to bake. When you use a kitchen scale, you ensure that your baked goods turn out as close to the written recipe as possible. Plus, the cleanup is way easier when using a scale! I will provide standard cup measurements but please note that I have not tested the recipe using cup measurements and therefore can not guarantee your recipe will come out how mine did. Here is my favorite kitchen scale.
Mix the dough carefully:
When adding in the flour, only fold the mixture just until no flour streaks remain. Over mixing the dough leads to more gluten formation, which can make the cookies thicker and more tough in texture.
how to get a crackled top
The secret to getting crackly brownie and blondie tops is all in whisking the eggs. Make sure you vigorously whisk in the eggs for at least 1 minute to help form that classic crackled top!
How to get perfect blondie slices
Brownies and bars can be annoying to cut, especially when they start dragging the batter and it seems like half of the brownies have ended up on your knife! To get perfect blondie cuts, get a clean knife and a tall glass of hot water. Dip the knife in the hot water, then make a slice in the blondies. Continue dipping and slicing to be left with perfectly cut blondie slices!
A note on oven temperature:
Ovens vary and fluctuate in temperature and might not always actually be at the temperature they claim to be at. If you love to bake like I do, I highly recommend getting an oven thermometer. They are super helpful for letting you know when your oven might be lying to you! I use this one.
ingredients for toffee chocolate chip blondies –
Toffee:
- Unsalted butter & light brown sugar: make up the base of the buttery simple homemade toffee. Feel free to use salted butter here, just be sure to omit the extra salt from the toffee.
- Salt: just a pinch of salt is needed to bring out and balance out the flavor and sweetness.
Blondies:
- All purpose flour: for structure and chewiness.
- Salt: helps balance and bring out the sweetness of the blondies
- Baking powder: helps the blondies rise
- Baking soda: reacts with the light brown sugar to help the blondies rise and helps with browning.
- Unsalted butter: tenderizes the blondies and thanks to browning the butter, lends a toasty flavor to them. Feel free to use salted butter here, just be sure to omit the extra salt from the dough.
- Light brown sugar: adds moisture, depth of flavor, and sweetness. I’ve chosen to put light brown sugar here as I think it’s more accessible but if you have the chance to, I highly recommend trying these out with dark brown sugar for an even richer flavor.
- Eggs: adds moisture and helps bind the dough together.
- Vanilla: for flavor. I use and love this vanilla extract!
- Chocolate chips: I go between using semi-sweet chocolate chips and dark chocolate chips when I make these to kind of balance out all of the sweetness of the dough. Feel free to use your favorite type of chocolate chips, chunks, or baking bar here!
how to make toffee chocolate chip blondies
Here are a few images of the process of making these toffee chocolate chip blondies. You can find the full recipe at the end of this blog post.
toffee chocolate chip blondies recipe q&a
What is brown butter?
Brown butter is super simple to make so don’t worry! It’s just regular butter that is cooked on the stove until some of the moisture evaporates, allowing the milk solids in the butter to be toasted. The result is this butter with an amber hue and little speckles that has a toasted and slightly nutty aroma.
Can I double this recipe?
Of course! Simply double the ingredients and bake everything in a 9×13″ pan, or divide them into two 8″ square pans. Keep a close eye on them if you do end up baking in a 9×13″ pan, as the baking time may change.
How to store blondies
Store these blondies an airtight container at room temperature. They will keep for up to 5 days, but will taste the best 1-3 days after baking.
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Toffee Chocolate Chip Blondies
Ingredients
Homemade Toffee Bits
- 56 g unsalted butter (¼ c.)
- ⅛ tsp. salt
- 100 g light brown sugar (½ c.)
Blondies
- 170 g unsalted butter (¾ c.)
- 250 g light brown sugar (1 ¼ c.)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 180 g all purpose flour (1 ½ c.)
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- ¼ tsp. baking soda
- 90 g dark chocolate chips (¼ c. + 2 tbsp.)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F / 175°C. Grease an 8×8" pan with butter and line it with parchment paper.
- In a medium sized saucepan, add the butter. Place over medium heat and stir occasionally. Once the butter has melted, continue stirring occasionally until the butter begins to foam, turn amber in color, and you can see little dark specs in the butter.
- Remove the butter from the heat and set aside. While the butter is cooling off, make the homemade toffee bits.
Homemade Toffee Bits
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add the butter, salt, and brown sugar to a small saucepan set over medium heat. Continuously whisk the mixture together until it reaches 300°F / 148°C. Immediately pour the mixture onto the lined baking sheet, then smooth and thin it out with a heat safe rubber spatula. Set aside to let it firm up for at least 10 minutes. While you're waiting, make the blondie batter!
Blondies
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together the slightly cooled brown butter and brown sugar.
- Whisk in the eggs and vanilla vigorously for 1 minute.
- Add in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Fold the mixture together just until a few flour streaks remain.
- Use your hands or a rolling pin to break up the toffee into little bits. Reserve some of the toffee bits for topping the blondies.
- Add chocolate chips and toffee bits into the blondie batter. Fold the mixture together just until no flour streaks remain.
- Pour the mixture into your prepared pan. Top with extra chocolate chips and toffee bits if desired. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the blondies have set and don't jiggle much when shaken.
- Leave the blondies to cool in the pan to room temperature before cutting. Serve, and enjoy!
made these for thanksgiving and they came out so perfect love this recipe so much
I baked these these exactly according to the measurements and they took an additional 30 minutes to bake until set and were so oily I had to throw the whole batch away. Is that the correct amount of butter to be using?
Hello, I’m very sorry that these didn’t turn out for you. That is the correct amount of butter, when it is browned on the stovetop it does reduce by about 20% – it sounds like you may have just melted it which would certainly make the batter quite oily and make it require more bake time. Also, if you use happened to use a glass pan your bakes will take much longer than when using a metal pan. I’m just making some guesses of course because I wasn’t there for your process but I apologize it didn’t turn out for you!
These were delicious! The caramel flavor of the brown butter really comes through, and the toffee and chocolate are a perfect combination! I made these tonight and my whole family loved them. I am definitely saving this recipe!