National Blonde Brownie Day Date in the current year: January 22, 2024

What is a blonde brownie, you may ask. It is made similarly to the traditional chocolate brownie, but substitutes light brown sugar or and vanilla for the cocoa used in traditional brownies. Interestingly, blondies were actually invented at least a decade before chocolate brownies, although they weren’t referred to as blondies back then.

Generally speaking, blonde brownies aren’t that different from traditional brownies. They are baked in a pan in an oven, just like regular brownies, and cut into rectangular shapes before serving. However, blondies shouldn’t be confused with white chocolate brownies. White chocolate brownies are made with white chocolate as the base, whereas blondies contain no chocolate at all (the only exception is chocolate chips, which are sometimes added).

In addition to flour, butter, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, and baking powder, blondies may contain other ingredients that enrich their taste and texture, such as dark or white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, various nuts, coconut, toffee, etc. Arguably the most unusual and interesting type of blondie is a strawberry blondie. It is made with peanut butter and a swirl of strawberry; a strawberry blondie is basically a peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwich in the form of a brownie.