No Bake Chocolate Pumpkin Bars

These No Bake Chocolate Pumpkin Bars are stuffed with scrumptious components like peanut butter, pumpkin, rolled oats, and puffed rice cereal all topped with a layer of darkish chocolate and festive sprinkles for the right candy deal with!

Is there something higher than a chewy peanut butter bar? Properly sure. A chewy peanut butter PUMPKIN bar all drizzled with melted darkish chocolate! Significantly SO dang good and made festive for Halloween with enjoyable sprinkles. These chocolate pumpkin bars are tremendous easy to make and solely take about 10 minutes with zero baking essential. Easy, scrumptious and your children will completely love them!

Why You will Love these Bars

• Simply made in simply 10 minutes with zero baking essential!
• Peanut butter cup meets pumpkin granola bar all packed into one scrumptious dessert.
• Child (and grownup) authorized and your children can have a blast making them with you.
• Good candy deal with for Halloween or any vacation!

Components You will Want

• Rolled oats – healthful complete grain quaint oats make these bars deliciously chewy! You can even use quick-cooking oats if that is all you have got available, however they will not have that nice chewy texture
• Puffed rice cereal – I take advantage of puffed brown rice cereal with no added sugar (not Rice Krispies) which provides a scrumptious crunch to those bars
• Pumpkins – I used a 1/3 cup pumpkin puree for this, simply be sure to use 100% pure pumpkin and never pumpkin pie filling as that which is loaded with tons of sugar
• Peanut butter – I used pure creamy peanut butter with no added sugar, however any nut butter will work in these and even sunflower butter in case you have a nut allergy
• Maple syrup – naturally sweetens these bars with out utilizing any refined sugar, however you can too use honey or different pure sweeteners
• Pumpkin Pie Spice – scrumptious heat spice that basically brings out the pumpkin taste! You might additionally use cinnamon, nutmeg and a pinch of floor ginger if you have no pumpkin spice
• Vanilla extract + salt – boosts of taste!
• Chocolate chips – I used Lily’s darkish chocolate chips that are gluten-free, vegan and sweetened with stevia making the sugar content material actually low and so they style scrumptious! You may after all additionally use common chocolate chips for the chocolate layer, however the sugar content material will probably be a lot increased.
• Coconut oil – I like mixing in just a little coconut oil when melting chocolate as a result of it makes the chocolate just a little thicker and actually helps create that good shell when it hardens with out affecting the style
• Sprinkles – these are non-obligatory, however make these bars so enjoyable and festive!

Methods to Make Chocolate Pumpkin Bars

1. Combine components. In a big bowl, combine collectively the oats, puffed rice cereal, chia seeds, pumpkin pie spice and salt. In a smaller bowl, whisk collectively the peanut butter, pumpkin, maple syrup and vanilla till easy. Pour the moist components in with the dry components and blend nicely utilizing a spatula till mixed.
2. Unfold in pan. Switch the oat combination to an 8×8 baking pan lined with parchment paper (this makes it simpler to take away the bars as soon as they’re set). Firmly press down the oat combination into the pan utilizing a spatula in a good layer.
3. Soften chocolate. Add the darkish chocolate chips to a microwave-safe bowl and warmth in 15 to 30 second intervals, mixing every time, till melted. Unfold the melted chocolate in a good layer excessive of the pumpkin layer utilizing a spatula and high with sprinkles, if desired.
4. Let bars set. Cowl and place the bars within the fridge (or freezer) for no less than 2-3 hours till the chocolate has hardened and the bars are set. When able to serve, let the bars sit at room temperature for about quarter-hour earlier than slicing to keep away from cracking the chocolate.

Suggestions for Making Chocolate Pumpkin Bars

• Ensure the peanut butter is blended nicely as you need it to be good and thick to carry the combination collectively.
• Use a spatula to combine all of the components which prevents sticking and helps unfold the combination out within the pan. Ensure to press down firmly in order that the combination is packed and holds collectively when set.
• You may simply swap out the peanut butter for any kind of nut butter! Another nice choices are almond butter, cashew butter and even sunflower seed butter in case you have a nut allergy.
• I discover that utilizing parchment paper makes it a lot simpler to take away the treats from the pan with a view to reduce them evenly, however you should use nonstick spray if that is all you have got.
• I like to recommend letting the bars sit for about 5 minutes at room temp earlier than reducing them with a pointy knife to stop the chocolate from cracking.
• If it’s essential make a bigger batch of chocolate pumpkin bars (good for events!), be happy to double this recipe and use a 9×13 baking dish.

Prepping and Storage

To-Retailer: These no bake pumpkin bars will be saved in a sealed, hermetic container for as much as 2 weeks within the fridge. I do not advocate storing at room temp as these bars get actually mushy and ought to be stored in a chilly place.

To Freeze: These will also be frozen for as much as 3 months in a sealed, hermetic container or you’ll be able to individually retailer them in plastic wrap and take them out individually to thaw.

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