With pumpkin season in full swing, these pumpkin chocolate bars will be you next big hit and a recipe you’ll like to keep for years to come.
Key Ingredients in This Recipe
You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.
Pumpkin Chocolate Bars
- Butter
- Brown sugar – dark or light brown
- Granulated sugar
- Egg yolk
- Vanilla extract
- Pumpkin puree – home-made or store-bought. Do not use pumpkin pie filling.
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
- Ground clove
- Allspice
- Dark chocolate chips
Dark Chocolate Glaze
- Dark chocolate
- Cream
- Corn syrup
How to Make Pumpkin Chocolate Bars
Step 1 – Mix dry ingredients in a bowl: all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, ground clove and allspice. Set aside.
Step 2 – Cream butter and brown and granulated sugar until fluffy.
Step 3 – Add egg yolk, pumpkin puree and vanilla extract and mix to combine.
Step 4 – Add dry ingredients (flour mixture) to the butter-pumpkin mixture and mix to combine.
Step 5 – Add chocolate chips and mix until dispersed.
Step 6 – Transfer dough to a cake pan lined with parchment paper, press down in the corners and level the top.
As this is a recipe for two, I used a small cake pan of about 3×7, instead of a 9×9 square pan.
Bake pumpkin chocolate bars in a 350 degrees F. oven for about 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Remove pan from oven and allow to cool.
Step 7 – Make the dark chocolate glaze by chopping the dark chocolate and transfer to a heat resistant bowl. Heat up the cream until it’s just about to boil and pour that over the chocolate. Cover and let sit for 10 minutes. Stir in the corn syrup and whisk until smooth.
Step 8 – Pour the glaze over the cake and sprinkle with some flaky salt if you like. Allow to cool completely.
Once the Pumpkin Chocolate Bars are cooled, it is time to cut them. Take the ‘cake’ out of the form, cut in half lengthwise and cut each half in 4 equal pieces.
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For the pumpkin bars
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2.5 tablespoons brown sugar, dark or light
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 egg yolk
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
For the chocolate glaze
- 40 grams cream
- 4 ounces dark chocolate
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
Instructions
How to make pumpkin bars
- Mix dry ingredients in a bowl: all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, ground clove and allspice. Set aside.
- Cream butter and brown and granulated sugar until fluffy.
- Add egg yolk, pumpkin puree and vanilla extract and mix to combine.
- Add dry ingredients (flour mixture) to the butter-pumpkin mixture and mix to combine.
- Add chocolate chips and mix until dispersed.
- Line a small cake pan with parchment paper and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Transfer dough to prepared cake pan, press down in corners and level top. (NOTE 1)
- Bake pumpkin chocolate bars in a the oven for about 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove pan from oven and allow to cool.
How to make chocolate glaze
- Make the dark chocolate glaze by chopping the dark chocolate and transfer to a heat resistant bowl.
- Heat up the cream until it’s just about to boil and pour that over the chocolate. Cover and let sit for 10 minutes.
- Stir in the corn syrup and whisk until smooth.
- Pour the glaze over the cake and sprinkle with some flaky salt if you like. Allow to cool completely.
Notes
- As this is a recipe for two, I am using a small cake pan (7×3 size differ per brand) instead of a 9×9 pan.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.