Choc Chip Cashew Butter Blondies

Choc Chip Cashew Butter Blondies

Sweet, salty, and swirling with caramel coffee goodness—these Coffee Swirl Blondies are everything you didn’t know you needed. With a fudgy texture and brownie-meets-blondie swirl, they’re the perfect treat for your afternoon slump or post-dinner pick-me-up.

Packed with healthy fats from cashew butter, a sneaky protein hit from Caramel Complex, and refined sugar-free sweetness, they’re also gluten-free, dairy-free, and easy to make vegan. Whether you’re baking for yourself or sharing (good luck with that), this is your sign to preheat the oven and treat yourself.

Ingredients 

  • 1 egg or flax egg
  • 1/2 cup of cashew butter
  • 1/4 cup of natural/monk fruit sweetener – sub coconut sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon of coconut oil, melted and cooled
  • 1 Tablespoon of maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 1 Tablespoon of coconut flour
  • 1 scoop of Caramel Complex – optional but makes it taste like butterscotch!
  • 1/2-1 sachet of Performance Coffee The OG
  • 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt + extra for sprinkling
  • 1/4 cup of good quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped
  • 1 Tablespoon of cacao powder
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla almond milk - or milk of choice

Method 

  1. Pre-heat oven to 175ºC/350ºF
  2. Line a small baking dish (or mini loaf pan) with baking/parchment paper and set aside.
  3. In a medium-size bowl, lightly whisk your egg.
  4. Add all remaining ingredients, except chocolate, cacao, almond milk and coffee, stir to combine.
  5. Fold through chocolate.
  6. Pour 3/4 of your blondie batter into your prepared baking dish and set aside.
  7. To your remaining blondie batter, add cacao, almond milk and coffee and stir to combine.
  8. Randomly place spoonful's of your brownie batter on to your blondie mix and use a knife or toothpick to swirl through the batter.
  9. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the top is golden and a toothpick has just a few crumbs attached when inserted into the middle.
  10. Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes (if you can) – sprinkle with salt.
  11. Slice and devour!

Makes 4 large, 6 medium or 9 bite-size blondies.

Recipe by Emma Swanston (@emsswanston)