I’m not sure how true this is.
I’m a brunette. Growing up I sometimes wished I was a blonde.
My Barbie was blonde. Her boyfriend Ken was blonde.
My mom is blonde. My brother is blonde.
Blonde was a color I envied.
In middle school there was a blonde girl, who we’ll call Lizzie. She was popular. She was tall. She had long flowing blond hair.
The boys liked her.
She had the trendy clothes. She used an awesome trapper keeper.
She was the queen of the popular girl clan.
I was jealous.
I was brunette. I had no Blonde Lizzie qualities.
Then high school came. I took a gamble and tried out for Cheerleading.
I was stoked when I made it!
I was brunette.
My entire cheer squad, except for four other girls were brunette.
I now had more than just one close friends. I laughed more then than I can ever remember. I had guys giving me a second look. I loved myself. I was slowly becoming a social butterfly.
Now as an adult I can see that the old saying is so NOT true.
I have played the “elevator jump” game in Vegas (after a few drinks) and fallen on my face laughing hysterically. I’ve flashed the football team. I’ve driven my car through 4 feet of water, killed the engine and pushed it out of the flash-flooded road, in a dress. I’ve lost my entire bikini on the boogie boarding ride at Schlitterbahn. I’ve eaten a whole pan of brownies in three days. I’ve ran two half marathons and a 5K. I’ve met my future husband on eHarmony. I’ve been proposed to on the beach. I’ve laughed so hard that I’ve snorted and cried at the same time. I’ve been in a stiff leg brace and taken 20 minutes and the help of my mom just to sit on the toilet. I’ve been camping, heard the noise of a grizzly bear, came running down the mountain screaming, only to find out that it was a cow.
Brunette is now a color that I own, and am proud of.
The only time I think that I think blondes have more fun is when they change the spelling of their title to Blond-ies.
This is now the only time that I get jealous of all the Lizzie’s out there.
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This post is awesome 1. because I too wanted to be blonde like Barbie and 2. beause those blondies look crazy good. =) Love it!
Oh man, Steph…..send some of those over here please….I loved all the tidbits/confessions I know I am guilty of a few of those myself….also not a blonde….but not a brunette….I am a redhead (with a few hairs of questionable integrity….) Great post!
Oh you did not bust out a trapper keeper reference. lol. I had totally forgotten about trapper keeper envy. Im a natural brunet too and since turning 18 have tried about every color under the sun (my poor poor hair). I can say every shade has fun. Its all about the personality your rocking with it. Sometimes I like to make up different personalities for different hair colors/cuts. Nooow were getting a little too personal. So, back to the food! I love a blondie. Add PB and some raspberries and you’ve got something going on here.
Ah the day I terned into a blonde and all the years there after LOL now I’m a happy brunette as it was meant to be
just for the record I still miss my blonde hair from time to time 
But I’ve only been red once and it was an interesting couple of months lets leave it at that LOL
Now onto this yummy recipe~your blondies look beautiful can’t wait to try your recipe!
What’s a trapper keeper?! “Blondes have more fun, but brunettes remember it the next day” and “desserts is stressed spelt backwards” are the two magnets on my fridge at the moment!!
Hahah love your post! Trapper Keepers were overrated right? Haha. Love these blondies especially with the raspberry peanut butter topping! Love that you added Rice Krispies too for that extra crunch too!
Wow those look so delicious! Like a crunchy, delicious, intense pb and j! yum!
Yah, what’s a trapper keeper?! LMAO.
These blondies look insane, though. I mean, really? Are you trying to kill me here? :-p I just bought the Baked cookbook and can’t wait to try experimenting with some of their recipes. Everything looks amazing. Awesome job, Steph!
These blondies look irresistibly decadent! The rice krispies put them over the top! All the popular girls in my school had long dark hair and cool trapper keepers. I had neither, and envied it all through childhood and adolescence. My hair is wicked short now by choice and I am as cool as I wanna be…
Girl, I feel your pain…I was a blonde child but as I got older my hair got darker…I went through a good 4 or 5 year span where I INSISTED that my hair was NOT light brown, it was dirty blonde.
I so wanted to be a blonde when I was in high school too. My natural hair color was a washed-out mousy brown and I felt like no one ever gave me a second look. Then, when I was in my early twenties, I had a hair dresser tell me that I had the perfect complexion to be a redhead, so we gave it a shot. I haven’t looked back since. Who needs to be a blonde when you can be a redhead. Or a brunette.
