Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars
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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars
Description
This recipe blends all-purpose flour with sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice, creating the pumpkin base with eggs, pureed pumpkin, and vegetable oil. The cream cheese layer is separately whipped with sugar, egg, and milk until smooth and thick. After pouring the pumpkin layer into a pan, the cream cheese mixture is drizzled and swirled on top, followed by sprinkling mini chocolate chips before baking.
Baking at 350°F for 25-30 minutes sets the layers while keeping the bars moist. The pumpkin pie spice adds warm, earthy notes that contrast the tang of cream cheese and the chocolate sweetness. The texture is soft and cakey with rich, creamy pockets throughout.
These bars are suitable for fall snacks or dessert, served at room temperature or chilled. The chocolate chips can be added before or after baking for varied texture and visual effect.
Cool the bars thoroughly before slicing for clean pieces. They keep refrigerated for several days and freeze well when tightly wrapped.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 egg
- 15 ounces pumpkin puree
- 1 cup vegetable oil
Cream Cheese Layer
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Stir flour, sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Add eggs, pumpkin puree, and oil, and stir until combined. Pour and spread batter into an ungreased 15x10 pan.
- With an electric mixer, cream your cream cheese and sugar. Beat in egg and milk. Drizzle over your pumpkin layer. Gently use a knife to swirl the mixtures. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top.
- Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes. Add more chips on the top if desired when cake has cooled for 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack for about two hours.
Notes
- Use a homemade pumpkin pie spice mix combining cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg for fresh flavor.
- Allow bars to cool completely before covering and storing in the refrigerator for up to 4-5 days.
- Bars freeze well for up to 3 months when wrapped tightly to maintain texture and flavor.
- Adding chocolate chips on top after baking gives a more distinct chocolate texture and appearance.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 315 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 315kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 54g | 18% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 79mg | 26% |
| Sodium | 267mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 217mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 35g | 70% |
| Vitamin A | 5760IU | 115% |
| Vitamin C | 1.5mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 80mg | 8% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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