Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars and Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice

At first glance these look like your average cookie bars.

Soft, sweet, and full of chocolate.

BUT. There’s a boat load of fall flavor in these bars. This is another treat I put together for the wedding last weekend. It’s a crowd pleasing, unexpected way to work pumpkin pie flavors into a menu.

Pumpkin pie spice is essential. It couldn’t be easier to put your own together, but store bought would also work just fine. Canned pumpkin keeps them soft for days (a total wedding dessert win).

Seriously, I have no words. Just go make them right now!

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Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice

Prep Time

10 mins

Total Time

10 mins

 

Five simple spices come together to make homemade pumpkin pie spice.

Course: Spice Mix

Cuisine: American

Servings: 1

Calories: 160 kcal

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons ground ginger
• 3 teaspoons ground allspice
• 3 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg

Instructions

1. Whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl. Pour into an airtight container and store at room temperature until ready to use.

Recipe Notes

Recipe from Table for Two, originally from Annie's Eats

 

Nutrition Facts

Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice

Amount Per Serving

Calories 160 Calories from Fat 27

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 3g 5%

Saturated Fat 1g 5%

Sodium 27mg 1%

Potassium 393mg 11%

Total Carbohydrates 42g 14%

Dietary Fiber 22g 88%

Sugars 2g

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin A 1.9%

Vitamin C 4.3%

Calcium 41%

Iron 32.1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

40 mins

Total Time

55 mins

 

Soft and sweet pumpkin bars studded with chocolate chips

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 20

Calories: 283 kcal

Ingredients

• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup canned pumpkin not pumpkin pie filling
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF and grease a 9x13 baking pan. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pumpkin pie spice, soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium-high speed until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Add pumpkin puree and mix well. Reduce the mixer speed to low and mix in dry ingredients just until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
4. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes or until the edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached.
5. Cool the bars completely in the pan. Cut into squares and serve.

Recipe Notes

Adapted from Two Peas & Their Pod originally from Martha Stewart

Nutrition Facts

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars

Amount Per Serving

Calories 283 Calories from Fat 144

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 16g 25%

Saturated Fat 9g 45%

Cholesterol 33mg 11%

Sodium 149mg 6%

Potassium 142mg 4%

Total Carbohydrates 32g 11%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 19g

Protein 2g 4%

Vitamin A 44.2%

Vitamin C 0.7%

Calcium 2.2%

Iron 10.7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.