Oct 07, 2016, Updated May 07, 2023
Snacking problem? How many of you face it? And if you do what is your favorite snack? I am terribly bad at choosing good snacks, like just yesterday I had one whole bag of Doritos with my chai! ? Eeks bad bad girl Manali and damn you Doritos for being so addictive! But on my good days, I snack on nuts, that’s mostly it as far as my healthy snacking is concerned. Sometimes I also get in the mood to make homemade granola bars to rectify my bad snacking habits and since it’s fall, I wanted to make something pumpkin and made you guys these Pumpkin Granola Bars!
I really love homemade granola bars but I don’t make them very often. It’s mostly because I am just plain lazy. Because honestly making granola bars at home doesn’t take much time at all and homemade always tastes better than store bought. There’s so much that you can do when you make granola bars at home, add in your favorite things and get rid of things that you don’t like. They are easily customizable like that. These pumpkin granola bars are chewy in texture and loaded with some of my favorite things like peanut butter chocolate chips pumpkin seeds dried cranberries & of course pumpkin
You can remove whatever you don’t like from the list and replace it with your favorite ingredient. All these flavors sounded just right to me to be added to pumpkin granola bars but of course feel free to experiment. These bars are sweetened with natural sweeteners like dates and maple syrup and of course there’s always chocolate chips to add to the sweetness. And the best part? These pumpkin granola bars are vegan! You can make them gluten-free too by using gluten free oats. I got 8 bars from this recipe but as you can see, my bars are pretty big. I wanted something filling enough for breakfast hence the large sizes. You can cut them in any size you like! Happy baking! Method Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Transfer oats onto a baking sheet and toast the oats for 15 mins at 350 degrees. Meanwhile pulse pitted dates in a food processor till it forms a ball. Set aside. Once the oats are toasted, transfer to a bowl and add pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon powder and salt. Mix and set aside.
To a pan on low heat, add pumpkin puree, peanut butter, maple syrup and coconut oil. Whisk till it’s all smooth and slightly heated. To the bowl, now add the pulsed dates.
Also add the pumpkin puree-peanut butter mixture , chocolate chips, pumpkin seeds and cranberries. Now use your hands to mix everything together. I suggest using hands here because that you can really break up the dates so that they are well dispersed throughout the mixture. Press down the mixture into a 8 x 8 inch square pan, lined with foil (spray with foil with little non-stick spray for easy removal). Press more chocolate chips, pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries on top (this is optional).
Bake at 350 for 15-20 mins. Remove the pan from oven and let the pumpkin granola bars cool completely before cutting into slices.
- Toasting oats is optional but recommended. Pumpkin Granola Bars
title: “Pumpkin Granola Bars " ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-22” author: “Walter Gober”
Oct 07, 2016, Updated May 07, 2023
Snacking problem? How many of you face it? And if you do what is your favorite snack? I am terribly bad at choosing good snacks, like just yesterday I had one whole bag of Doritos with my chai! ? Eeks bad bad girl Manali and damn you Doritos for being so addictive! But on my good days, I snack on nuts, that’s mostly it as far as my healthy snacking is concerned. Sometimes I also get in the mood to make homemade granola bars to rectify my bad snacking habits and since it’s fall, I wanted to make something pumpkin and made you guys these Pumpkin Granola Bars!
I really love homemade granola bars but I don’t make them very often. It’s mostly because I am just plain lazy. Because honestly making granola bars at home doesn’t take much time at all and homemade always tastes better than store bought. There’s so much that you can do when you make granola bars at home, add in your favorite things and get rid of things that you don’t like. They are easily customizable like that. These pumpkin granola bars are chewy in texture and loaded with some of my favorite things like peanut butter chocolate chips pumpkin seeds dried cranberries & of course pumpkin
You can remove whatever you don’t like from the list and replace it with your favorite ingredient. All these flavors sounded just right to me to be added to pumpkin granola bars but of course feel free to experiment. These bars are sweetened with natural sweeteners like dates and maple syrup and of course there’s always chocolate chips to add to the sweetness. And the best part? These pumpkin granola bars are vegan! You can make them gluten-free too by using gluten free oats. I got 8 bars from this recipe but as you can see, my bars are pretty big. I wanted something filling enough for breakfast hence the large sizes. You can cut them in any size you like! Happy baking! Method Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Transfer oats onto a baking sheet and toast the oats for 15 mins at 350 degrees. Meanwhile pulse pitted dates in a food processor till it forms a ball. Set aside. Once the oats are toasted, transfer to a bowl and add pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon powder and salt. Mix and set aside.
To a pan on low heat, add pumpkin puree, peanut butter, maple syrup and coconut oil. Whisk till it’s all smooth and slightly heated. To the bowl, now add the pulsed dates.
Also add the pumpkin puree-peanut butter mixture , chocolate chips, pumpkin seeds and cranberries. Now use your hands to mix everything together. I suggest using hands here because that you can really break up the dates so that they are well dispersed throughout the mixture. Press down the mixture into a 8 x 8 inch square pan, lined with foil (spray with foil with little non-stick spray for easy removal). Press more chocolate chips, pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries on top (this is optional).
Bake at 350 for 15-20 mins. Remove the pan from oven and let the pumpkin granola bars cool completely before cutting into slices.
- Toasting oats is optional but recommended. Pumpkin Granola Bars
