
Nutella-Swirled Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter Blondies
Flourless, gluten free peanut butter blondies swirled with Nutella and topped with chocolate chunks. These can be made with or without bananas, and are totally heavenly and addicting either way.
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Well that title is certainly a mouthful. But guess what? I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I made you another delicious flourless treat without any weird ingredients. This time it includes two of my absolute favorite things: peanut butter AND nutella. OH BABY. And if you want to get really crazy, you can add bananas into that mix! But we’ll get to the various adaptations behind these bars in a bit. First I’d like to share some VERY exciting news with all of you!
I’ve taken a new job!
I will be joining General Mills as a full-time employee managing social for Gold Medal Flour and Bisquick. I’m completely thrilled as I have been working on and off with General Mills for the past two years in social media, thus it was only natural for me to move into a full-time role.
So what does this mean for Ambitious Kitchen?
You probably won’t notice a difference at all, other than my posts may be a little sporadic as I transition into my new role. Naturally you might hear me mention cereal and yogurt a bit more often (because I will be surrounded by it at work), but other than that I will continue to stay true to what I love: creating unique, (mostly) healthy recipes and sharing my passion for healthy living with all of you.
Again, thank you so much for your continued support of Ambitious Kitchen.
Note: Everyone has different opinions on the food brands they support; please know that Ambitious Kitchen is my personal food blog, and will continue to remain that way.
NOW can we chat about these magnificent bars?
I wanted to create another peanut butter blondie based on my peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies that you guys went bonkers over. So I experimented over and over until I finally came up with a recipe that I adore. Alright I lied, I actually came up with TWO recipes to share.
I made two types of blondies: one with banana and without the bananas. Both have peanut butter and nutella, and are equally delicious depending on your preference. If you love banana bread, then go for the recipe using bananas! If you love fudgy blondie bars, go for the regular one.
The great part about these bars is that they are so versatile. I used honey to sweeten them, but you could opt for maple syrup, agave or even brown sugar. Of course, if you aren’t that into nutella, leave it off (or use a substitute). Although, let’s just be serious — I think everyone loves nutella. I love to top these blondies off with chunks of my favorite chocolate bar, but you can add whatever you’d like.
Now one last thing that I love about these: they’re flourless, gluten free, and contain no butter. Plus they’re easy and done in less than 30 minutes! I LOVE keeping these in the freezer. It reminds me of eating a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.
Oh now that statement convinced you, didn’t it?
More flourless dessert recipes you’ll love:
Flourless Chocolate Chip Chickpea Blondies {vegan, gluten-free & healthy}
Flourless Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Healthier Flourless Monster Cookies
Flourless Paleo Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies
5-Ingredient Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Skillet + video!
Nutella-Swirled Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter Blondies {no butter, flourless, gluten-free}

Flourless, gluten free peanut butter blondies swirled with Nutella and topped with chocolate chunks. These can be made with or without bananas, and are totally heavenly and addicting either way.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all natural unsalted creamy or crunchy peanut butter (you can also use old-fashioned PB)
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 1/2 cup honey, agave, or pure maple syrup (only use 1/3 cup if you are making banana version)
- OPTIONAL: 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, plus extra for sprinkling on top
- 1/4 cup nutella (or nutella substitute of choice)
- 3 oz your favorite dark chocolate bar, coarsely chopped
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 9x13 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray.
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In bowl of an electric mixer, combine peanut butter, eggs, honey, baking soda, banana if using, vanilla, and sea salt; beat on medium speed until batter is well combined and smooth.
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Gently fold in half of your chopped dark chocolate, reserving the other half for topping.
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Spoon batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Place nutella, one teaspoon at a time randomly all over the top of the batter. Gently swirl back and forth with a knife, smoothing any holes you make. Sprinkle remaining chopped chocolate on top.
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Bake for 17-20 minutes or until edges of bars begin to turn a slight golden brown. The bars may look a bit underdone, but that's okay, you want them to stay chewy and they'll continue to bake a bit once you remove them from the oven. Place pan on wire rack to cool completely. Once cool, sprinkle with a bit of sea salt if desired and cut bars into 30 squares.
Recipe Notes
Bars can be frozen; I love eating mine cold.
Calorie Count does not include bananas.
Eliminating the nutella and dark chocolate will save you 35 calories along with 2g of fat per bar.
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64 comments
Talk about fudgy-gooey factor to the max! Love these, Monique
and I hit send too soon –
Meant to also say that anything with Pb AND!! Nutella is destined for greatness 🙂
Congrats on the new job! Super exciting! 🙂 Can’t wait to try these….
yum yum!
sorry, for some reason i cannot see the calories displayed?
Really? Look in the recipe and let me know. It’s showing up for me!
