Pretzel Bottom Snickers Blondies
Pretzel Bottom Snickers Blondies are the perfect salty/sweet combo! These bars are ultra buttery and chewy, they have a perfect salty crunch!
You know sometimes when you just get stuck on something? I guess you could call it a phase.Or an obsession. No, let’s say phase. It sounds less crazy.
Usually you have to grow out of a phase. Let it run it’s course…Like jelly shoes in elementary school, or “Country Blue” in the 80s…Phases aren’t always a bad thing, they just are.
Right now, smack dab in the middle of my Snickers phase. Obviously they have been around a while. They’re not new on the scene…they’re not a fleeting trend. But lately I have just been all about a Snickers bar. Or actually, I’ve been all about the snack sized Snickers bar. Because they’re smaller than a full sized (obviously) and I tell myself I will just eat one…or two…
Then 15 minutes later I am surrounded by candy wrappers. And I realize I should have just eaten a full sized bar. I really need to get control of my life.
But in the meantime, let’s bake some Pretzel Bottom Snickers Blondies. Because they are EVERYTHING.
To get the “pretzel bottom” all you have to do is dump your pretzels into the bottom of your prepared pan. Obviously, you want them to be evenly distributed, but don’t waste too much energy on this step.
Chop up a bunch of Snickers…about 8 full-sized bars. But you can also use snack sized, it even those little pop-able unwrapped ones. Whatever you’re feeling…
The dough is something to behold.
Spread the dough evenly over the pretzels and pop that whole situation in the oven.
You will have to let them cool completely to get perfect slices. Or even let them cool overnight if you have self control. I generally don’t.
And then flip them over and see the pretty pretzels.
Want my Snickers playlist? Here’s a few to get you started…
Peanut Butter Snickers Brownies
Description
Salty/Sweet/Buttery/Chewy/Caramel Perfection!
Ingredients
- 3 cups pretzel twists
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3 cups coarsely chopped Snickers bars (about 8 bars)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9×13 baking dish with foil or parchment, and coat with nonstick spray.
- Spread the pretzels evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan. If they overlap, it’s fine.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the butter and sugar together for 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add in the eggs, vanilla, baking soda, and salt and continue mixing for another minute, until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Turn mixer to low, add in the flour, mixing until just combined.
- Mix in the Snickers until evenly incorporated and spread the dough in the pan on top of the pretzels.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the center is almost set.
- Let cool completely or overnight before slicing.
Notes
store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
This recipe was originally published in May, 2012. The recipe remains the same, but the images are newly updated.
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I don’t have words other than: I love you. BUt my hips hate you.
These sound AMAZING! Yes, I’ve added them to the list…
MMMMMM!!!!! These look delish!
I cringed when I saw stores trying to bring back ‘jellies.’ Nope, they should stay dead, forever. Faze = over.
You’re going through a snicker phase? *snicker snicker* So does that include snickering while eating your snickers.
Okay, it’s not funny, I’ll stop. But, seriously, I don’t think you (or I or anyone) can get over snichers. Just like my addiction to peanut butter. It’s there. It always will be. Why suppress it? Not to mention the chocolately caramel peanutty goodness.
Awww yeah! I love it!
I’ll take two with my cup of tea this AM… as I sit here in my gym clothes procrastinating about actually walking out the door to exercise 😉
I went on a serious Snickers rampage the moment I gave birth to my daughter. I’m pretty sure my husband ended up emptying out the hospital vending room for me. Those were the best Snickers I’ve ever eaten.
I did the same thing after I had my first! I literally made my husband go to Sams and buy me a huge box of Snickers. And I wondered why it took me so long to lose the baby weight 😉
I am allllll about your Snickers phase. Heck yes!! 😀
I loved my jelly shoes! I think I’ll love these blondies too 🙂
Colletta
well at least this is a yummy faze!
I always say that I’m on a “kick”. A Snickers kick can only mean good things. Especially when there are pretzels and blondies involved. I’m head-over-heels for these Shelly!
The bottom of these looks so delicious!
I need to taste test these to make sure they’re okay to feed to the masses 😉
Mmmm, can’t go wrong with adding candy into anything! And the sweet ‘n salty combo is always nice!
I’ve made Snickers Brownies before, but never Snickers Blondies. I’ve got to give these a try, thanks!
I cannot wait to make these!
And for the record, I am in a Reese’s Cup faze. I’ll take ’em anyway I can get ’em. Mini, Dark, in ice cream, wrapped in an old shoe, doesn’t matter. I have a problem and my rear end is paying for it.
Well, okay. If you insist.
Ew, I forgot about jelly shoes. So many bad 90s fashion choices, lol. These blondies look amazing!
These look fantastic!! Megan
Is it possibly that bringing up 80s country blue could make me lose my appetite? Seriously, I’m picturing my childhood kitchen full of that color + geese + weird little flowers. Mmmm…nothing says food like that combo.
Great blondies!
What was it with the geese? My mother’s kitchen had that blue with rust colored accents, and geese. I never got the geese.
I am LOVING all of your snickers recipes Shelly. My hips however… well, I can just buy new pants.
