{Whole Wheat} Raspberry White Chocolate Blondies with Matcha Swirl

*I received this product for free in order to sample it and provide a review for my readers — all opinions are my own*

Can I just be honest with you guys and admit that I didn’t even know what Matcha was before the lovely people at Kiss Me Organics emailed me and asked if I would review their organic Matcha powder?

I mean, I knew that it was good for you. And I knew that it was green.

And… yep, that’s it.

Is that sad? Are you guys all matcha connoisseurs and I’m just lagging behind the times?

The thing is, I’m not a big tea drinker. I love all of the benefits of green tea, and I have tried to drink it and enjoy it in the past, but it’s just not my thing.

I’m a coffee girl.

So I get my green tea in other ways. I brew it up and make iced green tea with strawberry or raspberry, lemon, and something to sweeten it. I put it in smoothies.

But then I got the opportunity to sample this for you guys and I couldn’t turn it down. Since starting food blogging, there are very few opportunities I have turned down when it came to getting outside of my comfort zone and trying something new.

I mean, I made a lentil cake.

I thought this would be a great opportunity to try something the rest of the world already enjoyed. When you look at the list of benefits, you have no reason not to try it!

I’m a big fan of hiding the healthy stuff in the food I’m eating, as you may already know. It’s not like I’ve mentioned that eighteen times in the last 5 months. So I thought to myself, ” More energy? Beautiful skin? Higher metabolism? Sign. Me.Up. I must find a way to get all of that good stuff into me.”

Naturally, I made a dessert.

I did some research, and I found that a lot of people put green tea and white chocolate together. And in the past I have loved the combination of green tea and raspberry or strawberry. So I figured I would just throw it altogether using one of my favorite blondie recipes and see how it turned out.

I wanted to create a pretty green swirl to contrast the red berries and the white chocolate, but because I used whole wheat flour the blondies turned more dirty-blondie so the contrast isn’t as noticeable as I had hoped.

Either way, they’re packed with tons of good stuff and good-for-you stuff, they’re dense but moist, and they taste amazing.

The matcha powder gives the blondies a slight earthy flavour and it pairs incredibly well with the juicy berries and rich white chocolate.

To get some of your own Organic Matcha powder from Kiss Me Organics, click the link below:

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Yield: 16 bars

Dense, moist blondies featuring white chocolate, raspberries and an organic matcha swirl!

Ingredients

• 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, melted
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup 2 tbsp white chocolate chips, divided
• 1/8-1/4 cup frozen raspberries
• 1 tsp Organic Matcha powder

Instructions

1. Line an 8x8" pan with tin foil and spray with non stick spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together melted butter and brown sugar. Whisk in egg and vanilla.
3. Stir in flour until completely combined. Stir in white chocolate chips.
4. Spread 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan. To the remaining batter, add the matcha powder and stir well.
5. Drop batter by spoonful into the pan and swirl with a knife. Top with raspberries (as many as you see fit without covering the entire pan -- you don't want too much extra moisture) and additional white chocolate chips.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool to room temperature before slicing.

Blondie recipe adapted from Inspired Taste.