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15 Decadent Brownie & Blondie Recipes

From a staff-favourite salted tahini skillet blondie to decadent cheesecake-topped squares, here are a few new ways to enjoy two old favourites.
15 Decadent Brownie & Blondie Recipes

Triple chocolate brownies. (Photo: Roberto Caruso)

These fudgy chocolate squares are a classic in every baker's kitchen—but there's more than one way to make them (especially if you want to try something a little different). We've got triple-chocolate, cheesecake brownies, brownie crackle cookies and more in this heavenly collection. Now it's just up to you to decide which of these homemade brownie recipes to bake first!

Triple-Chocolate Brownies

Triple-chocolate brownies, made with melted butter. Why? Melted butter has already released much of its water content, making the finished treats soft and dense, as well as flavourful. Get this triple-chocolate brownies recipe.

Double-Chocolate Brownie Cookies

An easy, hall-of-fame-worthy dessert to add to your go-to recipe collection. Kitchen tip: These crackle cookies are best sprinkled with flakes of sea salt after baking. Get this double-chocolate brownie cookies recipe.

15 Decadent Brownie & Blondie Recipes

Roasted White Chocolate and Brown Butter Blondies

The addition of roasted white chocolate—which has a gorgeous caramelized flavour—and nutty brown butter add new flavour dimensions to the humble blondie. Get our roasted white chocolate and brown butter blondies recipe. 

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Roasted white chocolate blondies on wooden cutting boardPhotography, Erik Putz. Food Styling, Dara Sutin. Prop Styling, Krystin Leigh Smith.

Chocolate-Beet Brownies

Wait until everyone’s had a taste before telling them the secret. These brownies use grated beets (you can’t even tell they’re there!), adding a great boost of folate to the meal. Get this chocolate-beet brownies recipe.

A stack of four chocolate-beet brownies, separated by parchment paper, on a piece of parchment paper(Photo, Roberto Caruso. Food Styling, Michael Elliott. Prop Styling, Suzanne Campos.)

Salted Chocolate Tahini Skillet Blondies

"I’m a fan of both dense, fudgy brownies and chewy chocolate chip cookies, and a blondie is what you’d get if the two united. This variation is spiked with tahini, adding an underlying nutty richness from the sesame paste, and embellished with chopped chocolate and finished with flaky sea salt—and the combination is both sweet and salty," cookbook author Jan Scott says. Get her salted chocolate tahini skillet blondies recipe.

Salted Chocolate Tahini BlondiesPhoto, Jan Scott.

Pumpkin Brown Butter Blondies

"It would be great if canned pumpkin were sold in just the right amount to make a pie. But since it isn’t, these blondies are a delicious way to use up the rest. The ribbon of pumpkin butter makes them addictively good." Get Eshun Mott's pumpkin brown butter blondies recipe.

A person with a glass in hand, and a partially eaten Pumpkin Brown Butter Blondie in the other. A plate of blondies is set on a tray beside them.Recipes and Food Styling by Eshun Mott. Produced by Sun Ngo. Photography by Carmen Cheung. Prop Styling by Madeleine Johari.

Light And Decadent Brownies

These have two-thirds the calories, half the fat and three times the amount fibre of ordinary brownies. You can even dress up these brownies with Greek yogurt and fresh fruit. (We used raspberries and kiwi berries). Get this light and decadent brownies recipe.

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A light decadent brownie topped with raspberries, kiwi and whipped cream on a blue-rimmed white plate with a white fork(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Gluten-Free Brownies

Dark and fudgy brownies are always a hit, and now the gluten-sensitive can enjoy them, too. Get this gluten-free brownies recipe.

15 Decadent Brownie & Blondie Recipes

Gingerbread Brownies

Drizzled with a molasses glaze, each gingery bite of these brownies (they’re also gluten-free!) is one to savour. Get this gingerbread brownies recipe.

Gluten-free gingerbread brownie slice on plate with tray of brownies in foregroundPhoto, Michael Alberstat

Cheesecake Brownies

You get the best of both worlds! Creamy, rich cheesecake and thick, fudgy brownie swirled together in one decadent mouthful. (You might want to bake a double batch because they won’t last long.) Get this cheesecake brownies recipe.

15 Decadent Brownie & Blondie RecipesPhoto, Andreas Trauttmansdorff.

Blondies Cookies

Blondies, the lighter cousin of the chocolate brownie, won our vote for easiest-to-make holiday square. Then we came up with four delicious variations, including chocolate-toffee blondie cookies and cranberry-white chocolate. Get our blondies cookies recipes.

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15 Decadent Brownie & Blondie Recipes

Hazelnut Brownies

These brownies get the perfect nutty crunch from lightly toasted hazelnuts. Get this hazelnut brownies recipe.

A blue-rimmed white plate of two hazelnut brownies with a blue and white fork resting on it next to a plate of more brownies and a bowl of hazelnuts and two small red and blue pennants(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

S’mores-Topped Brownies

Just because summer’s over doesn’t mean you can’t take a taste of it with you. Make brownies and top ’em with summer’s favourite campfire treat. Get this s’mores-topped brownies recipe.

A brownie topped with s'mores brownie topping—marshmallow spread topped with chocolate syrup and graham cracker bits(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Box-of-Chocolates Brownies

These candy-filled brownies offer a surprise in every bite. They're also the perfect way to use up leftover chocolates (if such a thing exists). Get our box-of-chocolates brownies recipe.

Chocolate brownie on white plate with boxed chocolates loose on tabletop

Brownie Muffins

While these look like muffins, they’re really more like moist brownie cakes with nuggets of white chocolate tucked away inside. Get this brownie muffins recipe.

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