Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bars
Print recipe| Serves | 12 |
| Prep time | 15 minutes |
| Cook time | 40 minutes |
| Total time | 55 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert |
Ingredients
- 1 can no salt added garbanzo beans (** shells removed and beans rinsed **)
- 3/4 cups canned pumpkin
- 2 Large whole eggs
- 4 heaped tablespoons Trader Joe's Pumpkin Butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 40 drops vanilla cream stevia
- 3 heaped teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch salt
- 1/2 cup dark cacao chips or mini chocolate chips
- 3 cups Fiber One chocolate cereal (** CRUST **)
- 1 heaped tablespoon dark cacao powder (** CRUST **)
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil (** CRUST **)
- 1/4 cup maple syrup (** CRUST **)
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| Preheat oven to 350° and grease an 8x8 pan with non stick spray. | |
| Step 2 | |
| Place all crust ingredients into a large food processor (Fiber One cereal, coconut oil, maple syrup, and cacao powder). Pulse until well combined. | |
| Step 3 | |
| Press mixture into the bottom a slightly up the sides of the pan and set aside. | |
| Step 4 | |
| Add garbanzo beans, pumpkin, eggs, pumpkin butter, vanilla, baking soda, salt, and spices to a large food processor. Blend until smooth. | |
| Step 5 | |
| Remove blade carefully. You can either add all of the chocolate chips at this time by stirring them in now OR I chose to bake the bars without the chocolate chips and then pressed them on top once cooled OR you can add 1/4 cup to the batter, bake, and then press 1/4 cup into the top once cooled. | |
| Step 6 | |
| Pour batter on top of crust and bake for 35-40 minutes until edges come slightly away from the pan and are golden brown. | |
Note
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (per bar): calories- 130, protein- 3, carbs- 24, fat-4