Chocolate Strawberry Blondie Bites

Name: Chocolate Strawberry Blondie Bites
Yield: 36 blondie bites
Ingredients: 8 ounces 2 baking bars white chocolate, broken into chunks; ½ cup unsalted butter or vegetable shortening***; 2 large eggs (room temperature); 1/3 cup granulated sugar; 3 tablespoons strawberry jello powder; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ cup mini chocolate chips; Topping ingredients: ***; 1 cup melting chocolate (Chocoley.com Extra Dark Candy and Molding Formula); ½ cup white chocolate (Chocoley.com Drizzle and Design White Chocolate); 1 drop pink or red food coloring gel; OR ¼ cup confectioners sugar; ***Desert safe adaptations: For desert safe baking use vegetable shortening and dust blondie bites with powdered sugar instead of using chocolate decorative topping.

April 29, 2014 by The Monday Box 47 Comments

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Years ago, during a conversation with my uncle, he gave me a huge compliment. He said I was just like my mother. Though there are moments when I look in the mirror and observe with dismay that I’m turning into my mother, my mom has been a wonderful role model as I navigate life. She’s a nonjudgmental listener and unfailingly supports her children and grandchildren. No matter what craziness I share, she has my back. I’m very lucky. I hope I provide the same unconditional love and support to my kids. Chocolate Strawberry Blondie Bites celebrate my mom.

I am very excited that my mom will be in St Louis with us for Mother’s Day this year. She is really visiting for my daughter’s birthday on May 9th, but I plan to squeeze in as much celebrating as possible while she is here. Living 800 miles and numerous states apart, we don’t get to spend nearly enough time together. Even if we don’t do much more than cook a bit and shop a bit, it will be good to do it together.

As a mom, time spent with my kids is precious, especially now that they are grown. I can’t even imagine how hard it must be for deployed military moms and their children. Every day thousands of military moms sacrifice time with their families in order to do their jobs and serve their country. Holidays spent apart must be particularly difficult.

Mother’s Day is a day set aside to celebrate and honor the mom(s) in our lives. It can also be an opportunity to honor and thank military mothers, those who serve in the armed forces and those whose children are service members. Their strength of spirit deserves acknowledgement.

I baked these Chocolate Strawberry Blondie Bites with Mother’s Day in mind. Sprinkled with confectioners sugar or topped with chocolate, chewy strawberry blondies studded with chocolate chips are packed with chocolate covered strawberry flavor. They are like chocolate covered strawberries you can mail. Desert safe recipe adaptations make Chocolate Strawberry Blondie Bites an excellent military care package surprise. Whether your mom is nearby or far away, these sweet morsels are sure to make her day special!

A few baking notes:

Chocolate Strawberry Blondie Bites bake well and have good taste and texture with either butter or Crisco. If you are sending the blondie bites in extreme desert temperatures, Crisco is recommended for avoiding spoilage. Otherwise, I prefer using butter for creamy flavor and longer lasting chewiness. For the chocolate topping, I used Chocoley.com Molding Formula. It spread smoothly and the slightly thicker formula gave me the slightly thicker chocolate topping I was going for. Chocoley.com Drizzle and Design’s thinner formula easily drizzled in thin lines and squiggles. For hot weather care packages, powdered sugar topping is recommended instead.

I was not compensated for this post, however I did receive free product from Chocoley.com for use in this recipe. All opinions are 100% my own. I only use and recommend products I believe in.

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