Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip and Bacon Blondies
I’ve been on a big bacon kick lately. I’m not sure why, but I’ve just been throwing bacon into everything. No one is complaining about this recent obsession. I needed a sweet treat to share with friends and my mind instantly went to bacon. I found this recipe and knew it would be a hit.
I decided to throw some bittersweet chocolate chips into the blondie batter. And once again, I used Peanut Butter and Co’s White Chocolate Wonderful in the frosting (which was AMAZING). After initial taste testing, we decided they needed more bacon so I crumbled more bacon on top than the original recipe listed. I have reflected my changes in the recipe below.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip and Bacon Blondies
Peanut butter, chocolate, and bacon make an amazing combination!
Yield: 24 bars
Ingredients:
For the Blondies
1 cup of butter, melted
2 cups of brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
Pinch of salt
2 cups of all-purpose flour
1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
6 sliced of bacon, fried and crumbled
For the Peanut Butter Frosting
1 stick butter, softened
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2-3 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-3 tablespoons milk
9 slices bacon, fried and crumbled
Directions:
For the Blondies
Preheat oven to 350.
In a large bowl, whisk together sugar and melted butter until smooth. Add in eggs and vanilla.
Combine dry ingredients together, and whisk into the batter. Fold in chocolate chips and bacon.
Spread evenly in an 9 x 13 pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until done.
For the Peanut Butter Frosting
Cream butter and peanut butter. Add sugar gradually. Add vanilla. Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached. More liquid may be needed depending on how thick or creamy you want the frosting.
Frost blondies, then top with crumbled bacon.
Recipe from How Sweet It Is
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
I would never think to serve bn squash this way! Clever!
omg this looks fabulous. I love the spicy, sweet sauce! I am making this for Thanksgiving apps!
Ok, now THIS is the way to get my husband to eat squash!
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what a fabulous idea 🙂
Bacon makes everything better!
This looks amazing! I did something with acorn squash and bacon this weekend, but this looks infinitely better! Maybe I’ll try it for Thanksgiving.
What a delicious way to serve up squash! This looks amazing.
Well I’ve never tried squash wrapped in bacon before….maybe I’d be singing a different tune? I’ve never met anything covered in bacon that I didn’t like..
Squash wrapped in bacon..Sounds yum and am sure it will be a hit at my place…
Yum! I had prosciutto on hand, so I used strips of that.. I did some with crushed red pepper flakes rather than jalapeño .. My family preferred without the pepper-they thought it just tasted better that way…I tried all ways and it is just a yummy, flexible recipe! Thanks!
beantownbaker — December 1st, 2013 @ 6:48 pm
Glad this recipe worked out for you and your family!