Soft, crunchy and fudgy Sweet Potato Turtle Blondies complete with the chocolate chip, pecan and caramel flavor! Made with almond flour and an almond butter caramel, these sweet potato blondie bars are Paleo friendly too.

Probably the quickest turnaround time I’ve had for a recipe. Ever.

I did the shoot 2 evenings ago (along with 4 other since then), filtered through the images, edited them, wrote the post, uploaded it to WordPress, and got it ready for today.

I couldn’t hold it. These chocolate pecan caramel blondies were just amaze!

Ingredients for Sweet Potato Turtle Blondies:

These fudgy sweet potato blondies are made with healthier but simple ingredients like almond butter and maple syrup for the caramel and sugar free sweeteners to make the perfect fall or thanksgiving dessert.

Mashed Sweet Potato: The core of these this sweet potato blondie bars recipe! Check the recipe notes on how to bake them.
Creamy Almond Butter to give the blondie that classic caramel flavor while keeping them healthy and slightly lower in fat.
Peanut Butter (non Paleo), Cashew Butter, Tahini or any nut or seed butter would work too.
Sugar free Maple Syrup to make a sugar free caramel blondie. I’d recommend a monk fruit sweetened one from Lakanto.
An Egg and to make this a bit like sweet potato blondie cake
Vanilla Extract
Almond Flour – Use super fine almond flour – or meal – here to make it Paleo-friendly and Gluten-free as well.
If you don’t have any, regular all-purpose would be fine.
1:1 Brown Sugar Substitute for healthy brown sugar blondies, with no added sugar. I used Swerve. Coconut sugar would be an alternative.
Cinnamon
Baking Soda
Stevia-Sweetened Chocolate Chips and chopped Pecans essential for turtle bars
I used stevia sweetened dark chocolate chips from Lily’s.

How to make Fudgy Sweet Potato Blondies?

This recipe for chocolate chip sweet potato blondie bars is super easy to make and can even be prepped in a blender!

Mash the sweet potato with a fork
Use a hand mixer or blender to puree the sweet potato, almond butter, maple syrup, egg
Transfer the mix to a large bowl.
Add in the almond flour, brown sugar substitute, cinnamon and baking powder and mix
Fold in about ¾ of the chocolate chips and pecans
Pour the mix into an 8×8” parchment-lined pan
Top with the remaining chocolate chips and pecans
Bake at 350°F for about 23 to 25 minutes.

Use a tester to check if it’s done – it should come out dry.

Don’t forget to let them cool before you indulge. They are quite soft, so cutting in too early will just be a mess.

This recipe for chocolate chip sweet potato blondie bars is super easy to make and can even be prepped in a blender!

Can you store these Blondie Cookie Bars?

This Chocolate caramel blondie recipe keeps well for a meal prep snack, and is freezer friendly too!

Room Temperature: In an airtight container for 2-3 days.

Fridge: About a week in an airtight container.

Freezer: For 2-3 months individually wrapped in plastic wrap and placed in zipper bags.

What makes Chocolate Chip Pecan Blondies Healthy?

These turtle cookie bars blondies are made with no butter and no oil and also dairy free because there’s no milk either.

The blondies are made with almond butter for the fat source!

Switch the egg for a flax egg and turn this Vegan.

Use a sugar-free brown sugar substitute and stevia-sweetened chocolate chips, and these will be naturally-sweetened, no added sugar, brown sugar blondies.

The best part though? They’re blender blondies made using almond flour, making them Paleo-friendly and gluten-free!

Clearly healthy!

How to serve this Chocolate Chip Pecan Blondie?

So many possibilities here, but here’s my favorites:

Paired with some cool vanilla ice cream. Be healthy and make your own ice cream with Protein Powder or Frozen Bananas.

A thick protein shake – this Iced Vanilla Latte flavor – was my #2 choice.

There’s also a yogurt bowl option!

Or just have them warm straight out of the pan!

Want more healthy sweet potato recipes?

Here’s some more Fall dessert recipes with pumpkin!