Gluten-Free Vegan Sweet Potato Blondies

These Gluten-Free Vegan Sweet Potato Blondies taste like fall in a bar cookie! With warm spices and dark chocolate chunks, these decadent blondies will satisfy your fall dessert cravings.

Blondies are one of my favorite treats – basically a chewy cookie, but EASIER because you just spread all the dough into a pan and bake. Even better, you can totally customize the flavors based on mood, season, and what you’re craving. (see: raspberry blondies. cinnamon apple blondies. gingerbread blondies.)

For Fall, I wanted to make some blondies that reflect the season. But remember these Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Blondies?? I’ve already done pumpkin – we need something new. So I turned to my other friend: the sweet potato.

You may not think of adding sweet potatoes to a dessert, but it WORKS. The flavor is similar to pumpkin but even sweeter and more flavorful. Sweet potatoes also have loads of nutritional benefits, like:

• A significant source of vitamins C & A
• Helps regulate blood sugar
• Packed with nutrients
• Anti-inflammatory
• Full of antioxidants

The sweet potato flavor works well with all the spices you traditionally pair with pumpkin – cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger…so you end up with a similar flavor profile to your favorite pumpkin spice dessert. 

Making these Sweet Potato Blondies is super simple!

All you need is a bowl and a whisk. First, you’ll combine creamy almond butter (or another nut butter of your choice), coconut oil, and coconut sugar. Since the sweet potato will add extra sweetness, we only need 1/2 cup of coconut sugar!

Next, you’ll add the sweet potato and vanilla extract. For the sweet potato puree, you can either make it yourself or buy it canned. I tried both and they both work great! To make it yourself, you’ll want to steam the sweet potato and blend with a few tablespoons of water until smooth.

Next for the dry ingredients: we’ll add blanched almond flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Pumpkin pie spice is nothing more exotic than a combination of warm spices, usually consisting of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice. 

Last but certainly not least, you’ll fold in the dark chocolate! I love using chopped chocolate chunks because they melt the best, but if you’re after convenience, I recommend using Hu Kitchen Chocolate Gems instead.

Once these Sweet Potato Blondies are baked, do your best not to dive right in! You’ll get the cleanest cuts if you let them cool for a few hours, or even better yet, chill them in the refrigerator for a bit. But if you can’t help yourself…these taste great warm with vanilla ice cream 😉. Full of warm spices and melty chocolate, these blondies will make you swoon! Enjoy!

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