Can I just say how surprised I am to see how many commenters are redheads?! That is awesome!
Very cute post! I am a inbetweenie I have brownish blond hair so I never really associated myself with either group haha
. These blondies look absolutely perfect!
I have been blondish and gingerish, but have learned to embrace my natural brunet. Then again there’s always the InStyle makeover game that lets you be any color you want to be (or even go Gaga). The blondies look amazing and the combination for the topping just blows my mind. That’s something that needs to be tried.
I love the stories, I always wanted a Trapper Keeper too. I never got one… I like blondies better than brownies, so I’m all over these!
Your post made me crack up:) I too am a brunette who has envied the “blondes”. I’ve had my share of botched home dyed blonde hair jobs, and decided that brunette is best after all! Your blondies look amazing, and that rice crispy topping is to die for:)
I have blond hair now, but it wasn’t always that way. Let’s just say that the older you get, it’s easier to go blond than darker:) Some of you may know what I mean. Great post!
Those blondies look so good, and I love the crunchy rice Krispy topping.
ok, peanut butter and raspberry is one of my fave combinations. And on a brownie or blondie? umm… YUM. love it.
These look great. I have the first Baked book and I love it so much . Actually, I have a cookbook giveaway on my blog now. Check it out.
I am a blonde. Or at least I used to be, when I was younger. I am pretty sure that blondies (as in the food) have way more fun than blondes or brunettes!
Steph, Awesome! Just made PB&J Granola Bars myself! Peanut butter and Raspberry go together so well! You rock!
These look and sound amazing. Totally live up to the name.
Sounds like you’ve had some wicked cool experiences and these brownies match them. Way to go!
Yes! These look absolutely fantastic! Great post!
Haha! That post was hilarious Steph! I too am a brunette and I agree, I think we brunette’s really have more fun than blondes! And considering when I went through my whole high school phase, I actually went blond for a year… yeah… haha!! Those blondies are going on my must make list though… yum!!!
haha! i never wanted to be blonde but i sure prefer blondies!
haha! i never wanted to be blonde but i sure prefer blondies!
When I was younger I wished I was blonde too
. Blondies are so much better than blondes anyway!
Totally agree!!
i actually dyed my lovely brown hair blonde for a whole summer, but it did not last. it was more fun to be me:)
btw these sound so sinful, peanut and chocolate is my weakness.
I dyed mine for a week and then had to go back to the natural brown
I’m a blondie…hopefully for life! But I don’t care what these brownies are called…they loke INSANE!!! YUMMMMM ♥- Katrina
I love this post. Those blondies look amazing!! Great writing style.
P.S – What’s the elevator jump game? It sounds like fun, and I haven’t yet matured enough to stop playing stupid drunk games
The elevator jump game is when you wait for the elevator to just start moving and you jump. Since it wasn’t really moving when you jumped, by the time you land gravity has taken affect and it either stunts your jump or makes you feel like you’re jumping really high depending on which director the elevator is going
Definitely way better than crack! Beautiful too!
OK, the second Baked recipe I’ve drooled over today…I.am.getting.that.cookbook! Cute post…and as another brunette, I totally agree
Yes, you need to get it ASAP!!
I love your post title
And your blondies too 
they look yummy!
Your accomplishments as a brunette are too funny! I especially love the one of running away from a cow!
The blondies look so decadent and delicious!
Blondies are my faaavorite! I love the inclusion of raspberries in these.
Great story… I like your blog and writing style. These better than crack brownies look amazing!!!
I need to try that elevator jump game!…and you know, I never realized that I may have envied people with lighter colored hair until I think back on when I was 16 and always wanted Jennifer Aniston’s hair. I would get highlights so light and so often that I was almost blonde. Now it’s back to it’s almost completely natural color, and I enjoy being a brunette.
Those pictures look sooooo good, btw.
Hi Steph! Just found your blog the other day and I’m delighted that I did! I’m a full-time baker/cake designer, making wedding cakes/general special occasion cakes with my team in Dublin, Ireland… so yeah, you could say I’m a bit of a baking freak too… Also, I LOVE running and cycling coincidentally! Loving your blog already; the little anecdotes are such a lovely read and I’m looking forward to trying your recipes in the very near future.
Thanks!
So glad to have a new reader…and all the way over in Ireland!! So awesome!!!
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