4.9 from 90 votes
Healthy Pumpkin Bars
These healthy pumpkin bars combine whole wheat pastry flour, pumpkin puree, and pumpkin pie spice with coconut sugar and yogurt for a moist, warmly spiced treat. Dark chocolate chips mixed in add occasional richness and texture. Baked as a sheet and cut into bars, this recipe yields a tender, cake-like dessert or snack with autumnal flavors.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings:
15
Calories:
181 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt sea salt
- 1 cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
- ¼ cup applesauce unsweetened
- ¼ cup yogurt I used full-fat 5% yogurt, plain, Greek
- 1 Tablespoon coconut oil melted
- 2 large egg or 2 flaxseed eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup pumpkin or homemade pumpkin puree, canned
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips plus more for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 13 x 9 baking pan with non-stick spray or line with parchment paper.
- In a medium mixing bowl, stir together whole wheat flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together coconut sugar, applesauce, yogurt, oil, eggs and vanilla until well combined. Stir in pumpkin puree.
- Slowly pour flour mix into the wet ingredients and mix well until everything is combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Pour dough evenly into the greased pan and top with additional chocolate chips.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when stuck into the middle of the bars.
- Cool completely, cut in 15 bars and enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1bar
Calories
181kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
31g
(10%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
25mg
(8%)
Sodium
211mg
(9%)
Potassium
69mg
(1%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
18g
(36%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 15 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 181
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1bar | |
| Calories | 181kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 31g | 10% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 25mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 211mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 69mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 18g | 36% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.