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M&M White Chocolate Candy Corn Blondies

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I have my Mom to blame credit for my love of white chocolate. She loves white chocolate candy and growing up we always had access to it. As I got older, I realized that I have the same obsession love. I found myself buying white chocolate truffles and candies. And I love, love baking with white chocolate.

I know there are some who say white chocolate is not real chocolate and to them I say so what? It's pretty darn good and I don't care what's it called.

When I heard about M&M white chocolate candy corn candies, I just had to try them. When I was able to find them, I bought two bags and didn't think about it. I was just going to eat them, what else?

Then I got to thinking, what about making my favorite blondies with the M&Ms instead of the usual white chocolate chips. I did keep some of the pecans from the original recipe because I was worried with the candy shell on the M&Ms, it would be too sweet. The pecans added a nice balance.

If you don't like pecans or nuts, you can certainly omit them. I make blondies without pecans for my brother all the time because he doesn't like them.


And I'm sharing these with my co-workers. I wonder if they are getting tired of me bringing sweets into work?


This is my no mess way to make brownies and blondies. I cover my pan with foil and spray with Baker's Joy. Works every time and I usually have little to no clean up.


I chopped the M&Ms in half as best as I could. You can leave them whole too but I wanted the white chocolate flavor to come out and plus it will be easier to cut up the blondies with the M&Ms in pieces.


Cream the egg and brown sugar. Using a hand or stand mixer makes a huge difference here. I made my blondies many years by mixing the egg and sugar by hand using a spatula but it's much nicer and easier when you use a hand mixer to bring the egg and sugar to a fluffy consistency.


Besides the white chocolate, this is my other favorite part of this recipe. The butter of course!


When adding the flour mixture to the batter, I do it in two batches and carefully mixing in as to not overmix or overwork the batter. You're looking for a brownie-like bar not a cake. Overmixing the blondie batter will make your blondies more cake-like or cakey.


Add the M&Ms and the pecans (if you're using) and gently mix in. Don't overmix.


Transfer batter to the prepared pan and spray a butter knife or offset spatula. I use the same spray I prepared the pan with, spraying the spatula prevents the batter from sticking to it.


Using the sprayed spatula, smooth the batter out. This ensures even height bars and a smooth top.


And there you have it…wonderful M&M White Chocolate Candy Corn Blondies perfect for serving at a Halloween party. I love the flakiness of the top of the blondies and the richness and chewiness of the inside of the blondie. It's a perfect marriage of sweetness and chewiness…brown sugar, butter and white chocolate…perfection!

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M&M White Chocolate Candy Corn Blondies

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 16 bars

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp packed light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 Tbsp 1 stick unsalted butter, melted, I used Kerrygold unsalted butter
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans
  • 3/4 cup M&M white chocolate candy corn candies, chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Take an 8-inch square pan and cover in foil and spray with baking spray.
  • Using an electric mixer, cream brown sugar and egg until it's light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and melted butter, mix well with electric mixer.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together with a rubber spatula the flour, baking soda and salt.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture in batches and incorporate with a rubber spatula. Be careful not to over mix your batter.
  • Stir in pecans and M&Ms, using rubber spatula. Again, do not over mix.
  • Add batter to the square pan. Spray an angled spatula with baking spray and use it to smooth over the top.
  • Bake for about 25-28 minutes. The top will be dry and flaky and a toothpick test should come out clean with a few crumbs attached.
  • Allow to cool for about 10 minutes on a wire rack. Hold using foil sides and remove from square pan. Makes 16-20 blondie squares.
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Now I need to go pick up another bag so I can make another batch of these for my Mom. I think that's the least I can do!

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose except that I'm obsessed with white chocolate and Kerrygold butter (I have worked with them in the past). This is NOT a sponsored post.

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    1. chelsea @ serves two says

      ooooh i bought a bag of these and they are soooo good! i LOVE white chocolate- more than actual chocolate- just like you 🙂 i thought i might bake something using them but that didn’t happen. might just have to buy another bag and make these blondies 🙂

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    5. Sarah B.V. says

      I didnt even know that they had candy corn m&m’s. Do they just have the taste of candy corn, like the other m&m types (almond joy), or do they have the same chewy texture and flavor?

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      • Julie Deily says

        Hi Sarah, they actually taste like white chocolate with a candy shell. The candy corn name comes from the colors of the shells. If you try them, hope you enjoy them!

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    12. Lena says

      The other day, I found out about M&M White Chocolate Candy Corn, and then googling about I ran into post.
      Just now, stumbling about, I ran into it again.
      It’s must be a sign lol.

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    16. Marly says

      Wow – I didn’t even know that M&Ms made a white-chocolate version, let alone candy corn colored. Of course, being vegan, I don’t eat M&Ms anymore. It’s probably a good thing for me…not so good for their stock value (I used to eat a LOT of that stuff!!!). That said, these blondies look delish!!

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