These fudgy pumpkin blondies are a dream! They’re chewy, sweet, packed with chocolate and warm spices. Family approved, perfect for fall baking or any time of year. These addicting pumpkin blondies are paleo, dairy-free, and gluten-free.
Pumpkin is obviously the “it” thing to bake with every fall, or really as soon as the clock/calendar strikes September 1! Even if it’s still 95 degrees where you live.
As for pumpkin desserts, since I already had recipes for pumpkin brownies and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, I knew what I needed to do ASAP to get the pumpkin party started!
Fudgy, ooey gooey pumpkin blondies, packed with chocolate chips and lots of pumpkin spice and cinnamon. Now, you can rest assured you’re going to get exactly what you need this fall! Or, really, as soon as these babies come out of the oven!
I actually made these in early August, in preparation for a kitchen renovation this fall.
Baking with pumpkin in July/August does feel a little wrong in some ways, doesn’t it? But let me tell you – these blondies are right on, no matter what the season is.
I wound up making them on a Thursday and bringing the leftovers to my parents’ house for a BBQ that weekend, along with my triple chocolate vegan brownies.
The crowd (well, really just my near and dearest family members) went wild over these blondies.
In fact, someone (I think it was my sister) dared to say she liked them better than the brownies – which are basically my favorite dessert, ever.
Moral of the story – these pumpkin blondies are GOOD, and, even if you somehow landed on this page in the middle of summer, rest assured that these blondies are approved for any time of year 🙂
One note on the chocolate before we start baking. I often use Enjoy Life dark chocolate chips in my recipes which are free of dairy and soy, but do contain cane sugar (making them technically un-paleo.)
If you’re fine with that, then I highly recommend using them because they’re perfect for baking and melt really well too.
If you’d prefer a paleo chocolate, you can either use chopped paleo dark chocolate, or you can actually make your own chocolate to use in this recipe, or any recipe involving chocolate chips/chunks.
Just go to my truffle recipe and make only the chocolate part. You can chill the chocolate mixture and chop it into chunks to use as the chips! You can also drizzle it over the blondies (in melted form) as pictured.
You’re in for a major treat with these fudgy paleo pumpkin blondies! Grab and apron, preheat your oven and let’s make dessert 🙂
Fudgy Pumpkin Blondies with Chocolate Chips {Paleo, GF, DF}
Fudgy Pumpkin Blondies with Chocolate Chips {Paleo, GF, DF}
These fudgy pumpkin blondies are a dream! They're chewy, sweet, packed with chocolate and warm spices. Family approved, perfect for fall baking or any time of year. These addicting pumpkin blondies are paleo, dairy-free, and gluten-free.
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup smooth almond butter unsweetened
- 2/3 cup organic pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup organic coconut sugar
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups blanched almond flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp fine grain sea salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate morsels Enjoy Life Brand, or preferred paleo dark chocolate*
- More melted chocolate to drizzle on top *
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line an 8 x 8 metal square pan with parchment paper.
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In a large bowl, whisk together the egg, almond butter, pumpkin puree, coconut sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine the almond flour, sea salt, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and baking soda.
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Once the dry mixture is well combined, slowly mix it into the wet ingredients until fully absorbed and a thick sticky batter forms. Lastly, stir in the dark chocolate chips, leaving some to sprinkle on top.
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Transfer to the prepared square pan and use a rubber spatula to evenly spread. The mixture will be sticky but do your best to get every last drop in there!
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Bake in the preheated oven for 22-25 minutes or until set in the center.
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Allow to cool completely in the pan on a cooling rack for at least 2 hours before cutting and serving. Drizzle melted chocolate chips over the top if desired. Enjoy! Store leftovers in the refrigerator, covered, up to 4 days.
Recipe Notes
*You can make your own paleo chocolate, if desired, using the chocolate shell recipe for these truffles.
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These are SO AMAZING. My husband and I decided to try Paleo for a while after our whole30 and this recipe was the perfect thing to keep us going! I wonder – has anyone tried making these in cupcake tin? They did get a little messy when trying to cut up but we were definitely a little impatient with the cooling time 🙂
Hi! So excited to try these! I’m not a fan of coconut sugar, could I do an equal replacement with monk fruit sweetener? Thanks!
I’m not familiar with monk fruit measurements so not sure of the exact amount, but I’m sure you can swap it in.
I have a friend who would absolutely love these but she’s egg free. Any chance you know a substitute for the egg?
I believe a flax egg would work well here!
These tasty more cake-y and less like a chewy blondie/brownie. I followed the recipe exactly, but perhaps there’s too much baking soda?
Mine were super cakey too instead of chewy like a blondie should be. I cooked them 10 minutes longer than recommended too hoping they’d harden up. What do you think went wrong?? I wanted to love it so much but it fell flat for me because it didn’t meet the blondie expectations. My family didn’t mind and finished the entire pan. ☺️ The flavors were great!
Would these work using a flax egg?
I used a flax egg and they were great
Can i use a banana to replace the egg?
These look yummy! I’m on a pumpkin kick lately and going to have to try these out this weekend.
I have no idea what I did but they were super crumbly and needed a lot of liquid to wash them down. Ugh I’m debating whether I should try another batch. They looked amazing in your picture though! ??
I made these over the weekend for a Friendsgiving and they were amazing!!! I did use peanut butter this time since we had people who are not paleo and wanted to make sure it was sweet enough but will definitely do it again with the almond butter because it was plenty sweet! Thanks for the yummy recipe!
Can i omit the coconut sugar? or is it necessary for the blondies?