Healthy Pumpkin Pie Bars
Published 10/25/2019
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These pumpkin pie bars are the perfect healthy dessert for any fall occasion! The crust is made from almond flour, warm fall spices, and maple syrup.
These dairy-free pumpkin pie bars are healthy dessert bars are perfect for a healthy Thanksgiving dessert or if you’re just looking for a little something sweet.
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Forget the pumpkin pie and make a batch of these pumpkin pie bars for your next Fall event! You guys, not only are these pumpkin pie bars gluten-free, dairy-free, and delicious, but they will make your house smell like absolute heaven.
Healthy Pumpkin Pie Bars
Yes, these healthy dessert bars will make your house smell great, but they are also so easy to make. They are much easier than making a pie. As much as I love a good pumpkin pie crust, these pumpkin pie bars have a crunchy and delicious crust that will make you forget you ever burnt your grandma’s pumpkin pie recipe every time you tried to make it.
Recipe Tweaks
There are so many different ways you can tweak this recipe to make it your own, too:- Do you want a whipped topping, but you’re dairy-free? Try whipping a can of coconut cream (which needs to be in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours first).
- Don’t have almond flour, white whole wheat will work instead!
- If you don’t have canned pumpkin, sweet potato puree will work great.
Pumpkin Pie Bar Occasions
I love eating these pumpkin pie bars cold, with a dollop of whipped cream on top, and a cup of coffee! I am sure eating them warm with a mug of tea would be absolutely delicious, too. Or if you’re hosting Friendsgiving or Thanksgiving this year, this is a perfect dessert that will serve a crowd, and can be prepared the night before. No matter how you decide to enjoy these bars, they are absolutely delightful, and you should GET BAKING.
More Pumpkin Desserts
- Pumpkin Almond Butter Freezer Fudge
- Grain Free Pumpkin Brownies
- Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cups
- Oil Free Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins
- Single Serve Pumpkin Mug Cake
Healthy Pumpkin Pie Bars
These pumpkin pie bars are the perfect healthy dessert for any fall occasion! The crust is made from almond flour, warm fall spices, and maple syrup. These dairy-free pumpkin pie bars are healthy dessert bars are perfect for a healthy Thanksgiving dessert or if you’re just looking for a little something sweet.
Ingredients
Crust
- 1.5 cups almond flour, superfine
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Filling
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Whipped Cream Topping
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF and lay parchment paper in the bottom of an 8×8-inch cake pan. Spray parchment paper with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Prepare the crust by mixing together all crust ingredients, forming a ball. Transfer dough into the greased pan and use your hands and/or a spatula to spread dough to the edges of the pan. The key is to make sure the crust is relatively the same thickness all around, so the spatula comes in handy especially for the edges.
- Place crust in the oven at 350ºF and bake for 10 minutes.
- While crust is baking, make the filling. Add coconut sugar and pumpkin puree to a large bowl. Mix until combined. Slowly add eggs to the pumpkin mixture. Then add the rest of the filling ingredients and mix well.
- Remove crust from the oven and carefully pour pumpkin mixture over the crust. Place pan back into the oven and bake at 350ºF for 24-28 minutes*.
- Let pumpkin bars cool for at least an hour. When you are ready to remove bars from the cake pan, simply lift the parchment paper up out of the pan. The bars should easily come out of the pan. Place bars on a cutting board and cut into 9 squares.
- For the whipped topping, add whipped cream ingredients to a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, whisk ingredients on high speed until stiff peaks form.
- Add a healthy dollop of whipped cream onto each bar when ready to serve.
Tips & Notes
- Time varies by oven.
- Nutrition information does not include whipped topping
Watch It
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Nutrition
Calories: 144 kcal, Carbohydrates: 17 g, Protein: 3 g, Fat: 7 g, Fiber: 1 g, Sugar: 15 g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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How did you come to that calorie count? I did the math, and used sugarfree syrup, and mine came to 210cals per serving.
How long will these keep? Should they be refrigerated?
They should last around 5 days. Keep them refrigerated and don’t top them with whipped cream until serving!
Thanks so much! They turned out wonderfully!
Love these! So delicious. I used brown sugar and about a third cup to sweeten.
These pumpkin pie bars look delish! Have you tested them with a different sweetener in the filling…like maple syrup? I usually first try as written, but I don’t have coconut sugar on hand and just wondered. Thank you!
Hi! We have not tried it with anything else. I’m not sure how maple syrup will be since it’s not a granular sugar!
I made these last week and just have to review them – they are DELICIOUS! Not too sweet, and not too overwhelmingly “pumpkin-ey,” but just right – and absolutely perfect with the whipped cream. Thanks for such an awesome and healthy treat!
We are so glad you liked it!!! <3 They are the best!
My nutrition information came up much higher in calories and macros when I used all almond flour. Did this happen to anyone else?
I used about 1/2 cup of coconut flour and that seemed to work just fine! I’ll also add that mine didnt turn out anything like the picture but more like the video that’s attached, kind of misleading :/
Thanks!
Instead of almond flour, can I use coconut flour instead? Or even protein powder?
Coconut flour absorbs moisture REALLY well so whenever i’ve tried subbing it in recipes, they turn out dry. If you were to sub anything, i’d try oat flour
I absolutely love the idea of the pumpkin pie bars; it looks so creamy and delicious! Will have to try it.
Wonderful! Can’t wait to hear what you think!
Pumpkin pie is fantastic, but I do love a recipe that’s a bit easier to cut into! These bars look fabulous with the whipped toppings on each. Having said that, I definitely have to find a wonderful pumpkin pie recipe out there, except I’d probably have to make a single-serving pumpkin pie for myself to prevent myself from eating an entire pie! LOL!
Haha yes! The beauty of it all is that we can have a pumpkin pie AND pumpkin pie bars! Give us all the pumpkin LOL!