Tahiti Blondies are based on a recipe featured on Throwdown! with Bobby Flay. I didn't catch this episode, but a reader who did shared a similar recipe. I have made these once or twice, but don't have a lot of notes on them. I'll make a batch and update this post soon, but for now here's the recipe.
This recipe is designed for a 9x13 inch pan. You can also halve it and bake the bars in an 8 inch square pan.
Tahiti Blondies
1 ¾ cups flour
1 ½ cups light brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
¾ cup unsalted butter, room temperature -- mine was more like 80 degree room temp as it just came out of a warm car
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup macadamia nuts, lightly toasted and coarsely chopped
1 ½ cups sweetened shredded coconut
1 cup white chips (any brand)
⅔ cup crushed pineapple (8 oz can of unsweetened, drained, and pressed dry)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 x 13 pan with parchment or non-stick foil.
Mix flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside. In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add the vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture, then the coconut, nuts, pineapple, and chips. Do not over mix or the blondies will be more like chocolate chip bars.
Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick test gives a moist crumb. Do not over bake. Let cool, lift from pan, cut into bars.
Recipe
Tahiti Blondies
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups flour (220 grams)
- 1 ½ cups light brown sugar (310 grams)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup macadamia nuts lightly toasted and coarsely chopped
- 1 ½ cups sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup white chips any brand
- ⅔ cup crushed pineapple 8 oz can of unsweetened, drained, and pressed dry
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 x 13 pan with parchment or non-stick foil.
- Mix flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside. In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add the vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture, then the coconut, nuts, pineapple, and chips. Do not over mix or the blondies will be more like chocolate chip bars.
- Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick test gives a moist crumb. Do not over bake. Let cool, lift from pan, cut into bars.
tracy says
Thanks to Ryan is Baking (blog) for bringing me here! She was talking about your yellow cake recipe and I started searching! can't wait to try this!!!
Tracy
Anna says
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Anna says
Hi Kristin,
Thanks so much for the feedback! I will forward your comment to Louise and make sure she sees it.
Kristin says
Hi,
I have been reading your blogs and recipes for about 2 years now. I love to bake (and cook) as well and love checking your site out for inspirations, ideas, and tips, etc.
I made these Tahitian Blondies over the weekend using your embellishment ideas and a couple of the ingredients listed in Sugar Daddy's. In addition to using the coconut, white chocolate and canned pineapple, I also added in, probably a good cup, of coursely chopped dried pineapple and about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of coconut rum. Sorry, I didn't measure, just eyeballed. I also used semi-sweet chocolate chunks and toasted cashews instead of macadamias as I already had the cashews and just prefer them anyways.
I made them on Friday night, let them cool completely, covered them and put in the fridge overnight. I couldn't wait to try them the next day. Well, let me tell you, they came out fabulous! I ate 3 in one sitting! They were so dense and so moist but not too heavy, suprisingly, with all that's in them. In other words, they weren't belly bombers. They were perfect for 4th of July!
Thank you for your all your ideas and tips and just for all that you do!
Kristin
Jenny says
Ever since I saw that Throwdown - I wanted to make them too - I'm going to get busy.
LinC says
I made this recipe last night and had some problems. The bars turned taller than expected, probably from air introduced when creaming the butter and sugar. That meant I had to cook them longer to get the middle done. Might work better with melted butter. The basic flavor is nutty with a bit of coconut chew. The pineapple flavor is lost unless you know it's there. Next time I'll try adding the suggested candied pineapple. I'm sure Sugar Daddy's are much better than mine!
Louise says
Mark -- Oh my gosh, thanks for noticing my efforts. I feel like I've been discovered. I will definitely take you up on your mail order offer and do a taste compare when I have some friends over for a cookout. I couldn't feel too bad losing to someone who beat Bobby Flay.
Mark says
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Barbara says
Super guest post! The blondies are perfectly named with all those islandy ingredients! My family would adore them...
Sweets By Vicky says
All the extras in these blondies make them sound like a great vacation destination! 🙂
Louise says
The lemon glaze sounds like a good idea to me too. Next time I make them, I'll add the dried pineapple and finish with a glaze. And maybe something else. 🙂
Anna says
Wow, now I can't wait to try these. I might try making it with your glaze, but adding a little pineapple.
Hilary Purcell says
These looked really good so I ran to the grocery store and picked up the items I needed. I toasted the macadamea nuts..10 minutes at 350 degrees. I was somewhat pleased with the finished blondies but there was something missing. I mixed powder sugar with a little milk and lemon juice to make a glaze. I poured the glaze over the blondies and let it set. The glaze hardened and added that extra special tartness that it needed to perk up all the flavors. Plus, they are much more pretty to look at now!
Magic of Spice says
I have had these before, but a bit different. Liked to try this:) Thank you for sharing!
Anna says
Lisa and Louise,
Thanks for the ingredient link. I changed the link to Sugar Daddy's so that it links directly to the their Tahiti blondie page.
Natalie (The Sweets Life) says
ooh yum! I bet these would be good with some lime too--maybe instead or (or in addition to?) the pineapple!
Cookie Sleuth says
Thanks for digging up the recipe for us! Yum!
Lisa Ernst says
I remember this Throwdown episode and I was quite tempted to do a mail order for the Tahiti Blondie. Normally I'm not tempted by something that only has chocolate as a small add in, but these sound fantastic. I did find a place on their website that lists the ingredients in the Tahiti Blondies, which include cashews and dark chocolate chips, along with the pineapple, etc. Of course quantities are another matter..... Thanks for the reminder of this Throwdown - now I'm thinking again of making an order!