Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Blondies

This post and the recipe for Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Blondies were sponsored by American Heritage Chocolate as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. I received complimentary product to facilitate my review. #ChocolateHistory #IC

I have been on a bit of a blondie kick lately. As we’ve already established, I am one of the laziest people ever, so whenever I can find a quicker and/or easier way to do something, I am all over it. 

Case in point: chocolate chip cookies. Love them, but while they’re easy to make, there is a bit of a time commitment to them. You have to mix the dough, then scoop it out onto a bunch of different baking sheets, and unless you have a ginormous oven {which I do not}, you will need to do a couple of baking sheets at a time, which can easily lead to this whole process taking an hour or more.

With chocolate chip blondies, on the other hand, all you have to do is toss everything in a bowl, mix it, slap it into a pan and put that bad boy in the oven. In less than 30 minutes start to finish, and with barely any effort on your part, you’ve got yourself a delicious dessert.

This particular recipe for cinnamon chocolate chip blondies was inspired by American Heritage Chocolate Bites. We are huge suckers for marketing and packaging in this house, so when I saw these little individually wrapped chocolates in their little muslin bag, I just about died. 

I mean, seriously. 

Then I read more about them and found out that the coolness goes well beyond the packaging. All American Heritage Chocolates are made from a recipe from 1750 and are made with only those ingredients that were available in the 18th century, including cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, orange and red pepper. They’re a little bit sweet and a little bit spicy, and really, really delicious. And for a limited time, American Heritage Chocolates are available at your local Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. {Aside: I could spend days in a Cracker Barrel store. I love how they have such fun old-school toys and treats. And don’t even get me started on their fun kitchen stuff. Seriously. DAYS.}

Anyway, naturally I wanted to make something with these fun little chocolate bites, and due to my recent obsession, my mind immediately went to blondies. Since this chocolate is so special and unique, I decided to jazz them up a little bit with some cinnamon.

The result was so very good. The cinnamon gives the blondies a little extra kick and works so well with the spice in the chocolate. They end up being a perfect grown-up treat {even though my kids loved them too!}.

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Blondies

Jennifer Young

A slightly spicy version of a chocolate chip blondie with a hint of cinnamon.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Ingredients

  

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 - 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups lightly packed brown sugar
• 5 Tbsp butter melted
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla bean paste {or vanilla extract}
• 1 cup chopped American Heritage Chocolate

Instructions

 

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9" x 13" baking pan. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
• 2. In a large bowl, beat the brown sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla until blended. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the brown sugar mixture and beat until combined. Stir in chocolate. Spread into prepared pan.
• 3. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan. When cool, cut into bars.

Notes

Adapted from Taste of Home

If you want to try out American Heritage Chocolates for yourself, today night be your lucky day! Influence Central is holding a giveaway, and you might be one of five lucky winners of an American Heritage Chocolate prize pack worth over $109! The giveaway will be open until April 29. To enter, just complete the social media sharing actions below! {Influence Central will randomly select 5 winners from all program entries and will handle fulfillment of the winning prizes.}

American Heritage Chocolate Prize Pack Giveaway

Good luck! 

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