These M&M blondies bars are perfect for a crowd and can be easily customized with your favorite Easter candy. With just a few ingredients, you can have these holiday M&M blondies ready in no time!
Why we love these M&M Blondies Bars for Easter!
Are you looking for an easy Easter dessert recipe? With all of the pretty pastels, the PEEPS, and the Cadbury Eggs - what is not to love about our blonde brownies with M&Ms?
I have always loved brownies, and just recently discovered how easy it is to make blondies. Sure, they might lack the rich chocolaty goodness that we all know and love in brownies, but they are so rich and decadent, and they make it so easy to incorporate other flavors. With Easter creeping up on us, and the winter snow hopefully melting, it is time to embrace all the pretty pastels in the baking aisle with these Easter M&M Blondies Bars!
This holiday M&M blondies idea was inspired by my Easter Sugar Cookie Tart recipe on this site, and pairs well with this Easter Cake Roll recipe.
Related Easter Recipes
Check out these really fun Easter recipes on The Rebel Chick. I am always adding new recipes, especially during the holiday months!
What is the difference between brownies and blondies?
Unlike with brownies, when you are making a recipe for blondies, you can add just about anything into the blondies dough and the flavor really shines through! The lack of a chocolate base allows other flavors to take front and center.
Of course, I still absolutely LOVE brownies, and Angeline and I love to make them quite often, but blondies are a whole different ballgame!
Here are the necessary Ingredients for this Chocolate Chip M&M Blondies Bars Recipe
- Unsalted butter at room temperature
- Light brown sugar
- Eggs
- Pure vanilla extract
- Baking powder
- Salt
- All purpose flour
- Nestle Tollhouse Spring Chocolate Chips
- M&M's Easter Mix
Keep in mind, all of the ingredient amounts you’ll need are in the printable recipe card below.
Instructions for How to make M&M Blondies Step by Step
You are going to begin by preheating your oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9 x 13 baking dish.
This recipes makes between 12 and 24 bars, depending on what size you cut them into. I prefer a smaller blondie bar, so that they are a little less of a guilty treat, so my servings are usually 24.
When making this Easter M&M Chocolate Chip Blondie Bars Recipe for company or to take to a gathering, it is better to cut them into 12 servings.
In a medium mixing bowl, beat together the brown sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla until they are thoroughly combined.
Gradually add in the the flour, then your baking powder and salt, beating lightly until combined.
Next you are going to gently stir in the chocolate chips and the M&M's - do not beat them into the mixture, as you want them to be whole!
Pour your batter into your greased baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack and then put into the refrigerator for about half an hour.
Top tip for making our Chocolate Chip M&M Blondies
I always refrigerate my bars and brownies before serving because it makes it so much easier to cut into bars without them crumbling to bits.
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Are you looking for easy dinner recipe ideas?
These are a few of my favorite easy dinner recipes to serve with these M&M Blondies:
- Barbecue Chicken Flatbread
- Zucchini Ground Beef Casserole
- Mediterranean Flatbread
- Broccoli Rice and Cheese Chicken Casserole
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M&M Blondies Bars
Ingredients
- 1 stick of unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 ½ cup light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
- ¾ cup Nestle Tollhouse Spring Chocolate Chips
- ¾ cup M&M's Spring Mix
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat together the brown sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla until they are thoroughly combined.
- Gradually add in the the flour, then your baking powder and salt, beating lightly until combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips and M&M's - do not beat them into the mixture, as you want them to be whole!
- Pour your batter into your greased baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack and then put into the refrigerator for about half an hour.
Hungry for more Spring-themed treats? Check out these awesome recipes!
Every month, I join 11 other bloggers to bring you 12 delicious recipes with 12 ingredients or less. We tend to stick to a monthly theme, and this month's theme is Spring Treats, which was perfect for my M&M Blondies Bars Recipe!
I was so excited for this month's theme because a) I actually had time to get creative in the kitchen and do some fun baking, and b) I love Spring time!
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- Lemon Pistachio Ice Box Pie from A Little Claireification
- Edible Flower Bouquet from A Million Moments
- Spring Candy Bark from A Night Owl Blog
- Spring Snack Mix from Bless This Mess Please
- Pink Chocolate Covered Easter Egg Rice Krispie Treats from Mom Endeavors
- Honey Pistachio Granola from Eat Your Heart Out
- Fruit Salsa & Edible Butterfly Cinnamon Chips from See Vanessa Craft
- Pineapple Coconut Gooey Cake from Around My Family Table
- Strawberry Whip from Plugged In Family
k says
What a fun blogger program to be a part of. I did see that flower bouquet on FB last night and wondered if it was food or flower!! Your blondie bars look so yummy and so fattening!! But who cares, right?
