A perfect homemade copycat of your favorite Dairy Queen dessert! This Vegan Caramel Blondie Blizzard recipe is gluten-free and top 8 allergy-free, easy to blend up, and super thick, creamy, and full of caramel blondie pieces and chocolate chips!
Hold the phone! I know! Just when you thought I couldn't give you anymore creamy frozen treats this summer! I had to go out with a bang, one more summer hoorah before I start flooding you with my new "back-to-school" classics series! I'm so excited to bring you those recipes, but I'm also super excited to bring you this caramel blondie blizzard goodness now. We have to squeeze out every last ounce of summer fun while we still can!
Who doesn't love the iconic Dairy Queen Blizzards? An American ice cream classic, that's for sure! Ice cream blended up with your choice of add-ins, super thick, so you can turn it upside down! But I honestly don't even know if I ever had one, back in the day. However, we used to frequent Dairy Queen weekly when I was a small kiddo (Remember we are a family of ice cream lovers!). I used to love getting a vanilla soft serve with hot fudge. I may have had a Blizzard at some point, probably at least tasted one; if not, that's okay since we can ALL enjoy some "Rebecca Blizzards" instead!
Before I get to this caramel blondie blizzard recipe and how it can possibly be allergy-free, I have one of my childhood stories to tell you! Since I don't have a DQ Blizzard story to tell you, I'll just tell you another DQ story I have; one that remains front and center in my mind all these years later. I was super young, maybe 4(?) and on one of our Dairy Queen outings, I ended up getting a cherry slushie for some reason. We used to live close by to a DQ so we ended up bringing our treats home that day. I remember being in the living room with my brother, playing, while my mom was in the other room on the phone. What happens next and why, I'll never know, but the next memory I have is...
My head is stuck in the chair of our little wooden play table! What possessed me to stick my head in the cut out back of the chair, I'll never know (I assume my brother dared me to do something stupid). I should have just been sitting on the floor, enjoying my cherry slushie, but no...I stick my head in a chair and get it stuck! I don't remember what happened next, but obviously I came out alive and no longer have a chair hanging around my neck! That, my gluten-free friends, is one of my most prominent Dairy Queen memories! Hahaha! It has nothing to do with ice cream, Blizzards, and barely cherry slushies, but somehow they connect in my mind.
Now that you've suffered through that story, on to the Caramel Blondie BLIZZARD! You know my feelings about banana "nice cream", but I discovered that when you blend those frozen chunks, you get the THICKEST ice cream. The best thing to use for an "upside-downable" blizzard creation. The best add-ins for this allergy-free blizzard had to be Enjoy Life Food's new Caramel Blondie Chewy Bars (and their mini chocolate chips)! The new and improved chewy bars they came out with last month are Carrot Cake, Caramel Blondie, and Blueberry Poppy Seed! (I almost cried when I heard about the carrot cake.) The Caramel Blondie bars sounded best for a killer vegan blizzard. Decadent, allergy-free, gluten-free, and much better than anything from DQ!
Copycat Vegan Caramel Blondie Blizzard
Copycat Vegan Caramel Blondie Blizzard (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)
A perfect homemade copycat of your favorite Dairy Queen dessert! This Vegan Caramel Blondie Blizzard recipe is gluten-free and top 8 allergy-free, easy to blend up, and super thick, creamy, and full of caramel blondie pieces and chocolate chips!
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 4 Bananas (cubed and frozen ahead of time)
- 2 TB Pure Date Syrup
- 2 TB Sunflower Seed Butter
- 3 Caramel Blondie Chewy Bars
- 2 TB Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- In a food processor, combine the frozen banana, date syrup, and sunflower butter. Blend until smooth.
- Cube 2 of the chewy bars and add them to the food processor along with the chocolate chips. Blend again to mix in.
- Divide the mixture into 1 to 2 glasses and top with the third chewy bar, crumbled on top!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
Creamy, cool, decadence, with vegan caramel goodness and just a hint of chocolate...SO GOOD! The bars have chocolate chips in them too, I was happily surprised to find out! As another enticing bonus, from August 1st to September 15th, you can use the code: CHEWYBLOG forΒ 20% off single boxes of Enjoy Life's 3 new Chewy Bar Flavors from their online store! So go! Order some bars, blend up some dairy-free caramel blondie blizzard madness, eat freely, and don't get you head stuck in a chair!
So tell me:
+ What was your go-to Dairy Queen order? You know, I never knew until a few years ago that Dairy Queen also had locations that served fast food as well as their ice cream! Ha!
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Ann @ Live The Old Way
You have such great recipes!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
Miz Helen
Did you say Blizzard? Yes please, this looks delicious!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
Iryna
I'm drooling over this dessert! Looks really delicious!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you so much!
Cat
Oh my gosh this looks insane!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, thanks!
Noelle
I've never been to Dairy Queen, but I'm drooling looking at that!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Well now you can satisfy that drooling right at home!
Ritu Bhathal
This really does look lush!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, sure!
Grace Thoroughgood
OMG this looks so yummy ? Great post xx
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you! Enjoy!
Lou
This looks so good! Excited to try it with the kids too!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I know you will all love it!
Jessica @ Millennial Life Skills Coaching
This looks like heaven and I love everything by Enjoy Foods. They're so great. I'm so glad they exist!
I seriously need this in my life.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Aren't they? One of my favorite companies all-round!
Genie
Oh YUM, YUM, YUMMMMMM. I make banana ice cream and smoothies, but this takes it to a whole new level.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
The frozen bananas made SUCH a thick "nice cream", I was impressed!
