4.6 from 246 votes
Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars
🍁🧡🤎 These EASY pumpkin bars are super soft, dense, and are like biting into a piece of rich pumpkin fudge! Loaded with chocolate and crazy good! Best of all, it's a ONE BOWL, NO-MIXER recipe so that you can whip these up anytime you're craving pumpkin!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Cooling Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 8 mins
Servings: 12
Calories: 309 kcal
Course:
Baked Goods
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 large egg
- ¾ cup pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon1
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¼ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips + 2 tablespoons for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8-by-8-inch baking pan with aluminum foil, spray with cooking spray; set aside.
- In a large, microwave-safe bowl melt the butter, about 1 minute on high power.
- Wait momentarily before adding the egg so you don’t scramble it. Add the egg, pumpkin, brown sugar, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and whisk until smooth.
- Add the flour and stir until just combined, don’t overmix.
- Stir in 1 1/4 cups chocolate chips.
- Turn batter out into prepared pan, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula.
- Evenly sprinkle with 2 tablespoons chocolate chips, smoothly the top lightly with a spatula.
- Bake for about 32 to 33 minutes, or until done. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter. The moisture content in pumpkin varies, as do climates and ovens; bake until yours are done.
- Allow bars to cool in pan for at least 30 minutes before slicing and serving.
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Notes
- Note: I find the bars taste better on the second and third day after the flavors have married. Bars continue to get softer and moister for about 3 days after baking.
- Storage: Bars will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 3-4 months.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1piece
Calories
309kcal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
40g
(13%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
15g
(23%)
Saturated Fat
9g
(45%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
Trans Fat
0.3g
Cholesterol
35mg
(12%)
Sodium
15mg
(1%)
Potassium
188mg
(5%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
25g
(50%)
Vitamin A
2650IU
(53%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
41mg
(4%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 309
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1piece | |
| Calories | 309kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 40g | 13% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 35mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 15mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 188mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 25g | 50% |
| Vitamin A | 2650IU | 53% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 41mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.