Oh my, they look really delicious! Can’t wait to try either! I suppose dark chocolate chips could work as well? Thanks for sharing!
Wow, These look amazing. I’m definitely making them. I made a peanut butter nutella cookie on and posted it on my blog and people loved them…..But this recipe looks amazing.
Thanks for sharing.
And congrats on the job! Ciao
Oh my god, these look amazing! I can't even keep nutella in my house, it's so good!
Congrats on your new job!! That’s so awesome! and holy WOW that looks amazing!!
P.S. The calories are showing up for me 🙂
Oh my God !! Congrats on your new job 🙂
Gosh those look so delish!
Congrats on the new gig! That’s so exciting. 🙂
Now, about these blondies… YES. PLEASE.
Congratulations on your new job! My kids love nutella and would devour these! Thanks for sharing!
oh…..maaaan. TOO GOOD.
and congrats on your new job! That’s amazing!
Whoa. This is a huge mouthful of delicious ingredients all swirled into one! Congrats on the new gig! I work with Gold Medal Flour, so I’m sure we’ll cross paths!
OH MY GOSH!!! these look so awesome 🙂
Congrats on the new job! And yay for no weird ingredients – these look amazing!
These look incredible, AND they involve all of my favorite things. Need to try them.
Congrats on the new gig! I used to do agency work for GM at my previous job – what a great company to work for!
These look great! Congrats on the job!
Congrats on the new gig!! Sounds like a dream job!!
I want to sink my teeth into these deliciousness. What’s not to like with nutella, choc chunk, peanut butter blondies with no butter, flourless and gluten free!!
Guilt free indulgence 😉
OMG…this looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it out! Congrats on the new job!
Congrats on the new job! And you are my hero…if only I had a full jar of peanut butter to make these tonight….guess I’ll be making a run to the grocery store tomorrow!
Congrats on the new job I know you will be amazing! These bars look fantastic!
Congrats on the new job! These bars look amazing- combing Nutella and peanut butter in a brown caused a small implosion of wonderfulness in my mind- they look amazing!
Congrats on the new job.. sounds exciting and so do these bars.. Nutella and PB..oh yea!
Wow, what an incredible looking batch of bars! These look sooo delicious and decadent!
Congrats on the job AND on the delicious bars. 😉 Sounds like a great fit Monique!
Uauu this is amazing ! I love it! Thanks for recipe 🙂
Congrats on the job! I am so jealous!
And dude, these blondies – AMAZING. You know I can’t resist anything involving Nutella.
These are by far, one of the best desserts ever!!! I consumed 1/4 of the pan before my husband got home from work…oops 😉 soooo good! Thank you for this amazing and easy recipe!!!
Congratulations on the new job! I just discovered your blog earlier today and made the nutella stuffed choc chip cookies. They are life changing! 🙂
Congrats on your new job. Question: is there a way to make this VEGAN by making a substitution for the eggs with, let’s say, Silken Tofu? Thoughts?
i made these last night and for some reason they came out really dry…unless that’s supposed to be the consistency? the flavor is delish though!
Hmm sounds like you may have baked them for too long!
yes I will be making these!
OMG…these blondies!!!!
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Congratulations on the new job! how fun!
And these blondies! Oh my! Peanut butter and Nutella in one fudgy bar – stay still my heart!
Can you replace the peanut butter with almond butter?
These look perfect! Congrats on the new job, that’s awesome!
nutella! great way to use it too, in a chocolately fudgy bar, delish!
Made them, LOVED them! My hubby exclaimed that they were the best thing I ever baked (and I bake a LOT!).
Best of all, they are (practically) guilt-free!
I love that these are naturally sweetened AND flourless! Can’t wait to try them!
These look Amazing!
Jennifer Broughten Matlock Gluten free 🙂
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This looks good but I'm allergic to hazel nuts an Nutella supposedly has hazel nuts smh… Idk what to substitute for that
So making these on thursday!
chocolate flavored almond butter =)
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DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO HALF THE RECIPE? im new at this 🙂
Divide all ingredients in half and you should be fine. 🙂
Made and love!!
Used brown sugar to sweeten, really I don’t even think you need sweetener because of the Nutella and chocolate ;).
Great recipe to keep in the fridge for a snack!
Can’t have eggs… any recommendations on if I can sub something into this for that?
Hmmm how about a flax egg?
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Hi! We made a video of us making this recipie 🙂 It’s great, thanks!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UzJqL0Hwino
Hi- Do you think it would taste good to substitute the banana with pumpkin, to give these a fall flavor? I’ve made them as is before and they are amazing, so wondering if I can translate this for thanksgiving!
Oh my these sound incredible. Thank you for sharing this delicious sounding recipe.
Simon