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Pumpkin Chocolate Bars

Pumpkin Chocolate Bars

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These Pumpkin Chocolate Bars bars with warming spices like cinnamon, clove and allspice, are full of dark chocolate chips and ………….. finished with a thick glaze of rich dark chocolate.
Servings 8 bars
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

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

  1. As this is a recipe for two, I am using a small cake pan (7x3 size differ per brand) instead of a 9x9 pan.

Nutrition

Serving: 1barCalories: 272kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 3gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 157mgFiber: 3gSugar: 18g
Author: Marinka
Calories: 272kcal
Course: Cookies & Bars
Cuisine: American
Diet: Nut-free, Vegetarian