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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! 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 Springtime! All of the pretty pastels, the PEEPS, and the Cadbury Eggs – what’s not to love? With Easter creeping up on us, and the winter snow hopefully melting, it’s time to embrace all the pretty pastels in the baking aisle with this Easter M&M Chocolate Chip Blondie Bars Recipe!
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. 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!
Easter M&M Chocolate Chip Blondie Bars Recipe
Easter M&M Chocolate Chip Blondie Bars Recipe
Easter M&M Chocolate Chip Blondie Bars Recipe Ingredients
- 1 stick of unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup Nestle Tollhouse Spring Chocolate Chips
- 3/4 cup M&M’s Spring Mix
Easter M&M Chocolate Chip Blondie Bars Recipe Directions
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. 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.
Tip: 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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Easter M&M Chocolate Chip Blondie Bars Recipe Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 stick of unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup Nestle Tollhouse Spring Chocolate Chips
- 3/4 cup M&M's Spring Mix
Instructions
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In a medium mixing bowl, beat together the brown sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla until they are thoroughly combined.
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Gradually add in the the flour, then your baking powder and salt, beating lightly until combined.
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Stir in chocolate chips and M&M's - do not beat them into the mixture, as you want them to be whole!
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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.
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Cool on a wire rack and then put into the refrigerator for about half an hour.
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Hungry for more Spring-themed treats? Check out these awesome recipes!
Rhubarb Pichu Berry Crumb Bars from Betsy Life
Strawberry Sorbet from Home Cooking Memories
Lemon Pistachio Ice Box Pie from A Little Claireification
Springtime Blondie Bars from The Rebel Chick
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
Do you love the Easter holiday? If you are looking for more fun Easter recipes, check these out! I love sharing Easter recipes on The Rebel Chick!
OTHER SPRINGTIME & EASTER RECIPES ON THE REBEL CHICK
Springtime Instant Pot Soda Cake Recipe
I have made a lot of sweet snack ideas on The Rebel Chick over the years, and this Springtime Cake Batter Puppy Chow Recipe happens to be one of my favorite recipes that I have shared. It’s so fun and pretty! I tried a regular muddy buddies recipe shortly before my friend Kari created this recipe for me, and I have to admit, I will probably use her recipe over mine on most occasions. Ha!
Of course, an Easy Blueberry Coffee Cake Recipe is suitable for serving year round, but it is especially fun to serve as a dessert at your family’s Easter dinner or picnic! I also really love to serve a nice coffee cake as a lighter style dessert when I have friends over for a lady’s night in. It’s perfectly served with decaf coffee or tea before the ladies head home for the evening.
If you are a fan of light, sweet cookies, this Easter Shortbread Cookies Recipe is just PERFECT for you! These cookies are really easy to make and you can use whatever food coloring you like to change the style of the cookies. So the recipe is really suitable for any occasion.
And who can go wrong with this Mini Lemon Cheesecakes Recipe? They are just so cute and so tasty! They are perfect for spring and summertime get togethers, especially for backyard barbecues. They’re so light and refreshing, they’ll be warmly received during hot summer weather.
Tropical Fruit Cheesecake Recipe
Easter M&Ms Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
I am a big fan of candy, and aside from Halloween, Easter is my number one candy eating time of year! This Easter Carrot Dipped Berries Recipe isn’t exactly candy, but it’s pretty close, what with the dipped chocolate…and this Homemade Easter Candy Recipe is so FUN and perfect for making with the kiddos during the Easter holiday season!
One of my most recent Easter Recipes is this Easter Bunny Poop Cookie Recipe, isn’t it just adorable?!
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?
Yes, who cares?! LOL! Easter only comes around once a year, and that’s the only time I can find these pretty pastel candies!
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.
No, no, no. No chocolate recipes and photos before lunch! Grrrr….
ROFL!! Well, you need ideas for what to eat for dessert, right? 🙂
I’ll take one! One whole tray, LOL. They look delicious!
Oh those blondie bars look so delicious! And I love the spring time colors of the M&Ms! That makes it so much fun!
I’ve been looking for a classic blonde to customize for a while now! Super excited to try these tomorrow after church. Thanks!
I love blondies; probably more so than brownies. Add M&Ms and I’m sold!
Omg, it’s 4am here and this photo makes me wanna go downstairs and eat some sweets! :-/ These sounds yummy! Saving for later 🙂
Great selection of Spring Treats – pinned! Thanks!
OMG these look amazingly good! I think I need my granny to make them for me!
The pastel colors make those a must for Easter! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 🙂
Fantastic recipe and roundup. I love the spring M&M’s.
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.
Those look like the perfect Easter treat with the Spring colored M&Ms. Now you are making me hungry for chocolate.
These look so colorful and yummy! I love slightly melted M&Ms in my baked goods.
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.)
These are so pretty! Love the pastel colors. And blondies are one of my favorite things to eat/make!
let’s see chocolate chip bars with m&m’s…whats not to love? sign me up.
Those look really delicious and definitely springy with the pastel colors. I want to eat MANY of them!
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!
These looks SO good, now Im going to be graving blondie bars for the rest of the day!
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.
Oh, how yummy! Those blondie bars look perfect. And the other recipies don’t look that bad either 😉 Great theme!
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!
Yummo! I am making these for Easter. TY
I had no idea they made pastel choc chips! I’ll be adding them to the list this week!
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??
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!
These are so pretty! I’m going to have to pick up a bag or two of those M&M’s.
My kids would be excited for these- they love anything with M&Ms! Great tip about cutting them chilled so they don’t crumble!
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… 🙂
I made these tonight and the m’s melted.. 🙁