Caramel Apple White Chocolate Blondie Bars

Decadent caramel apple white chocolate blondie bars that are so reminiscent of a traditional caramel apple you will be head over heels in love with these.

Caramel Apple White Chocolate Blondie Bars

This year, instead of a themed Halloween dessert, I wanted to make a spinoff of my favorite type of caramel apple. 

So I made caramel apple white chocolate blondie bars.

I originally was going to post my recipe for my favorite caramel apples (which is a caramel apple, drizzle with white chocolate and graham crackers) but I realize that most people don't want to be stuck with 13 caramel apples, so some sort of treat made more sense to share with you all.

Queue the caramel apple blondie bars.  

Here's the layers of the blondies, in order: 

• white chocolate blondie cookie bar  
• sliced granny smith apples  
• salted caramel  
• white chocolate blondie cookie bar 

Just one bite of these caramel apple white chocolate blondie bars and you will be hooked.  They are decadent, but not toothache sweet.  The granny smith apples do a nice job of cutting down on the sweetness of the blondie bars. 

And listen before you give me grief these aren't a traditional blondie bar, but who cares about rules?  They are a mix of a cookie and a blondie bar.

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What's a blondie bar?

So, a blondie bar is basically a brownie without the cocoa.  The way it get's its flavor is from using brown sugar and vanilla extract.  So these are a sort of cross between a cookie bar and a blondie bar. 

They have more brown sugar and more vanilla than a typical cookie would have.  Once all that caramel seeps in to the crevices, who really cares at that point.

Since we're on the subject of caramel, sometimes when you put caramel in with a cookie or a brownie it can be hard to tell when a baked good is actually done. 

The old, toothpick in the center, doesn't really apply because IT WILL be gooey and sticky because of the caramel.  

So here's what I do.  Thermometer.  

I have one that I use all the time because it has a cord attached to it so it stays in the oven and then its connected to a screen with a magnet on the back so I just keep it attached to the oven door on the outside. 

I use it for grilling too.  Nothing ever gets undercooked with this baby.  

So if you don't have one...get one!  You'll use it a lot (hello thanksgiving turkey).  So you'll want to start cooking them and then halfway through you can put your thermometer in. 

But here's my tip, if it touches the bottom of your pan then you'll get an inaccurate reading, so make sure its sitting somewhere on the top, try to prop it up.  190 degrees is what you need to cook a cookie to be done.  This is about 350 degrees 35-40 minutes. 

To help them not get too dark (unless you like that - like we do) you can set a piece of foil on top when you put your thermometer on.

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