Cake Mix Blondies (with Maple Butter Sauce)
These white chocolate Cake Mix Blondies with Maple Butter Sauce are a shortcut version of a favorite dessert at Applebee’s.
AN EASY BLONDIE RECIPE WITH A DELICIOUS SAUCE!
I am always looking for ways to make my favorite desserts a little faster. I have a ‘from-scratch’ recipe for this that I really enjoy. But I don’t make it that often because it takes more time and energy than I sometimes have. So this quicker recipe is my solution and yes, it starts off with a boxed cake mix.
TIPS FOR MAKING CAKE MIX BLONDIES
- If you absolutely insist on making it from scratch, give my Homemade. Blondie Recipe a try!
- Also, I am using white chocolate chips and walnuts but you can use any combination of chocolate chips or nuts that you enjoy. This is a fun recipe to experiment with and change up the flavors.
- If you’d like thicker blondies, just make in a smaller baking dish and adjust baking time accordingly.
- Updated to add: cake mixes seem to keep reducing in size over the years. They used to be 18.25 ounces and now some of them are down to 14 ounces so baking times will vary depending on the type of cake mix you purchase and how much is in the box. So please understand this before baking. You will need to keep an eye on it. Start with about 15-18 minutes and go from there.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
- yellow cake mix
- eggs
- unsalted butter
- white chocolate chips
- chopped walnuts
- sweetened condensed milk
- maple syrup
- butter
HOW TO MAKE CAKE MIX BLONDIES:
Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray 9×13-inch with nonstick cooking spray (I like to use the kind that has flour in it). In a medium bowl, combine cake mix, eggs and melted butter until combined. This will blend easier using an electric mixer.
Batter will be very thick.
Stir in white chocolate chips and walnuts (if using).
Spread mixture evenly into pan. I like to spray my hands with a little of the nonstick spray, and then spread it out using my hands. It just makes it much easier.
Bake for about 20-25 minutes, until golden brown and inserted toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool before cutting into squares
In a small bowl, using a whisk, combine sweetened condensed milk with melted butter and maple syrup.
Stir well. If you want to serve this sauce warm, just pop bowl into microwave for a few seconds until warm.
Serve blondie squares with ice cream and drizzle with warm maple butter sauce.
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Cake Mix Blondies (with Maple Butter Sauce)
Ingredients
For the blondies:
- 1 box yellow cake mix (see note below)
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup salted butter, melted
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped walnuts, optional
For the maple butter sauce:
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 6 Tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 Tablespoons salted butter, melted
Instructions
For the blondies:
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray 9×13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray (I like the kind that has flour in it).
- In a medium bowl, combine cake mix, eggs and melted butter until combined. Batter will be very thick.
- Stir in white chocolate chips and walnuts (if using).
- Spread mixture evenly into pan.
- Bake for about 20-25 minutes, until golden brown and inserted toothpick comes out clean. Baking time will vary so be sure not to over bake.
- Allow to cool before cutting into squares.
For the sauce:
- In a small bowl, using a whisk, combine sweetened condensed milk with melted butter and maple syrup. Stir well.
- If you want to serve this sauce warm, just pop bowl into microwave and nuke it for a few seconds until warm.
Notes
- Please note: cake mixes seem to keep reducing in size over the years. Baking times will vary depending on the type of cake mix you purchase and how much is in the box. Not all cake mixes are reducing in size but many are so baking times will now vary depending on the brand. Please understand this before baking. You will need to keep an eye on it. Start with about 15-18 minutes and go from there.
- Serve blondie squares with ice cream and drizzle with warm maple butter sauce.
- You can use any type of chocolate pieces you like with this.
- Try making these with other cake mix flavors.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
Originally published: September 2011
Updated and republished: September 2022
Brandie,
These blondies look delish. Everybody can use a shortcut from time to time. Your pics are gorgeous.
Have a great weekend!
Brandie, that looks really yummy! And I can be a really lazy baker too! I love yummy shortcut recipes!
I'm right there with you…standing in line to purchase a cake mix that can make baking soooo much easier. *_* These sound amazing – would be awesome to serve to company I'm sure. You can never go wrong with sweetened condensed milk! MMM!
So many of the recipes you make are similar to the ones my family always made. I like them all. I don't remember who pointed me in your direction, but glad I listened. Thanks for all your recipes.
Sometimes there is nothing like a shortcut. I love white chocolate and my tastebuds are doing the happy dance just looking at these.
I am quickly becoming a fan of these shortcut recipes. They are just as good (if not even better) than the long versions but sooooo much easier! This blondie recipe looks so good!
I'm a lazy baker myself. Yesterday I made brownie cupcakes that Giada made, starting from a box. So . . . good enough for her, great for me.
this is my moms absolute favorite! I cant wait to surprise her with this!
Looks delicious. What a great fall dessert!
These were easy and awesome! I love the addition of the white chocolate chips and that maple butter sauce is AWESOME!
Hey, no shame in using a box mix! I’m with you!! Especially when you jazz it up with that amazing maple butter sauce!
Boxed mix or not, these look ah-mazing!
The Applebee's dessert is one of my husband's favorites.It will score me big "blondie" points if I can make this at home.
LOVE IT!! I think there is a reason they still make box cake mixes & it is SO I CAN USE THEM!! I will be trying this one soon. Thanks for the great recipes! p.s. i will be using the "chubby hand" in mine also! 🙂
Man, these sound amazing! I'm a sucker for white chocolate 🙂 And who doesn't love a shortcut?
That looks great! and super easy to make 🙂
Being a grown up is too much work sometimes! We all need shortcuts! These look great!
Wow…they look really tempting and yummy..Thanks for the recipe dear…Aarthi
Holy frekkin moly Brandie!! This is amazing….I am pretty much in love with that maple butter sauce!
I order a dessert similiar to this every time I go to Applebee's. Now I can make this at home without the sizzling plate. What a great recipe and the shortcuts make it more appealing. I can't wait to try this sometime.
This looks alot like that dessert at Applebee's that they serve on a sizzling plate. That's our favorite dessert there. Definitely trying this. It's a big pro to me that it uses a mix!
This is too funny, because just a couple nights ago my husband and I were talking about how I wished I had a good blondie recipe!?! (I've never made them…) Whaala! Here it is! Thanks so much for baking this and sharing with us. There's no shame in box mix! Just means I'll make it more often. 🙂
~Leslie
Who doesn't cheat from time to time?! I always keep a few boxed mixes on hand because you can whip up just about anything with them. My favorite to keep around is the Betty Crocker Pound Cake Mix.
Brandie — this looks DEVINE 🙂
Blessings!
Gail
Wow this looks amazing! And a perfect quick dessert, we all have those days where cooking from scratch is just definitely not going to happen. But with a delicious blondie like this who cares!