EASY SKINNY BLONDIES.

Interpret the title as you will.. but this blog post is actually about a lil somethin' I baked yesterday for TREAT DAY!

Due to my boyfriend being a massive health freak, we eat good all week then have one day, usually at the weekend, where we have a naughty meal and this HAS to include a dessert. I have such a sweet tooth so no treat day can ever go by without something delicious to finish with.

Mexican night with my little amigo (AKA cheese/carbocide)

This week we had nachos and enchiladas, both absolutely erupting with molten cheese and god knows how many calories so I decided to make something naughty but nice for dessert. Whenever I try and cook (I'm still learning!) I usually just type 'easy' followed by the ingredient I fancy eating followed by the word 'recipes' and just have a browse of whatever search results come up. I fancied brownies and after having a prowl through various sites I came across these 'Flourless Chickpea Blondies' on Ambitious Kitchen. The recipe only requires around 5 ingredients, and with a prep time of only 5 minutes it was right up my street!

Ingredients:

1 can of chickpeas (drained and rinsed)

1/2 cup peanut butter (Ryan buys this by the truckload so I had no problem getting hold of this!)

1/3 cup honey (or agave nectar for the #fitfam)

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Then the recipe states chocolate chips, but I decided to swap this for milky bar buttons.

You could also add dried fruit, nuts, more chocolate, whatever your little heart desires!

Voila!

The method is simple- Blend all the ingredients (minus the chocolate) until it forms a thick, smooth batter. Then add half the chocolate, pour into a greased baking tray, then sprinkle the remaining chocolate over the top.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes and voila!

We served ours with creamy, thick natural yoghurt which had a delicious caramel layer.

All in all they were a hit and I will definitely be baking them again! I think I enjoyed them ten times more because a) I know exactly what ingredients went into them b) I know they're a minute fraction of the calories/fat that would be in a similar shop bought dessert!

Will you be giving my blondies a go?