I still think about my jelly shoes. I still want a pair, and I think I’d wear them if I could find them. Maybe people would laugh, but they’d want to eat the Pretzel Bottom Snickers Blondies I was snacking on! Who’s laughing now?
Snickers and pretzels. . .together in a blondie?? Yes, please!!
I think I have found my new best friend. I HATED Snickers as a kid, and have never had it ever since. I think You’ve just converted me..
I’m totally gonna make these bad boys! 🙂
Gah! I am stuck on the salty sweet combo. These look soooo good! Snickers aphave always been close to the top of my fave candy bar list 🙂
These look awesome! I love salty and sweet dessert combos!
omg these look awesome. that dough though.. yummm.
Lol I wear jelly shoes 😛 Not right not cause it’s cold but they’re great for summer. And I’m not a huge fan of snickers but these sure look good…
Sweet + salty heaven!!
I was reading along thinking, these look pretty good, yeah, not bad, I could definitely eat those. I don’t know why, but the moment you showed the undersides with the pretzels showing through was the moment I thought, “Oh dear goodness I have got to make these NOW!”
My mouth is watering thinking about the salty, sweet, chocolatey, nougaty, peanutty goodness!
I am in complete support of your Snickers faze! Such a good idea to just put pretzels on the bottom like that.
Love sweet and salty! Perfection!
These look amazing, but I have a bag of mini-Reeses to use…think they would work or would the consistency be too mushy??? Thanks!
omg – these look amazing! Love your photos 🙂
It’s okay…I’m totally in a Call Me Maybe phase, which is way more embarrassing than a snickers phase. And way less tasty. Also, yours produces sweet and salty bites of heaven. So you win!
Again, you’ve managed to combine some of my favorite things ever. *sigh* I will never lose weight… LOL
Pretzel bottomed ANYTHING sounds wonderful.
Hey, I just made blondies too! 🙂 Adding Snickers and pretzels sounds completely evil and awesome. If your Snickers phase goes on and on, I won’t complain a bit. Right now I’m in a Doctor Who phase that is waaay past ‘phase’ and firmly in ‘obsession’ territory. Thanks for sharing!
These look so delish. I would eat the whole thing all by myself within 5 minutes of them coming out of the oven.
I love your Snickers obsession/faze!!! And these sound wonderful!!! I even have all the ingredients so I’m totally going to make these today! Thanks!
holy blondies!! what a combination!! sweet, salty, chocolaty, peanutty, caramely—excuse me while i control my drooling issue at the moment! haha…thanks for sharing! amazing photos too!
Even though I can’t have snickers I LOVE that these bars have pretzels on the bottom! Sweet & salty anything is so addictive. Yum!!
I hope your snickers faze continues, YUM!
I don’t like snickers, would another candy bar work as well. No peanuts!
Sure! Maybe a Milky Way?
Bought a few bags of mini snickers and wanted to make bars with them. I found your recipe and decided to give it a try. I made these and received rave reviews at how great they were. I love the combo of chocolate with the salty crunch of the pretzels and gooey caramel from the snickers. YUMMM!! Thanks for the great recipe!
I spied your feature on Today’s Creative Blog this morning Shelly!!! How fun!! http://todayscreativeblog.net/cookie-bars/
I know, wasn’t that sweet? She used some old photos which are highly embarrassing 🙂
Made these today, definitely prefer the sweet and salty combo of the white chocolate blondies you posted. If I made these again I would use light brown sugar, personally, I did not care for the molasses taste of the dark brown sugar. Also, I thought the pretzels lost some of their crunch. I wonder if it would help to toast them for a couple minutes before hand? Sending these down range to our troops, I am sure they’ll enjoy them! Thank you
I want these in my mouth!!! I just made blondes with pecans and chocolate chips today, and now I want to make these even more!
I just saw packages of unwrapped Snickers at a Super Walmart yesterday. They’re in a resealable zip-type bag. (Like anyone would have any leftover.)
I think its quite possible that you are a witch and should be burned at the stake. I have been lost on your site for an hour trying my level best NOT to pin every recipe you have written. This stuff looks amazing!
These are in the oven as I type. The hardest part was evening out the batter on top of the pretzels. But otherwise, super easy and my kitchen smells divine!!! Can’t wait to cut into it!
I will be making this for my daughter this weekend for her grade trip to Washington DC. She will be a hero to her friends!! And I will have it out of my home while she’s gone. Win Win!!! Thank you!!!!
hope you love them!!
I recently made your Death by Snicker Bars but didn’t use all the dough. I had made them before and thought the bars were too thick (go figure!). So I froze the leftover dough and planned to make cookies with it. But not anymore! Now that I’ve seen this recipe again, I think I’ll make these using an 8×8 pan. The dough is similar, I’m sure they’ll be wonderful!
I need to make my Death by Snickers bars again!!
You inspired me deeply with this great recipe. As a foodie and baker, i love to eat Blondie but i never tried to make this at home. I am happy a got an exceptional recipe and i would love to try.
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Yummy! I love to eat snickers and this is a recipe with snickers. Will definitely try this and thanks for sharing.
I don’t think I’ve seen these before, but they look delicious. Can’t wait to try them.