Fluffernutter Blondies

My husband spent many summers as a child visiting his grandmother in Cape Cod.  While there, his family would snack on fluffernutter sandwiches.  This is a wonderful (not so) healthy sandwich made with Marshmallow Fluff and peanut butter on white bread.  I've gone back with him twice and of course we had to make these sandwiches.

Fluff is something that is typically an East Coast food.  Living in California, we've never been able to find it.  Whenever someone goes to Cape Cod, we always get some Fluff as a gift.  Fluff is very different than marshallow topping.  A new grocery store opened near our house and while we were wandering around the aisles we found that they carried Fluff.  We had to buy it, even though we new we would probably not eat it. 

We got invited to his cousin's 30th birthday party.  It was a pot-luck barbeque and I signed up to bring a dessert.  As I was searching for something to make, I came across a recipe for Peanut Butter Cup Fluffernutter Blondies on Pinterest.  I knew this would be the perfect treat.

Fluffernutter Blondies
From Cookies & Cups

1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chips
3/4 cup Marshmallow Fluff

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray.
3. Cream butter and peanut butter together.
4. Add sugars and beat until light and fluffy.
5. On medium speed add in eggs and vanilla and mix until incorporated.
6. Stir in your baking soda, salt and flour until just combined.
7. Fold in chocolate chips.
8. Spread the batter in your prepared pan.
9. Drop you Fluff randomly on top of the batter and swirl in with a knife.
10. Bake for 30-35 minutes until toothpick placed 1 inch from side comes out clean. Don’t over bake.
11. Remove from oven and let cool on wire rack.
12. Cut into squares when cooled.

The original recipe called for coarse chopped peanut butter cups (10.5 oz bag), but I didn't have any.  I substituted 2 cups of chocolate chips and thought they were yummy.  If I make these again, I will try the peanut butter cups.