diff --git a/tests/assertions.ts b/tests/assertions.ts
index 94783f4b..4c865f40 100644
--- a/tests/assertions.ts
+++ b/tests/assertions.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { expect } from 'vitest';
 
-import { packageJsonAt, readFixture } from './utils.js';
+import { readFixture } from './fixtures.js';
+import { packageJsonAt } from './utils.js';
 
 interface AssertGeneratedOptions {
   projectRoot: string;
diff --git a/tests/fixtures.ts b/tests/fixtures.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc814a07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import fse from 'fs-extra';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+const fixturesPath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures');
+
+/**
+ * Returns the contents of a file from the "tests/fixtures" directory.
+ * The "tests/fixtures" directory contains sub-directories, "scenarios".
+ * This is we can have different sets of fixtures, depending on what we're testing.
+ *
+ * The default scenario is "default", and represents the the file contents when we provide
+ * no arguments to the blueprint
+ */
+export async function readFixture(
+  /**
+   * Which file within in the fixture-set / scenario to read
+   */
+  file: string,
+  options?: {
+    /**
+     * Which fixture set to use
+     */
+    scenario?: string;
+  }
+) {
+  let scenario = options?.scenario ?? 'default';
+  let fixtureFilePath = path.isAbsolute(file) ? file : path.join(fixturesPath, scenario, file);
+
+  let exists = await fse.pathExists(fixtureFilePath);
+
+  assert(
+    exists,
+    `Fixture file '${file}' does not exist. To make this work, place a new file '${file}' in the 'tests/fixtures/${scenario}' directory. Checked the absolute path: '${fixtureFilePath}'.`
+  );
+
+  let contents = await fs.readFile(fixtureFilePath);
+
+  return contents.toString();
+}
+
+export async function copyFixture(
+  /**
+   * Which file within the fixture-set / scenario to copy
+   */
+  newFile: string,
+  options?: {
+    /**
+     * Which fixture set to use
+     */
+    scenario?: string;
+    /**
+     * By default, the file used will be the same as the testFilePath, but
+     * in the fixtures directory under the (maybe) specified scenario.
+     * this can be overridden, if needed.
+     * (like if you're testFilePath is deep with in an existing monorepo, and wouldn't
+     *   inherently match our default-project structure used in the fixtures)
+     */
+    file?: string;
+    /**
+     * The working directory to use for the relative paths. Defaults to process.cwd() (node default)
+     */
+    cwd?: string;
+  }
+) {
+  let scenario = options?.scenario ?? 'default';
+  let fixtureFile = options?.file ?? newFile;
+
+  if (options?.cwd) {
+    newFile = path.join(options.cwd, newFile);
+  }
+
+  let fixtureContents = await readFixture(fixtureFile, { scenario });
+
+  await fse.mkdir(path.dirname(newFile), { recursive: true });
+  await fs.writeFile(newFile, fixtureContents);
+}
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/--addon-only.test.ts b/tests/smoke-tests/--addon-only.test.ts
index 5605f17a..1a9ca889 100644
--- a/tests/smoke-tests/--addon-only.test.ts
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/--addon-only.test.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,26 @@
 import fse from 'fs-extra';
-import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
-import { createAddon, createTmp, install, runScript } from '../utils.js';
+import { AddonHelper } from '../test-helpers.js';
+import { runScript } from '../utils.js';
 
 describe('--addon-only', () => {
+  let helper = new AddonHelper({ packageManager: 'pnpm', args: ['--addon-only'] });
   let cwd = '';
-  let tmpDir = '';
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
-    tmpDir = await createTmp();
-
-    let { name } = await createAddon({
-      args: ['--addon-only', '--pnpm=true'],
-      options: { cwd: tmpDir },
-    });
-
-    cwd = path.join(tmpDir, name);
-
-    await install({ cwd, packageManager: 'pnpm' });
+    await helper.setup();
+    await helper.installDeps();
   });
 
   afterAll(async () => {
-    fs.rm(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    await helper.clean();
   });
 
   it('is not a monorepo', async () => {
-    let hasPnpmWorkspace = await fse.pathExists(path.join(cwd, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'));
-    let packageJson = await fse.readJson(path.join(cwd, 'package.json'));
+    let hasPnpmWorkspace = await fse.pathExists(path.join(helper.cwd, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'));
+    let packageJson = await fse.readJson(path.join(helper.cwd, 'package.json'));
 
     expect(hasPnpmWorkspace).toBe(false);
     // Pnpm doesn't use this field, but it's good that it doesn't exist.
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/within-existing-monorepo/custom-locations.test.ts b/tests/smoke-tests/within-existing-monorepo/custom-locations.test.ts
index 09a99435..4a5becd1 100644
--- a/tests/smoke-tests/within-existing-monorepo/custom-locations.test.ts
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/within-existing-monorepo/custom-locations.test.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import { assertGeneratedCorrectly } from '../../assertions.js';
-import { createAddon, createTmp, fixture, install, runScript } from '../../utils.js';
+import { readFixture } from '../../fixtures.js';
+import { createAddon, createTmp, install, runScript } from '../../utils.js';
 
 let commonFixtures = {
-  '.prettierrc.js': await fixture('.prettierrc.js'),
+  '.prettierrc.js': await readFixture('.prettierrc.js'),
 };
 
