Oh hi, pumpkin!
Nice to see you again… it has been entirely too long!
Are you happy to see the return of pumpkin season?
There are about a million and three new pumpkin recipes I’ve been holding onto since June that I’ve wanted so badly to share with you all, and finally I can post them! Starting with these gooey pumpkin chocolate chip cookie bars.
Whole-grain, and loaded with pumpkin and chocolate chips, they are perfect for a lunch box or to consume as an afternoon snack with a tall glass of ice cold almond milk.
Above, I’ve included some unedited iphone photos… Sometimes I think it’s fun to show what the recipes look like in a non-photoshoot setting!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- 1 1/2 cups spelt or white flour (180g) (Oat flour works; the texture is just a bit denser.)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (or cinnamon)
- 1/4 cup rolled oats (20g)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar or date sugar (90g)
- 1/2 cup to 1 cup chocolate chips, depending on how chocolatey you want the bars
- 1/2 cup vegetable or melted coconut oil (80g)
- 1/2 cup canned or pureed pumpkin or sweet potato (120g)
- 2 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract (10g)
- pinch uncut stevia, or 1 tbsp sugar of choice
- 3 tbsp pure maple syrup or honey (If strict vegan, don’t use honey.) (45g)
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line the bottom of an 8-inch square pan with parchment paper. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the first 7 ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk all remaining ingredients. Pour wet over dry, and stir to form a batter. Spoon batter into the prepared pan. Bake 25 minutes. They will still look undercooked when you take them out, but this is okay. They continue to cook as they cool. Let cool for 20 minutes, and if they’re not firm enough yet, refrigerate overnight. They will firm up nicely! Makes 15-24 squares, depending on how large you cut them.
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Link of the Day: Healthy Pumpkin Spice Latte – with REAL pumpkin in the ingredients
Questions of the Day:
Are you excited for pumpkin season? Have you started eating pumpkin yet?
Yum! I love pumpkin especially with chocolate!
Excitement doesn’t begin to cover how I feel about pumpkin season! Bring on all the pumpkin recipes!! I’m looking forward to getting started on new autumn recipes once Vegan MoFo is over.
This recipe looks amazing, thanks for sharing it! I love all things pumpkin but I don’t like the days getting shorter and the cold weather coming. I’m more of a surf rat so cold rain isn’t my style!
Yay, pumpkin! This is unrelated but I’ve been meaning to tell you that your cookie pie has become a sort of tradition with my sister and I. She just started her freshman year of college so I don’t see her as much but when we get together we always make that deep dish cookie pie….with a few variations! We’ve made a chocolate version, a red velvet version, a peanut butter version, a chocolate mocha version, a chocolate mint version, a coconut version, an Oreo version, and now this weekend we’re gonna do a pumpkin version for fall. I don’t think there has been a variation that we haven’t completely loved haha. So I wanted to thank you for such a diverse, fun recipe 🙂
Thank YOU for making it. I love your Oreo idea 🙂
SO EXCITED for pumpkin season! Autumn is my favorite time of year. Love everything the cooler weather brings–sweaters, hot cocoa, PUMPKIN(S), leaves, McIntosh apples, etc., etc., etc.! These look delicious and suitable for all seasons in my book!
Yum! I love pumpkin everything so I’ll have to give these a try 🙂
XO Kelly
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If I use fresh sweet potato, does it have to be cooked before I use it in the recipe? Or can I just put it in a food processor and use the puree?
Cook it first! =) Just like you would bake a potato. Or microwave it… puncture the skin a few times first. =)
thanks
I had a pumpkin cinnamon roll this morning, my first pumpkiny treat of the year. Yay!!!! I <3 pumpkin season. These bars look terrific.
So this is basically your Oatmeal gooey Chocolate Chip Bars with seasonal additions? I am TOO pumped for pumpkin. (I sat for minutes trying to think how I could combine the words “pumped” and “pumpkin”) I went grocery shopping and debated on buying a can of pumpkin. Why is it even a debate? I’m a loser and walked out of the store with none.
Also, I LOVE the recent additions of your iPhone photos. I love seeing what the recipes truly look like!
These look and sound amazing! I am obsessed with all things pumpkin right now, so I look forward to all your upcoming pumpkin recipes as well. 🙂