I’ve never had a good blondie before.

Until today, that is.

A few years ago, when I still consumed high quantities of unhealthy, processed foods on a daily basis, I tried to bake blondies. Now, before that day I had never had a blondie before, and had actually only heard of them in passing. But I saw a recipe for them online and figured I’d give them a go. After all, if they were just vanilla-flavored brownies, how hard could they really be?

It turns out, either the recipe I tried to bake took an extremely high culinary skill level… or I had no talent when it came to baking blondies. Considering the high reviews I’d read regarding the recipe, I’m pretty sure I was just a horrible blondie-baker.

After that mini-fiasco (let me just say, the blondies were tasteless and undercooked), I stayed as far away from brownie’s cousin as possible. Until this past week, when I finally decided to give the dessert another go.

Before I began, I decided to create my own “healthy” version of the classic blondie. So, I researched a bunch of tried-and-true recipes, then compiled a list of the main components of any good blondie. (Apparently the recipe I used years ago had less than half of these classic “components”, if that tells you anything.) Finally, I created my own healthy blondie recipe.

It may have taken a few attempts, but eventually I prevailed in combining all the flavors of a classic blondie in this healthy version. This recipe doesn’t include any of the butter, sugar, or processed white flour used in typical, guilt-inducing recipes. But, get this, these blondies taste just as good, if not even better than guilt-ridden blondies.

And don’t worry, I get several “seasoned” blondie taste-testers to approve this recipe as well. In fact, they were completely dumbfounded when I revealed how heathy this version of the treat actually is.

Blondies may have not been my forté back in the day, but I promise you, after my success with this recipe, I’ll definitely be giving this recipe another go.

It turns out blondes really do have more fun! Or, at least taste amazing! 😉

Healthy Blondies

• 1/4 c coconut oil
• 3/4 c stevia
• 1/4 c applesauce
• 1 tbs molasses
• 1 large egg (or 1/4 c egg whites)
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 c old fashioned oats
• 1/2 c chocolate chips
• 1/4 c walnut halves/pieces (optional)