Healthy Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
These healthy pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting are the perfect fall dessert without all that unnecessary sugar. If you’ve been searching for that standout pumpkin treat that won’t just be a hit with you, but with the whole family, you’ve found it.
Servings: 24
Calories: 92kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup whole wheat flour
- ½ cup almond flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg whites
- 4 oz unsweetened apple sauce
- ¼ cup brown sugar Swerve
- ¼ cup Swerve
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ½ cup almond milk
- 15 oz pumpkin puree
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- pinch of nutmeg
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Frosting Ingredients
- 8 oz whipped cream cheese softened
- 1/3 cup Siggi's Vanilla Yogurt
- 1/3 Cup Confectioners Swerve
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Mix all of the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Add wet ingredients to the dry and mix well.
- Spread mixture into a greased 9x13" pan.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- While the bars are cooking, make the cream cheese frosting by adding all frosting ingredients to bowl and mix well.
- Allow the bars to cool completely before spreading the frosting on.
- Cut into 24 bars.
Notes
The bars themself are not super sweet so you can add more of the Swerve sweetener – however – the frosting adds a lot of the sweetness to the bars.
Store in refrigerator.
Make sure that you are using pure pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie filling.
Use an offset spatula to even out the pumpkin bar batter and to give your frosting that smooth finish.
Nutrition
Calories: 92kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 104mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g