Farrah
hahaha, I'm glad you got unstuck from that chair! I almost got my head stuck between the railings of the stair bannister in my house when I was little. Not sure what possessed me to do that either, but thankfully I managed to detach as well. ;P This looks effing amazing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Omg! Haha! My mom got her leg stuck in the railings of our stairs, had to go to the hospital too!
Kate
This looks amazing, and makes for a way better DQ substitute! I try to stay away from dairy, so this sounds perfect.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
The perfect treat to indulge with them π
Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons
This is my kind of food. Amazing. I love how thick it is!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Just how an authentic Blizzard must be!
Stella - The Smoothie Vegetarians
Blizzards are one of the things that I really miss! I can not wait to give this copycat recipe a try!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
You can have all the Blizzards you want now!
Amy Katz from Veggies Save The Day
We didn't have a Dairy Queen near us growing up, at least not that I remember. But this Blizzard looks so amazing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Well no one needs a DQ now!
Kate
Ha! I love that you turn it upside down just like a blizzard! This looks absolutely delicious. I will pin to try later!
Sarah
Wow! This looks so incredible. Can I have it for breakfast π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Possibly π
Lexie
Ohh, this sounds amazing! yum. π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
Lea
I can't wait to try this.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Glad it caught your eye!
Sandra L Garth
This could easily be a favorite treat!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It is in this house π
Nicole
100% trying this within the next few days. The pic of the glass turned upside down...that's exactly what I want! Yuuuum!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, well let me know! I hope you enjoy!
Jenny Rose
Oh my goodness! I bet if I showed this to anyone they would never think it was Vegan. Looks so good and I love how there's minimal ingredients.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I aimed to make it authentic π
Miljana
OMG, I am making this tomorrow morning!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, that will start your day with a sugar overload!
Miljana
Don't care! π
Mary
Mmmm Mmmm Good π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, true words π
Julie
Looks delicious!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Jordan
Okay, this looks absolutely delicious and I NEED one like... now LOL.
That memory was also so funny!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Whip one up, girl!
Haha, childhood π
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Rebecca, you say this is for dessert but surely it's OK for breakfast too? (As that's the time here now! ;- ) )
My face in it!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Eh, go for it π There is always a way you can justify my recipes as "breakfast" π
AZ@...And A Dash of Cinnamon
OOHH I loved Dairy Queen and used to get the nerds blizzard back in the day. I'm pretty sure they don't make that any more though. This looks super tasty though! It's been a while since I've made nice cream. This is very inciting to think about doing that again!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
That must have been a weird texture! Haha! What a fun add-in though π
Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons
Rebecca this looks amazing! I want one RIGHT NOW!!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, get that blender out!
Liz
It's been so long since I've had a blizzard! Haha but when I do get one, I always got chocolate! his looks lovely!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Time to make some at home!
Jessica @ Citrus & Delicious
We would only go out for blizzards every once in awhile, but I would pretty much always get the same flavor - vanilla ice cream and PB cups. I think this one sounds delish and I'm glad your head isn't still stuck in a chair!! I'm not ready for summer and ice cream weather to be over yet!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Can't go wrong with some PB thrown in there π
Haha, I'm glad too!
I always say, "summer isn't over until I SAY it's over" π
Nicci
Looks and sounds delicious! Must try this ASAP!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes, no delays!
The Food Hunter
I've never had the real thing but I would love to give this one a try
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
And now no one needs the real deal!
Taylor Kiser
This looks so delicious! Cannot let summer end without making a few of these!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, yes, all the frozen treats, please!
Meah Konstanzer
Omg LOVE that thickness!! I think I may have to try adding a sprinkle of thick flake sea salt for a little salted caramel flare. I totally used to love Oreo blizzards so I definitely need to try this out π !
xxMeah
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
You just can't go wrong with any type of THICK Blizzard! Thanks!
Sus // roughmeasures.com
This looks like a rather delicious treat! So good it's gluten free too!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Dessert for all!
Anne Murphy
Oh, my, I don't know when I last had a blizzard! (No Dairy Queen near me for years, so that's a factor... LOL) But with a caramel blondie as well! That just brings me back...
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I think we can put DQ out of business now anyway π
Kristen Chidsey
Loving that upside down picture--I mean that is just perfection π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It is a Blizzard test must π
prasanna hede
Looks so so yumm! Have never tried Sunflower seed butter in my recipes. Need to give it try that!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
O really? It is a staple here!
Claire - StartACraftBlog
my mouth was watering before I clicked on the link from Facebook! Holy cow this looks amazing. We don't have caramel blondie bars in the UK but I might search and see if we have something similar that is suitable for vegans π can't wait to try it!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Well thank you so much Claire!
Megan @ MegUnprocessed
I SO need to try this!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I think so!
Shelby @Fitasamamabear
This looks beyond awesome. I'm currently 36w pregnant- are you sure you don't want to just take pity one me and make me one?? π
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Oooo I SO would! And that means you deserve TWO π
Shelby @Fitasamamabear
I do deserve two!! π
Britt | Sweet Tea & Thyme
That blizzard sounds delish! Having siblings sounds like a ton of fun (and a whole lot of trouble) and great memories lol.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
My brother and I had the best times together π
johanne
Oh the things a child will do for a siblings dare. I once ate bread, butter, sugar and ant sandwiches because my sister dared me to. I think that you could find a way to rock that chair were it still around you neck. Very high fashion. I never had a "blizzard" in real life i.e. before I went vegan so yours ll be my first. I can't wait.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, the new necklace, π
Vegan ones are all we need anyway!
Liz
What a funny childhood memory! So glad you were able to create a healthier version of this blizzard---it sounds right up my alley!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, I always have the weirdest stories to share π Thanks Liz!