Good God Gertie! Can I get a holla for these Salted Caramel Chip Apple Blondies? These easy-to-make blondies are gooey, chewy and loaded with apples and salted caramel chips and are definitely holla-worthy.
So...Who's ready for apple season? Is that even a legit question to be asking? Who isn't ready? -- is probably a better question...? Said, no one ever...hehe!
I'm in apple season all year round pretty much, so I cannot deny the fact that there's an actual apple season, but Fall is the preferred time of year apples are ready for the pickin'. That's when they taste the best for flavor and they have a ton of health benefits, so that's a win-win.
I used Hershey's Kitchen Sea Salt Caramel Chips. I bought the 4 pack
from Amazon, because Sea Salted Caramel Chips can be good in so many things, right? 
I've used them in these Salted Caramel Pretzel & Peanut Dark Chocolate Brownies (For the Win!) so far and I concur...they are good!
However, butterscotch or white chocolate chips would also be wonderful in these, especially with a touch of sea salt randomly sprinkled on top. Sweet and salty vibes rock!
And while we're talking about how good apples are in desserts...
Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake – Sugar Free Option too!
Ultimate Soft Caramel Apple Drop Cookies
Easy Gooey Caramel Apple Monkey Pull Apart Bread
Fall is around the corner and salted caramel and apples in blondies are ready for the taking and easy mixing and baking too! The hardest part is cutting up the apple...and waiting to devour!
Everyone will be par-taking in these delectable Salted Caramel Chip Apple Blondies!
Salted Caramel Apple Blondies
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted & cooled to room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla or maple syrup
- 1 egg
- 1 cup flour
- dash salt
- 1 tart apple peeled cored and chopped small (I use Granny Smith)
- ½ cup to 1 cup Sea Salted Caramel Chips
- optional: more Sea Salt on top of blondies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper and spray with non-stick spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the room temperature melted butter and brown sugar together until mixed well. Add egg and vanilla and mix to combine. Add flour and mix until just incorporated. Fold in chopped apples and salted caramel chips.
- Spread mixture into prepared baking pan so everything is even and level. Bake for 30-35 minutes. The center will not look wet anymore and edges will be slightly brown. Allow bars to cool before cutting. Lift out of pan by parchment paper ends and place on a cutting board and slice. For a special treat, serve with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream with some caramel sauce and devour!
- Double recipe and bake in 9x13 pan
- Store blondies sealed in a container or ziplock at room temperature for up to 3 days, or store in fridge for up to 3-5 days.
Notes
Nutrition
I would do the latter Alicia. Hope you enjoy! Happy Holidays!
I could not find the salted caramel chips but I did find regular caramel pieces and I have sea salt ..how would I cook the two together to get the same taste? Or should I just bake with the regular caramel and then just add the sea salt on top?
Store blondies covered in an airtight container up to 3 days at room temperature or up to a week in the fridge. You can also freeze up to 3 months. Thank you for trying these blondies and so happy to hear they turned out great Mia! Happy Holidays! xo
These turned out great! 👍🏻👍🏻😋
However, can they be frozen? If so, for how long?
That would be fine Barb! Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
If my chips are not salted, just caramel, , can I add Sea salt?
Not sure what butter you used. Spreads with less fat contain more water, which will make bar cookies more cake-like and drier. Too little fat will result in dry or cake-like bar cookies. Other than that, something doesn't sound like it was measured correctly. Hope this helps Latisha?
Ok some mines came out cake like any tips?
WOW! These came out so delicious and rich, with all the perfect textural qualities of a brownie. The recipe is spot on for amounts and times. I did use fuji apples instead of granny smith, as that's what I had and needed to use up. The fuji apples still kept a good texture and flavor in the finished product.
I so agree with you Mary! Thank you and hope you try it!! xo
I absolutely love baking with apples in the fall, and seeing this totally get me in the mood. Apples always seem to bring warm spices with them. 🙂
I'd love to know Valentina. I'm thinking it would though! Thank you so much dear! xo
Well, NOW I'm ready for apple season! Seriously, these look and sound so scrumptious! I was a dozen. Wondering how they'd turn out with my 1 to 1 GF flour. I'll let you know if I try it that way for my GF son. 🙂
YaY for Hollas! Thank you so much Katherine!!
You can DEFINITELY get a HOLLA for these blondies! They sound ahhhhmazing Kim. So gooey and sweet and delicious!!!
Yum!! These blondies look amazing! Apples and caramel are so yummy together. PINNING!!
Oh boy ! I'd love to bake these now but our weatherman promised to have normal temperatures within a week, so yes, will do then . Thank you dear !
Oh Kim, these look just marvelous!! And I bet they smell amazing baking in the oven, what a wonderful combination with the salted caramel chips!! You always make the most delicious treats!! 😀