Earl Cooks Trader Joe's Blondie Bars - With a Twist

I don't bake, well almost never. Today I baked. It was from a mix that I found at Trader Joe's - Blondie Bars. I have seen them talked about on TV, but had never had one...or so I thought. It turns out that what I had been eating since my childhood, called "Congo Squares", are really just "Blondie Bars". What are they? It turns out that a "Blondie Bar" simply is a brownie where you replace the chocolate with brown sugar.

I wanted to put my own spin on this mix, so I baked it in my 10½" cast iron skillet, which I lined with parchment paper, and which caused the irregular edges. 

The mix included chocolate chips, so it looked like a giant chocolate chip cookie, (but we cut pie-sized wedges). My wife, the baker of the family, said it was a keeper, which I didn't expect. It may not have been as delicious as her Congo squares, but it was much easier!