Cream Cheese Blondies (Blondies with Frosting)

Cream Cheese Blondies taste like a cross between carrot cake + blondies. They’re SO delicious and always a hit at parties!

I’ve been making a blondie recipe for years now. The bars are chewy and buttery with perfectly crisp edges and those extra gooey pieces in the middle of the pan.

My favorite way to eat them has always been warm out of the oven with a scoop of ice cream on top. Until now…

I scandalously topped this batch with frosting…

It’s commonplace to see brownies with frosting. But never blondies… Why? Let’s change that!

Blondies with frosting

But, this isn’t just any frosting… This is cream cheese frosting with a bit of cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla thrown in.

If there were a cross between a blondie and carrot cake – this would be it. Perfect deliciousness… Chewy blondies with those decadent carrot cake spices and whipped cream cheese frosting.

These Blondies with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting taste like a cross between carrot cake and blondies – They’re simply delicious! | platingsandpairings.com

So, pretty much we’re taking all the “nutrition” out of carrot cake. I’m just borrowing the best part. The frosting!

I solemnly vow to eat a handful of baby carrots as my penance snack for the day after indulging in these yummy treats. I will hereby eat 10 baby carrots for each of these blondies with cinnamon cream cheese frosting that I inhale.

Now that spring is just around the corner, I can totally see this as being a perfect sweet treat for Easter or Mother’s Day but I’d pretty much eat them every day… Along with those 10 baby carrots…

Ingredients for the blondies

  • All Purpose Flour
  • Baking Powder
  • Brown Sugar
  • Butter
  • Eggs
  • Vanilla Extract
  • Salt

Blondie frosting ingredients

  • Cream Cheese – You can use full fat or reduced fat cream cheese.
  • Butter
  • Confectioners’ Sugar
  • Vanilla Extract
  • Cinnamon
  • Nutmeg
  • Salt
These Blondies with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting taste like a cross between carrot cake and blondies – They’re simply delicious! | platingsandpairings.com

How to make them

  • Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl.
  • In a second medium bowl, whisk the softened butter and brown sugar together until combined. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Using a rubber spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture until just combined.
  • Add the batter to a greased 9×13″ pan and bake for 25 minutes.
  • Place the pan on a rack and let cool completely (about an hour).
  • Meanwhile, make the frosting by beating softened butter and cream cheese until well blended.
  • Add powdered sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Beat until creamy.
  • Frost blondies and cut into 1 ½ by 2-inch bars.
  • Enjoy!

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Cream Cheese Blondies Recipe

These Cream Cheese Blondies (frosted blondies) taste like a cross between carrot cake and blondies. They’re SO delicious!
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 7 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 17 minutes
Servings: 32 bars

Ingredients

Blondies:

Frosting:

  • 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter (at room temperature)
  • 6 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • Pinch of salt

Instructions

Blondies:

  • Adjust oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Spray a 13- by 9-inch baking pan with cooking spray or grease with butter.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together. Set aside.
  • In a second medium bowl, whisk the softened butter and brown sugar together until combined. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Using a rubber spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture until just combined.
  • Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with a rubber spatula.
  • Bake until the top is shiny and cracked and feels firm to the touch, for 22 to 25 minutes.
  • Place the pan on a rack and let cool completely (about an hour).

Frosting:

  • Beat softened butter and cream cheese until well blended.
  • Add powdered sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Beat until creamy.
  • Frost blondies and cut into 1 ½ by 2-inch bars. Serve.
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Nutrition

Calories: 155kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 61mg | Potassium: 45mg | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 260IU | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 0.4mg

31 thoughts on “Cream Cheese Blondies (Blondies with Frosting)”

  1. On a cold rainy day, drinking a cup of tea and eating a pumpkin bagel with this cinnamon cream cheese spread was a delicious start to my day! Thanks for making this.

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  2. You had me at cream cheese frosting! 🙂 I made these for a dinner party. They were easy to make and everyone loved them! I will definitely make them again. Thanks Erin!

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  3. Cookies look good. But the cinnamon cream cheese frosting is what blew my socks off.

    We will try these sometime this week. Thank you for sharing!

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  4. Hey Erin! I’m stopping by different blogs of fellow bloggers attending EFC in a couple weeks! I can’t believe it’s almost here!

    These blondies look amazing! You had me at cream cheese frosting. I def had to schedule this one to a few of my boards.

    Hope to meet you at the conference!

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  5. These look really good. Before I make them, I just want to make sure that it is 12 Tablespoons of unsalted butter for the blondies. Want to make sure I am reading it right. Thanks.

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  6. 5 stars
    I made these today and they are delicious! The cream cheese frosting really adds a winter/fall flavor. Thanks so much Erin!

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  7. Do you recommend making the frosting and refrigerating while the brownies bake/cool or should I make the frosting right before I frost them?

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  8. 5 stars
    My friend Sydney made this beauties 😋 for a knitting meetup. Trust me everybody was fighting for the last piece. I managed to sneak one out 🤣🤣. Thank you for sharing this recipe

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  9. I am wanting to make and decorate these for a 50th wedding anniversary. Can the recipe be easily doubled? Or will that throw the ratio off?

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