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TRADER JOE'S COOK & REVIEW CINNAMON ROLL BLONDIE BAR
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Jul 27, 2025
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Welcome back everyone. Today we are
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going to do a cook and review with
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Trader Joe's Cinnamon Roll Blondie Bars.
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Now, we just did a Trader Joe's haul a
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few days ago. Check it out if you have
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not seen it yet. They had a lot of new
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stuff in there and yeah, we got a lot of
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stuff. All right, let's go ahead and
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bake this off and then we're going to
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review it. So, what we're going to do is
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we're going to take the directions on
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the back of the box. We're going to go
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through them just as is. That way, we
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can know if it's going to look like this
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and taste delicious. Let me tell you
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what it's supposed to taste like.
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Blondie bar swirled with a cinnamon roll
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inspired filling and topped with glaze.
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Now, the first thing we're going to do
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is turn our oven on to 325°
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and get that preheated. And then we're
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going to get a 9 by9 baking dish,
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whatever you have. And it said lightly
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grease.
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So, I'm going to take this over to my
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sink, give it a good spraying, and I'll
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be back.
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Now, it says if you have any excess
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grease in your pan, just kind of wipe it
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out. We're going to set this aside. Now,
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what we're going to do is make the
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cinnamon swirl mixture. You're going to
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need a small bowl, 3 tablespoon of very
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softened butter, and we're going to put
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that into the bowl. Bring the sunshine
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with you.
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All right, we'll leave that there. Let's
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get inside the box here.
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We're looking for the cinnamon filling
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mix.
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This is
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All right, that's the cinnamon swirl
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mix.
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We're going to open this up. We're going
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to put it into the butter. And then
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we're going to combine it all together.
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All right. Just take your spatula, mash
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it together.
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Now, the mixture should be smooth and
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thick.
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All right, that's nice and combined.
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We're going to set this aside. We're
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going to bring over a medium bowl and
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two eggs. Now, I just brought these to
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room temperature.
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Going to crack it into the cup.
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Check it for shells.
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We're going to whisk them. Get them nice
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and blended.
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Okay, that looks good.
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Now, it says to add in one stick or half
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a cup of melted butter. Now, I just
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taken mine out of the microwave. I'm
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going to let it sit for just a minute to
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kind of cool down a little bit because
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if I add it now, we'll have scrambled
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eggs, and we don't want that. Now, that
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part is not in the instructions where
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you should cool down your melted butter,
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but I'm going to tell you, you need to
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do that step.
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All right, let's add it.
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All right,
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get that nice and blended.
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All right, we're going to bring over the
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Blondie base mix.
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All right, this is what that package is
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going to look like.
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All right, we're just going to combine
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it.
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Get it nice and absorbed. Have a nice
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base.
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Let me change out my tool.
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That is one thick batter. Make sure you
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get the sides also.
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And dig deep.
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Now, I'm sure we don't want to over mix.
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Now that that's done, we're going to
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bring our prepared baking dish back
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over.
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We're going to spread our mixture
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in the baking dish there.
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What smells delicious.
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There we go.
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We're going to spread it out.
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Get it nice and even.
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I'm going to use my offset spatula
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because it's a really great tool to use
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for spreading thick batters,
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sticky batters, things like that. So,
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see, magic, right? It's a magic tool in
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the kitchen.
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We want it nice and even, they said.
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All right. Does that look good?
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Look good. Y'all think that'll look
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good? Thomas does. Like, yep, he can't
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wait.
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All right, next step.
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Okay, we're going to take that cinnamon
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mixture
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and we're just going to dollop it all
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around. They said about 12 dollops. So,
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keep them small
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there. And where else? Right here.
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Yeah, right there.
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Right there. Okay. And then it says,
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take the back edge of your spoon and
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just kind of press it in to your batter
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just like this.
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You're going to take the tip of a knife,
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just a butter knife, and you're going to
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just swirl the cinnamon mixture into the
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batter.
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Look at that.
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We're going to bake this for 25 to 30
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minutes in our preheated 325 degree
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oven. And you want it to be nice and
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golden brown and kind of set on the top.
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And then we're going to cool it down
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completely in the pan. And we're going
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to finish it up.
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All right, it baked up beautifully. I've
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cooled it down completely.
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Let's make the glaze.
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Now, in the box came this package of
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vanilla glaze. We're going to add that
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to a kind of a small medium bowl there.
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It's nice that it's all prepared for you
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here. All packaged up.
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Now, it said add in one tablespoon of
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water.
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Now, if it's not enough, you can always
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adjust it if you want it thinner. I'm
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going to take a small whisk. You can
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take a fork. Just kind of blend this
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together. You want to make sure it's
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going to drizzle. There we go. Let's
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bring our
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cinnamon roll blondie bar back over.
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They said drizzle it on top.
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There we go.
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What do y'all think?
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I think these are a little flatter
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and not as fluffy as these look right
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here. And they also drizzled after they
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cut them. Made them like really nice on
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the box. But they tell you to harden the
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drizzle on these and then cut them and
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serve them up. All right,
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look at that. Yum.
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I'm going to give it a try for you. It's
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got a great flavor.
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You just definitely taste the cinnamon
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in there.
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Vanilla in there. Mhm.
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That's really good.
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My only concern is I wish it would have,
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you know, risen up a little bit more,
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made it more fluffy on the inside. It's
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a little dense. All right, you guys tell
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me what you think. If you've ever made
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this one from Trader Joe's, let us know.
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Let us know what your thoughts are on
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it. These are good. They're going to go
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quick here in this house. All right, you
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guys. Thumbs up. Comment down below if
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you want us to try anything else at
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Trader Joe's. Let us know. Go check out
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our haul that we did a couple of days
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ago. All right, we'll see y'all on the
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