Vegan & Paleo Blondies
Posted Jul 25, 2016, Updated Jul 15, 2024
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Vegan & paleo blondies are an easy, healthy dessert that’s ready in 30 minutes! Gluten-free, dairy-free & refined sugar-free.
These Paleo Blondies are the real deal. Paleo, vegan and ready in 20 minutes. They are everything a dessert should be. Crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside. Like eating layers of warm cookie dough stuffed with chocolate, the recipe of my dreams.
I knew I had a winner with these healthy blondies when my husband exclaimed, “Woah! You made normal cookies tonight!” I laughed and told him they were paleo blondies. He said that he couldn’t even tell that they were healthy, not even a little bit.
How to Make Paleo Blondies
These paleo blondies are very easy to make! Just mix up the blondie batter in one bowl and spread half of it into the pan.
Then, take a healthy amount of chocolate almond butter (or hazelnut spread works well too) and slather it all over the bottom layer. Then, spread the rest of the paleo blondie dough on top and you’re good to go.
Paleo Blondies: Substitutions
- Cocoa Almond Butter. Make your own chocolate almond butter by mixing together 1/4 cup almond butter, 1 Tablespoon cocoa powder, 1 Tablespoon coconut oil and 2 Tablespoons honey.
- Coconut Oil. Grass-fed butter or ghee are good substitutes.
- Honey. For a vegan version use maple syrup.
Paleo Blondies Recipe FAQs
They are similar however, the base of it substitutes vanilla instead of cocoa.
Blondies are done when they start to pull away from the sides of the pan and the edges will be light brown.
If your batter looks dry…add more almond milk until you get the consistency of cookie dough! The batter should NOT be dry when these bars go into the oven!
For a vegan version use maple syrup.
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Chocolate Stuffed Paleo Blondies
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond flour
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ cup almond butter
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil (melted)
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- 2 Tablespoons honey (or maple syrup)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2-4 Tablespoons almond milk
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Chocolate Filling
- ¼ cup chocolate almond butter
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and line a 9×5″ loaf pan, set aside.
- Combine almond flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a small bowl. Set aside
- Melt coconut oil and almond butter together in a microwave safe bowl or on the stovetop.
- Add coconut sugar, honey, vanilla and 2 TBS almond milk and stir well.
- Add dry ingredients to wet. Mix until combined.
- If the batter is dry and does not resemble cookie dough, add up to 2 more TBS of almond milk!
- Add chocolate chips. (This dough should look like cookie dough. It should not be crumbly or runny).
- Spread ½ of the batter evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Spread the chocolate almond butter over the batter.
- Top with remaining blondie batter and spread evenly.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes or until slightly golden brown on top.
- Cool and serve!
Notes
- Cocoa Almond Butter. Make your own chocolate almond butter by mixing together 1/4 cup almond butter, 1 Tablespoon cocoa powder, 1 Tablespoon coconut oil and 2 Tablespoons honey.
- Coconut Oil. Grass-fed butter or ghee are good substitutes.
- Honey. For a vegan version use maple syrup.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
It seems as though everyone who has tried this recipe gets the same result: extremely dry batter and an almost inedible final result. This is probably because the measurements in the recipe are completely off. But when people post about their experiences, Laura gives the same generic response and fails to identify the mistake in her recipe. Laura, try the recipe exactly as posted. I guarantee you will get the same bad results as the rest of us.
Hello Colin! I have made these blondies countless times exactly as written, and have had many people tag me in photos of their creations on various social media channels saying they are thrilled with the results. I did modify the recipe to suggest adding more almond milk if the batter is dry. I am truly sorry if this recipe does not turn out for people and I absolutely cannot understand why it would not work unless someone made modifications or substitutions.
Here is a post that I did a long time ago (excuse the crummy pics hehe) and it shows how the batter should look! It’s basically half of this recipe without the almond butter filling!
https://joyfoodsunshine.com/paleo-chocolate-chip-cookie-bars/
Your blondies seems really good so I tried but the batter is really too dry. I followed exactly your recipe with the same ingredients. I don’t understand…
Did you melt the coconut oil, almond butter and honey together?
Can you make this in the dehydrator? What temperature and for how long?
Thanks!
Hey Jeannette! I do not recommend making this recipe in a dehydrator!
Help, I tried making these and it’s completely dry! What am I missing?!
Hey Katie! I am so sorry these bars didn’t turn out the way they were supposed to! Did you make any substitutions or omissions in the recipe? Did you check them at 10 minutes?
The batter seems really dry. I feel like the recipe is missing something.
Hey Elizabeth! Did you follow the recipe exactly? How did they turn out when you baked them?
Laura your blog is fab!! I want to try all your recipes and see if my kids will pretty please choose to eat them. No guarantees though cause the 9yo would subsist solely on fruit roll-ups and hotdogs if allowed!!! The first recipe I’m going to try are the delicious looking blondies. I can’t seem to find what the oven should be set to on your recipe. I blame it on my mommy-lack-of-sleep.
Thanks kindly,
Tracey
LOL Tracey I totally understand where you’re coming from! My kids would eat only mac and cheese and whipped cream if they got to choose! 😉 You are SO RIGHT! I apparently had a frazzled mommy moment and forgot to include the baking temperature in the recipe! YIKES! Thank you SO so much for pointing that out (it’s 350 degrees F btw)! When I taught chemistry my students earned extra credit if they found a mistake in my work. SO…+50 points for you…and lets make them blondie points. 😉
I’m so glad we are web-friends but I wish we were neighbors! 🙂 These. Look. Amazing!!!
Welllll….you love to move so who knows!? Maybe one day you will call Utah home?! 😉
I’m literally drooling over here these looks incredible! And I’ve never tried that flavor of Barney Butter before… gotta get my hands on it so I can make these ASAP!
My favorite date night happens almost every Friday… both my husband and I are tired after the week and on Fridays we open a bottle of wine, order take out, and watch a movie.
Hey Ellie! It’s really great! It has the perfect cocoa flavor without being too sweet! Sounds like the perfect date night! I agree…my favorite evenings are spent snuggling and watching Netflix! 😉
This looks so good!!!
Thank you Corinth! 🙂
Those look so good!! I’m saving the recipe for my mom’s birthday because she loves this almond butter and I know she’ll love these blondies 🙂
OOooOoo! If she loves almond butter she will most definitely enjoy these! 🙂 I hope you all love them!