 describe('custom locations', () => {
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/within-existing-monorepo/defaults.test.ts b/tests/smoke-tests/within-existing-monorepo/defaults.test.ts
index b543eef2..b507f088 100644
--- a/tests/smoke-tests/within-existing-monorepo/defaults.test.ts
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/within-existing-monorepo/defaults.test.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import { assertGeneratedCorrectly } from '../../assertions.js';
+import { readFixture } from '../../fixtures.js';
 import {
   createAddon,
   createTmp,
-  fixture,
   install,
   runScript,
   SUPPORTED_PACKAGE_MANAGERS,
 } from '../../utils.js';
 
 let commonFixtures = {
-  '.prettierrc.js': await fixture('.prettierrc.js'),
+  '.prettierrc.js': await readFixture('.prettierrc.js'),
 };
 
 for (let packageManager of SUPPORTED_PACKAGE_MANAGERS) {
diff --git a/tests/test-helpers.ts b/tests/test-helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6dcf1b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+
+import { matchesFixture } from './assertions.js';
+import { copyFixture } from './fixtures.js';
+import { createAddon, createTmp, install, runScript } from './utils.js';
+
+const DEBUG = process.env.DEBUG === 'true';
+
+/**
+ * Helps with common addon testing concerns.
+ *
+ * To DEBUG the intermediate output (in tmp),
+ * re-start your tests with `DEBUG=true`, and the tmpdir will be printed
+ * as well as the `clean` function will not run so that if a test finishes,
+ * you can still inspect the folder contents
+ *
+ */
+export class AddonHelper {
+  #cwd?: string;
+  #tmpDir?: string;
+  #scenario: string;
+  #packageManager: 'npm' | 'pnpm' | 'yarn';
+  #args: string[];
+
+  constructor(options: {
+    args?: string[];
+    scenario?: string;
+    packageManager: 'pnpm' | 'npm' | 'yarn';
+  }) {
+    this.#args = options.args || [];
+    this.#scenario = options.scenario || 'default';
+    this.#packageManager = options.packageManager;
+  }
+
+  async setup() {
+    this.#tmpDir = await createTmp();
+
+    if (DEBUG) {
+      console.debug(`Debug test repo at ${this.#tmpDir}`);
+    }
+
+    let { name } = await createAddon({
+      args: this.#args,
+      options: { cwd: this.#tmpDir },
+    });
+
+    this.#cwd = path.join(this.#tmpDir, name);
+  }
+
+  async clean() {
+    if (DEBUG) return;
+
+    assert(
+      this.#tmpDir,
+      "Cannot clean without a tmpDir. Was the Helper's `setup` method called to generate the addon?"
+    );
+
+    await fs.rm(this.#tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+
+  async installDeps() {
+    await install({ cwd: this.cwd, packageManager: this.#packageManager, skipPrepare: true });
+  }
+
+  get cwd() {
+    assert(this.#cwd, "Cannot get cwd. Was the Helper's `setup` method called?");
+
+    return this.#cwd;
+  }
+}
+
+export class AddonFixtureHelper {
+  #cwd: string;
+  #scenario: string;
+  #packageManager: 'npm' | 'pnpm' | 'yarn';
+
+  constructor(options: {
+    cwd: string;
+    scenario?: string;
+    packageManager: 'pnpm' | 'npm' | 'yarn';
+  }) {
+    this.#cwd = options.cwd;
+    this.#scenario = options.scenario || 'default';
+    this.#packageManager = options.packageManager;
+  }
+
+  async use(file: string) {
+    await copyFixture(file, { scenario: this.#scenario, cwd: this.#cwd });
+  }
+
+  async build() {
+    await runScript({ cwd: this.#cwd, script: 'build', packageManager: this.#packageManager });
+  }
+
+  async matches(outputFile: string) {
+    await matchesFixture(outputFile, { scenario: this.#scenario, cwd: this.#cwd });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/utils.ts b/tests/utils.ts
index 69b32aab..2067da71 100644
--- a/tests/utils.ts
+++ b/tests/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { type Options, execa } from 'execa';
 import fse from 'fs-extra';
-import assert from 'node:assert';
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
@@ -9,45 +8,9 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 
 const blueprintPath = path.join(__dirname, '..');
-const fixturesPath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures');
 
 export const SUPPORTED_PACKAGE_MANAGERS = ['npm', 'yarn', 'pnpm'] as const;
 
-/**
- * Returns the contents of a file from the "tests/fixtures" directory.
- * The "tests/fixtures" directory contains sub-directories, "scenarios".
- * This is we can have different sets of fixtures, depending on what we're testing.
- *
- * The default scenario is "default", and represents the the file contents when we provide
- * no arguments to the blueprint
- */
-export async function readFixture(
-  /**
-   * Which file within in the fixture-set / scenario to read
-   */
-  file: string,
-  options?: {
-    /**
-     * Which fixture set to use
-     */
-    scenario?: string;
-  }
-) {
-  let scenario = options?.scenario ?? 'default';
-  let fixtureFilePath = path.isAbsolute(file) ? file : path.join(fixturesPath, scenario, file);
-
-  let exists = await fse.pathExists(fixtureFilePath);
-
-  assert(
-    exists,
-    `Fixture file '${file}' does not exist. To make this work, place a new file '${file}' in the 'tests/fixtures/${scenario}' directory. Checked the absolute path: '${fixtureFilePath}'.`
-  );
-
-  let contents = await fs.readFile(fixtureFilePath);
-
-  return contents.toString();
-}
-
 export async function createTmp() {
   let prefix = 'v2-addon-blueprint--';
   let prefixPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), prefix);