If you got lost somewhere in that endless title, don’t worry.
Just look at these blondies and everything will be okay.
I honestly have no idea where the concept for these bars came from, because usually buying a jar of cookie butter ends with me licking a spoon and feeling verrry full. When it comes to biscoff spread, I rarely spare a thought towards baking with it. It just doesn’t last that long in my house.
For those of you who don’t know what cookie butter is… where have you been?! Cookie butter, or biscoff spread, is made of crushed biscoff cookies. It’s also vegan! The taste is honestly difficult describe. I’m going to call it crack in a jar.
Since trying this 4-ingredient PB fudge, I’ve been dying to experiment with different kinds of nut butters, and inevitably, cookie butter. The results were (predictably) amazing. I knew this fudge was unstoppable and needed to be taken to the next level.
I was planning on putting the fudge into dark chocolate cookies (I still might… there’s no end to the cookie butter madness), but then I thought about what would actually complement the unique subtle spice in biscoff spread. And my mind went straight to cinnamon.
The rest is history.
These bars are moist, chewy, and studded with cookie butter goodness. As if the fudge wasn’t enough, the blondies themselves are made with cookie butter (and a heavy-handed dose of cinnamon).
This recipe uses minimal ingredients and yields not only a batch of blondies, but also a generous amount of leftover fudge (only about half the recipe goes into the blondies). It also makes your entire house smell like warm snickerdoodles and melty cookie butter goodness.
I’m salivating.
- 1 11oz jar of cookie butter, divided
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup (=1 stick) vegan butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup coconut oil
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ cup almond milk
- Melt ½ a cup of cookie butter and one stick of vegan butter in a large glass or other microwave safe bowl. Stir thoroughly to combine.
- One cup at a time, add in powdered sugar and mix well.
- Add vanilla and combine.
- Line a 4x6 inch pan with aluminum foil and press fudge mixture into pan. Freeze for 1-2 hours.
- Once the fudge is set, chop it into chunks.
- To make blondies, preheat oven to 350° F
- Whisk together brown sugar, remaining cookie butter, and coconut oil.
- Add flour and stir well.
- Add almond milk and mix till thoroughly combined.
- Add ½ your fudge chunks and stir until just mixed.
- Line an 8x8 pan with greased parchment paper and pour in blondie batter.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely (this is important!) before cutting and serving.
**fudge adapted from here and blondies from here!
OK, so yes, my mouth was definitely watering while reading this! I’ve seen those jars of cookie butter, but haven’t used one for anything yet. I think this might be the recipe to try it in! Sounds amazing!
You have to make these! And thanks 🙂
I must be living under a rock because I have never seen cookie butter at the store. Next trip I will hunt it down. These bars look so delicious!
Thanks! Whether you make these or not, you’ve gotta try Cookie Butter!
I’ve been dying to try cookie butter, it definitely looks like crack in a jar! Haha 😉
The name of these bars has me drooling, talk about amazing! Pinning these. I need to get my hands on some cookie butter asap!
Thanks so much!
These look AMAZING! Had to come check them out after I saw the link on your comment 🙂
Haha it is quite the title, huh? Thanks 🙂
I’m so behind the cookie butter trend!?!? I have to change that. These blondie bars look heavenly!
Thanks so much!
MAN, I wish, I wish…. I could eat cookie butter because I KNOW I am missing out! 🙁
Oh no, why can’t you eat cookie butter?! If it’s an allergy thing, these could be awesome with almost any kind of nut/seed butter!
AMAZING! I want them all!
Thanks, Lilli!
These bars are definitely drool-worthy! Love it!
Thanks, Gayle 🙂
These are seriously fantastic! I could eat them all!
You should! 🙂
Long title, but the blondies sound delicious! I’ve actually never had cookie butter (but I’ve had speculoos so I can imagine…).
Thanks so much!
these snickerdoodle bars look amazing! they look so fudgey and delicious, definitely craving a bite!
Aw thanks 🙂
Oh my! These blondies look amazing – wow!
Thanks so much!
These blondie bars look amazing!! so Delicious! 🙂
Thank you, Arpita!
8 ingredients and 8 words for the title! I like how you think. The title is totally enticing and tells me EXACTLY what these are, which is basically just delicious. The thought of cookie butter and fudge and snickerdoodles and every other sweet think I like sounds pretty awesome to me! Love love love.
Haha thanks so much Allison!!
Haha… I love the title of this post soooo much. LOL! 🙂 I dont think I have had cookie butter, unless this is like the stuff they put in ice-cream. Is it do ya think? I do have to ask….. whats a snickerdoodle?
Thanks! Snickerdoodles are like cinnamon brown sugar cookies 🙂
Oh my, these are out of control awesome! I love love love cookie butter. I have a hard time using a jar for baking because I usually want to just eat it straight.
Same! That’s the reason it took so long for these to happen 🙂
I just recently tried cookie butter for the first time and loved it. We ate it straight from the jar! I’m going to have to buy another jar and bake something with it. These bars look perfect!
Thanks!
These blondies look amazing, Medha!
Thanks so much!
Crack in a jar indeed! Have you tried the cookie butter ice cream at Trader Joe’s?? These bars looks so good!
No, I have not! But I definitely need to! 🙂
I’m salivating over these. Perfection
Thanks 🙂
Wow, these bars are amazing…and all that cookie butter! I wouldn’t be able to trust myself with these around — cookie butter and snickerdoodles means double trouble! 🙂
The best kind of trouble!
OMG! I just bought cookie-butter at Trader Joes too.. which I was planning on just spooning into my mouth too, until this! Thanks!
Yay!!
Oh my, these bars look so decadent and dreamy! I am a sucker for cookie butter and have trouble eating it straight out of the jar so I know I would love these! They’re gorgeous!
Thanks!
Biscoff Spread was what I found when I Googled “Cookie Spread” and I was sent to their main page… it said a few things that *aren’t* in the cookies and spread, but I couldn’t find what *is* in it 🙂 Are they vegan? I have to ask, have had some bad run-ins with eggs and butter lately. (My body was the final deciding factor when I began to eat a plant-based diet, I can’t digest anything else.
Fun recipe. it looks like you have some excited people who hopefully did some baking! I haven’t had a snickerdoodle in years and Googled a vegan recipe – ended up here and these do look fun and yum!
Hi Sarah! Thanks for stopping by. This link should give you more information on exactly what cookie butter is and what it contains 🙂 I found it pretty comprehensive. The spread from Trader Joe’s (where I buy it) contains no dairy or eggs! These bars are super fudgy and cinnamon spice-y, I hope you give them a go!