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
Those sound so good. You might find this odd, but here in MA, we call Blondies, "congo bars", Not sure why, but yours sound awesome.
Scott says
No, no, no. No chocolate recipes and photos before lunch! Grrrr....
Jenn says
Yes, who cares?! LOL! Easter only comes around once a year, and that's the only time I can find these pretty pastel candies!
Jenn says
ROFL!! Well, you need ideas for what to eat for dessert, right? 🙂
valmg says
I'll take one! One whole tray, LOL. They look delicious!
Amber Edwards says
Oh those blondie bars look so delicious! And I love the spring time colors of the M&Ms! That makes it so much fun!
Melissa says
I've been looking for a classic blonde to customize for a while now! Super excited to try these tomorrow after church. Thanks!
Amber Killmon says
I love blondies; probably more so than brownies. Add M&Ms and I'm sold!
Myla Cabrera says
Omg, it's 4am here and this photo makes me wanna go downstairs and eat some sweets! :-/ These sounds yummy! Saving for later 🙂
Debbie L. says
Great selection of Spring Treats - pinned! Thanks!
teresa mccluskey says
OMG these look amazingly good! I think I need my granny to make them for me!
Rosey says
The pastel colors make those a must for Easter! That's my story and I'm sticking to it. 🙂
Angela says
Fantastic recipe and roundup. I love the spring M&M's.
Liza says
Oh man. I have been trying to avoid most sweets to get ready for all the graduation festivities we'll be having, but I might have to cave a little for these! They look so good.
Terry says
Those look like the perfect Easter treat with the Spring colored M&Ms. Now you are making me hungry for chocolate.
Amy Desrosiers says
These look so colorful and yummy! I love slightly melted M&Ms in my baked goods.
Jaime says
I love this monthly roundup! This blondie recipe also looks really easy (which is what I need.) My son's daycare would love these because there isn't as much chocolate as a brownie. (and the pastel m&ms make them look really cute.)
Stephie says
These are so pretty! Love the pastel colors. And blondies are one of my favorite things to eat/make!
Dina says
let's see chocolate chip bars with m&m's...whats not to love? sign me up.
Liz Mays says
Those look really delicious and definitely springy with the pastel colors. I want to eat MANY of them!
Kenda Smith says
I absolutely LOVE blondies. If I have to pick between that and a brownie, I'll pick the blondie every time. Now....adding some chocolate TO them.... I really shouldn't read this first thing in the morning. Darn it!
Stephanie says
These looks SO good, now Im going to be graving blondie bars for the rest of the day!
Ashley - Embracing Homemaking says
Oh, those look so yummy! I've been eating M&Ms like crazy lately, I don't know why but I can't get enough. I'll definitely have to give this recipe a try.
Joanna Sormunen says
Oh, how yummy! Those blondie bars look perfect. And the other recipies don't look that bad either 😉 Great theme!
Stacie says
This look delicious. My problem is that no M&M's would even make it into the mix because I would eat them all first. I cannot help it. I just love them so much!
joni says
Yummo! I am making these for Easter. TY
Christina S says
I had no idea they made pastel choc chips! I'll be adding them to the list this week!
Candace Parker says
Oh My!!!! Those look sooooo good! I think I am ok with gaining a pound just by cooking those and eating one lol. M&Ms have been my favorite since I was a kid! I have a question about cookies. When I make cookies they always end up crunchy. what do you put in them to make them soft??
Laura says
Visiting from Saturday Night Fever! I love the colour of these m&m's, we don't have them here in the UK. The bars look delicious. I co-host Sweet and Savoury Sunday and would for you to stop by and share these and other recipes with us. Happy Easter, have a great weekend!
Brandie ( says
These are so pretty! I'm going to have to pick up a bag or two of those M&M's.
Wendy says
My kids would be excited for these- they love anything with M&Ms! Great tip about cutting them chilled so they don't crumble!
Caroline (Sweet Treats by Caro) says
My favourite Easter treat!! I made this recipe last spring and I have been dying to make it ever since. Now that the spring m&ms are back on the shelves I might have to give in this weekend... 🙂
Stephanie says
I made these tonight and the m's melted.. 🙁
Liz says
YUM!!! These are SO fun and delicious!!! I made them with white chocolate chips, but going to hunt down some spring chocolate chips for my next batch!!
Shelby says
These are so delicious! I am now a blondie fan! This recipe will be put on repeat in my home. Thanks for the tip on refrigerating before cutting!
Tamie Nelson says
What size pan do you bake these in?
Jenn says
You need a 9 x 13 baking pan. 🙂